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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
Undercrown 3 String Cigar Box Guitar compact single coil pickup LEFTY
£285.00
All wood "UNDERCROWN" cigar box . LEFT HANDED 3 String Guitar Meranti through neck, black walnut fretboard, Van Gent super-jumbo frets with white face and side position dot markers and finished with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods with a gun stock oil and wax polished finish for great pl...
La Aurora 3 String Cigar Box Guitar compact single coil pickup
£270.00
All wood "La Aurora" cigar box . Meranti through neck, Blacjwood Tek fretboard, Van Gent super-jumbo frets with white face and side position dot markers and finished with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods with a gun stock oil and wax polished finish for great play-ability and comfortable i...
Partagas 3 String Cigar Box Guitar compact single coil pickup
£275.00
All wood "Partagas" cigar box . Meranti through neck, jacaranda fretboard, Van Gent super-jumbo frets with white face and side position dot markers and finished with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods with a gun stock oil and wax polished finish for great play-ability and comfortable in-the...
Camacho Red Ace of Spades humbucker pickup - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£375.00
Beautiful high gloss "Camacho" cigar box with Ace of Spades custom stainless steel soundhole trims and trapeze tailpiece. Ash through neck with beech backstrap, Blackwood Tek 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 using tradit...
Camacho Yellow single coil pickup - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£250.00
Beautiful high gloss "Camacho" cigar box with a single coil pickup. Utile through neck with , Black 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 using traditional methods with a gun stock oil and wax finish for great play-ab...
Camacho Orange - LEFTY single coil pickup - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£275.00
Beautiful high gloss "Camacho" LEFT HANDED cigar box with ace of spades style custom steel soundhole trims and single coil pickup. Oak through neck with , Black 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 using traditional m...
Romeo & Julieta short scale fretless - 3 string cigar box guitar
£145.00
Genuine Romeo & Julieta" cigar box with singlecoil compact pickup. Hand carved oak through neck, sapele fretboard with burned-in fretmarkers and position dots. with hand rubbed gunstock oil and final wax coat finish. Machine screw nut and sapele bridge with fretwire saddle. 22 3/4 inch scale Fitted with antique bronze finish openback machi...
Bolivar twin handwound pickup deluxe - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£635.00
Traditional "Bolivar" cigar with laminated sapele and walnut neck Blackwood Tek fretboard with Van Gent super jumbo frets. Real mother of pearl position dots and white edge dot markers, real bone nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods for great playability and comfortable in-the-hand feel. Finished in traditio...
Romeo & Julieta humbucker "Double Top" - Cigar Box Guitar
£555.00
A simple but beautiful traditional "\romeo & Julieta" cigar box. This special guitar is tuned G D GG, and has a double course top pair of strings, strung with a light gauge octave G on the top. It gives it a chiming tone, and adds a really different sound to your playing, whether fretted or played with a slide. Meranti & poplar laminate...
Romeo y Julieta, "Chickenbacker" twin pickup deluxe 3 String Cigar Box Guitar incl. case
£770.00
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, blue crackle "Born Under A Bad Sign"- 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£190.00
Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Orange crackle finish over veneered ply box with zinc plated fixing brackets and signwritten graphics. 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, through body reinfor...
Symphony Fretless - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
£205.00
Genuine Symphony Spanish cedar cigar box, with full scale neck and electric pickup. Meranti through neck, through body reinforcement, BlackwoodTek fretboard, white side fretboard markers and edge dots with a machine screw nut. Our guitar necks are fully profiled by hand using traditional methods for great playability and comfortable in-the-hand...