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The original and best! That's no empty boast - we've pioneered the making of cigar box guitars in the UK. We have made and sold over 2400 of them, and have been featured in the UK music press, and on UK & European TV & radio.
All our guitars are set up for easy fretted and slide playing - as a guitar player I understand how a guitar should perform. We source the best components for the price, and carefully craft them into truly gig-worthy instruments, with unparalleled playability and tone.
We build to a quality, not down to a price - wherever possible we use European and North American timbers. We also use European and USA made components such as Van Gent machineheads & fretwire, d'Addario and Newtone strings, Van Damme cable, Neutrik & Switchcraft connectors etc, instead of relying on cheaper "sweatshop economy" parts.
We now have our own range of custom made stainless steel parts featured on some of our guitars - tailpieces, jack sockets and control plates. These are designed by us and manufactured right here in the UK West Midlands.
We ship guitars worldwide, and all our guitars are packed with care, double-boxed in custom made twinwall corrugated card boxes. When ordering a guitar please include a phone number with the delivery information.
We stand behind our products, and are proud to say that our guitars come with a 3 year guarantee.
CUSTOM ORDERS - We are pleased to announce that we are once again taking orders for custom guitars. If you can't find a guitar that you like on our site, or have seen one of our earlier guitars that you'd like, we can make one for you! We ask for 50% deposit, and delivery time is typically 2-3 months. We can advise on specification and special features, and will give you a fixed price quote, including shipping anywhere worldwide.
Cigar Box Guitars

Montecristo - Humbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£350.00
Beautiful modern "Montecristo" cigar box with matching bronze hardware. This guitar has turned out wonderfully with a toned down look. Beechwood through neck and backstrap with a walnut fretboard. White face position markers and white side dots with medium Van Gent frets and distressed machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by h...

Fujikyu - Compact - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£255.00
A simple sunburst box lightly distressed with a japan company packing box stencil logo. round soundholes and matching bronze hardware has made a simple but beautiful cigar box guitar. Sapelewood through neck and backstrap, blackwood tek fretboard with Van Gent super-jumbo frets. White face position dots and white edge dot markers with a distres...

Joya Clasico Fretless - 3 string cigar box guitar
£135.00
A beautiful white and natural wood split "Joya Clasico" cigar box with f-holes. Hand carved sapelewood through neck with a beechwood backstrap reinforcement, burnt in fretmarkers and position dots. Finished with a hand rubbed gunstock oil and a final wax coat finish. Distressed machine screw nut. 22 3/4 inch scale. Balanced tension Zilpha nick...

Camacho Orange - Humbucker Pickup - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£350.00
A beautiful modern high gloss black and orange "Camacho" cigar box lightly marked (these boxes are second hand) with matching chrome hardware. Maple through neck and backstrap, walnut fretboard with Van Gent super-jumbo frets. White position dots and white edge dot markers with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand us...

Resonator - Humbucker - 3 string cigar box guitar
£795.00
Super special and ubercool three string resonator guitar, we don't make these often but they always turn out to be wonderful instruments with a great sound. A dark stained box with ace of spades soundholes and matching chrome hardware make a great looking guitar. It's got lots of special features: Laminated sapele, beech and walnut neck. Micro-...

Workshop Series - Taupe - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". An off-white or light Taupe crackle finish over veneered ply box with distressed zinc plated fixing brackets and scratch plate. Derived from our highly successful "Make and Play" workshop guitars, these offer genuine playability and great tone at a bargain price. Yellow poplar through ...

Romeo y Julieta, twin pickup deluxe 3 String Cigar Box Guitar incl. case
£785.00
Traditional style "Romeo y Julieta" cigar box with laminated sapele and poplar "wings" for a perfect balance on the strap and ultimate comfort for seated playing. Laminated poplar and sapele through neck, with backstrap reinforcement and beautifully carved heel transition. Blackwood Tek fretboard with Van Gent super jumbo frets. Real mother of...

Workshop Series - Russet Burst finish - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Russet burst finish over veneered ply box with aged zinc plated fixing brackets and cigarbox pickguard. Derived from our highly successful "Make and Play" workshop guitars, these offer genuine playability and great tone at a bargain price. Yellow Poplar through neck with backstrap throu...

Diamond Crown (Bronze) - fretless 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£135.00
Beautifully simple wooden "Diamond Crown" cigar box with f - holes. Hand carved sapele wood through neck with a heel reinforcement, burnt in fretmarkers and position dots. Finished with a hand rubbed gunstock oil and a final wax coat finish. Distressed machine screw nut. 22 3/4 inch scale. Balanced tension Zilpha nickel wound strings tuned G, D...

Missouri Licence Plate - Humbucker - 3 string cigar box guitar
£555.00
Genuine maroon Missouri licence plate on a custom made russet stained and distressed box, with distressed corner brackets and matching bronze hardware. Hand carved beechwood through neck with backstrap reinforcement, blackwood fretboard with real pearl face dots and white edge markers, Van Gent super jumbo fretwire with a bone nut. The neck has ...

Bolivar Shortscale Fretless - 3 string cigar box guitar
£125.00
Genuine "Bolivar" cigar box with a singlecoil compact pickup. Hand carved beechwood through neck with a beechwood back-strap reinforcement. Finished with a hand rubbed gunstock oil and a final wax coat. Fretless with burnt in face positions and fretmarkers, machine screw nut. 22 3/4 inch scale. Balanced tension Zilpha nickel wound strings tuned ...

Workshop Series - "I Went Down to the Crossroads" Red - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
A dark red distressed crackle paint finish over veneered ply box with zinc plated fixing brackets and chrome hardware with a hand painted "I Went Down to the Crossroads" design. Yellow poplar through neck with "backstrap" thru' body reinforcement, distressed stained finish with a baclwood fretboard and Van Gent nickel silver jumbo fretwire. Whit...