The Cigar Box Guitar Company
Keeping tradition alive one instrument at a time!
Keeping tradition alive one instrument at a time!
It started as a 5th grade school music project...
The Whitman Sampler Candy Box Guitar
...and has become a passion!
The Cigar Box Guitar Company is a one man shop located in central New Jersey dedicated to the preservation and continued evolution of this truly american instrument!
We are proud to offer the standard CBG (3 string), tenor (4 string) and our signature LBG model ( 6 or 8 string) which incorporates elements of a lap steel, resophonic guitar and banjo with a sound all its own!
If you've never played a CBG (or LBG) before you're in for a treat. With their roots steeped in slavery, the civil war and southern blues these little boxes produce some mighty big tones!
Each instrument is truly one-of-a-kind! We even incorporate a proprietary sound post design to achieve the best tone possible. All of our acoustic models include a Badcatt internal transducer pickup so you can plug into your choice of preamp or we will install a preamp and 3 band equalizer right in the box!
We use red oak, maple and poplar for our hand shaped necks. The jumbo fretted rosewood, oak and maple fingerboards are adorned with beautiful abalone inlays. Hard maple ebony capped bridge, bone nut, rolled brass tailpiece and a string through design provide loads of sustain. We offer a selection of quality pickups from our favorite vintage "blade style" single coil and humbucker versions to the 1960s lipstick style. Also, optional active tone circuits (www.guitarfuel.com) for a whole new sound experience are available for any model!
Our cigar boxes are hand selected from a continuously updated inventory. We use only the best wood and paper covered wood cigar boxes that pass our "tap test" to ensure only the highest quality bear The Cigar Box Guitar Company logo.
We offer a custom build service that allows you to pick the cigar box (or provide your own), woods, hardware, etc. to create your dream CBG or LBG. Please contact us for details and build times.
As of June 1, 2008 we are limiting our annual production to 30 instruments (custom orders only). This allows us the time necessary to produce superior instruments while we maintain our other commitments. Thanks for your continued support!
Our email address is:
seriousgas@aol.com
The Signet
Tenor CBG Electric
The San Cristobal
LBG 6 Electric
The Arturo Fuente
CBG Acoustic
The Micubano
LBG 6 Acoustic
The Cheap Bastard
Tenor CBG Acoustic
The San Cristobal
Cigocaster
CBG Amplifiers
- 2 rippin' watts
- 3" speaker
- volume, tone & overdrive
- line out/headphone
- 9V or a/c adapter (not included)
- select wood cigar box
NJ Bluesman Mudcatt in the shop with his new Don Pipin Tenor CBG
