Whamola plans, Seasick Steve lesson, Hot Rod pickup!
Welcome Fall Building Season!
Technically we have a few more days of summer, but around Gitty Mills it's really starting to feel like Autumn. The kids are back in school, the air is getting more crisp at night, and some of the trees are jumping the color-change gun.
One of our favorite things about Autumn is that it is when a lot of folks get back into their workshops and start working on some new projects, including cigar box guitars and other homemade instruments!
We are consistently awed and inspired by seeing the great stuff you all come up with, and we're doing our best to keep providing all of the best parts, how-to info and inspiration we can from this end.
Loud, distinctive acoustic tones with reduced feedback.
No soldering. No routing for big pre-amps.
Easy-to-install.
Our new video shows how you can easily install a Hot Rod Pickup into your cigar box guitar with minimal effort. The Hot Rod maintains a simple setup without any volume or tone controls, created to capture and boost the true acoustic signal.
One Hand Dan Album Now Available through iTunes, CDBaby, Spotify and More!
You can now find C. B. Gitty Records' latest release, "Self Medication" from One Hand Dan, on various digital music services, including
iTunes,
CDBaby,
Spotify and more! We're also working on getting the album onto iTunes.
On Spotify, just search for "One Hand Dan" and start listening!
Electric Delta 3-pole pickup - Pre-Soldered!
These pickups could be straight out of an inventor's barn in the 1940's. And the tone is pure Mississippi: a snarling single coil gnashing out 4.75 kOhms of fury.
No wiring. No soldering. Just shove 'em in your next masterpiece and plug it into an amp. It's as simple as that.
This photo surfaced a couple of months ago of Chris Cornell and Eric Roberts together holding a cigar box guitar, and all we could learn at that time was that it was part of a music video they were working on. Turns out, it was quite the production.
See the Full Video Here
NEW MUSIC FOR YOUR SHOP! A. J. Gaither LIVE
A. J. Gaither Live gives you his complete live show from The Westport Saloon in Kansas City, Missouri.
Outlaw country with a hefty dose of the blues, southern rock and more.
What things make your pickups sound great? Got a favorite setup? Special methods that nobody has considered? Send them to us!
Two random entries will win $50 Gitty gift certificates!!! Email your entry to GittyFans@cbgitty.com
Contest runs now through Midnight, September 30, 2015. All submissions will be published as part of our ongoing free building tips series.
All Entries from Last Month's Contest Posted!
See all the workshop tips collected from last month's contest! Add your own in the comments.
Workshop Tips
FREE PLANS - Build Your Own Whamola!!!
Les Claypool's one-string Whamola is the mutated and high voltage bastard-son of the washtub bass. Using a lever tuning/playing system, the instrument delivers globular, freak-out sounds. See Les Play His Whamola Live & Get the Free Plans Here
