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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

Workshop Series - Custom "I Went Down to the Crossroads" Dark Blue crackle - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£290.00
Dark Blue distressed crackle paint finish over veneered ply box with zinc plated fixing brackets and hand painted "I Went Down To The Crossroads" design. Derived from our basic workshop guitars, these offer an improved pickup with tone and volume controls, nicer machineheads with a colour coded headstock and fretboard to match the box. These off...

Workshop Series, darkburst finish - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Darkburst finish over veneered ply box with aged zinc plated fixing brackets and tinplate 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 through ...

Saint Louis Blues - 6 string Acoustic cigar box guitar
£460.00
6 String acoustic guitar on a beautiful custom handmade wood burnt design by Elka Beck, with bronze corner protectors and f -holes. Danelectro style maple neck with a contrasting ebony fretboard. Ebony pin bridge with compensated saddle. This guitar is built and set up to play easily - the action at the 12th fret is 1.5mm with d'Addario 10 gau...

Texas Lancero 6 string cigar box guitar
£470.00
6 String cigar box guitar on a dark stained 'Texas Lancero' box, maple neck with a maple fretboard, both dark stained to match the box. This guitar is built and set up to play easily - the action at the 12th fret is 1.5mm with d'Addario 10 gauge strings. Fitted with dual action trussrod. Twin humbuckers with plenty of power. Modern style Wilkin...

Thomas Hinds - Fretless - 3 string cigar box guitar
£135.00
A simple natural wood "Thomas Hinds" cigar box with round sound holes. Hand carved one piece beechwood through neck with 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, G. Fitte...

Romeo & Julieta - Fretless - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£87.00
Traditionally simple "Romeo & Julieta" cigar box, with round soundholes. A simple piezo pickup produces a great sound for at home or busking performances. Beechwood through neck with a blackwood backstrap and a simple round over profile. Burnt in position dots and black fretmarkers with a machine screw nut. These have been really popular a...

Romeo & Julieta - Fretless - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£90.00
A traditional "Romeo & Julieta" cigar box, with a simple piezo pickup and round sound holes. Sapele wood through neck and heel reinforcement, hand carved, finished with gunstock oil and a wax coat. Burnt in position dots and black fretmarkers with a simple machine screw nut. These have been really popular at festivals, so we've decided to m...

Plague Doctor "Tempus Fugit" - Twin Humbucker - 3 string cigar box guitar
£475.00
Our own Plague Doctor grahics on a custom birch ply box with a distressed finish and f-holes. The result is a really resonant guitar which has a nice full acoustic sound. With a unique winged hourglass "Tempus Fugit" headstock. Poplar through neck with a heel reinforcement which has been darkburst to match the box, Blackwood Tek fretboard with V...

Romeo & Julieta Railhumbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£400.00
Traditional "Romeo & Julieta" cigar box with f-holes and matching chrome hardware. Beechwood through neck with backstrap reinforcement, blackwood tek fretboard with Van Gent super jumbo frets, real mother of pearl position dot markers and white side dots with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional...

Workshop Series - Plague Doctor, Lefty - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
LEFT HANDED. Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Plague Doctor graphics over veneered ply box. Derived from our highly successful "Make and Play" workshop guitars, these offer genuine play-ability and great tone at a bargain price. Yellow Poplar through neck with through body reinforcement, oak fretboard with Van Gent nic...

Partagas "Winged" - Twin Railhumbucker - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£722.75
All wood Partagas cigar box with twin cream railhumbucker pickups. Cherrywood through neck with a laminated reinforcement heel and a carbonfiber through rod reinforcement. Blackwood Tek fretboard with Van Gent super jumbo frets, pearl face markers and white edge dot markers with a bone nut. Shaped tail and laminated and shaped headstock. Our gu...

Montecristo (Russet) Shortscale Fretless - 3 string cigar box guitar
£135.00
Genuine "Montecristo" cigar box with a russet distressed finish and f-holes. Hand carved one piece maplewood through neck with burnt in fretmarkers and position dots. Finished with a matching russet distressed look, hand rubbed gunstock oil and a final wax coat finish. Distressed machine screw nut. 22 3/4 inch scale. Balanced tension Zilpha ni...