Instruments and components, Tonewood and electronics - at great prices and shipped to your door.
If you want a DIY cigar box guitar kit, or the wood to build a bespoke acoustic guitar, we have the best available.
We have the woods, pickups and electrics you need to start building beautiful instruments today.
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This is the everything required to build a truly outstanding Cigar Box Guitar!
The body is of American Walnut, and if it looks good in the photos, but wait until you see it finished!
The body is supported by our new easily assembled inner casing.
Mahogany, Oak, or Poplar are your choice for the neck, with an ebony fretboard blank to go on top, please ask for the options available when you order, as we build each one individually.
Frets are upgraded from our standard kit, there is a zero fret at the front, and a fretted bridge made from ebony at the rear.
Hinges, and string retainer are brass, while the 8 corner protectors and the door furniture is made of aged metal.
There are good quality closed tuners, again, ask us for the options available when you order, and a full set of strings included.
The sound escapes through two chromed soundholes, but when you plug it in the amplification is by one of our fantastic new flat pickups, again, super easy to fit, reducing build time by hours.
There is usually a choice of pickups available, just message us for your options.
We can supply your kit with two options for the controls, let us know if you have any particular requests, we can 3 d print most things for you.
The other woods shown in the photos are no cost options, instead of American Walnut, you can choose red gum, Zebrano, black Limba, or Padouk, or African Mahogany woods, the wood will be cut to approximate size, ready for you to finish to your choice.
There are no other kits out there to compare with this, but if you want more, or would like me to get the kit started for you, just let us know.
Any questions, just ask, and yes, it does come with basic assembly instructions...but you will need to have a reasonable range of tools, and the ability to use them!
Customised goods may not be returned
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Our aim is to encourage everyone, no matter what their ability or skill level, to try playing - or even better, building - their own instruments.
We will provide kits for raw beginners right up to experienced Luthiers, who will find individual pieces, and complete kits, to keep them busy.
We don’t claim to be the cheapest, but we always aim to stock quality products, and to offer a great service at the best price possible.
Adam
store owner
Our curated selection of tonewoods range from UK-grown Ash, to exotic Zebra wood.
We only buy our feedstock when we find the quality and price mix that will allow cost effective instrument building, but with a finish that is second to none.
Instrument kits are the Silver Cat speciality. We already supply cigar box guitar kits, with ukulele and guitar kits coming during 2021.
We supply a basic cigar box guitar kit for £45, right up to a classical guitar kit with Rosewood and Ebony for £450.
We also provide a unique “oh shoot” insurance. If you crack, or mangle in any way, a guitar or ukulele side while attempting to bend it, we will (on you sending us a picture of the deceased side) sell you a single replacement side - or a pair if they need to be matched - rather than having to buy a full set, AND at a reduced price ... we want our customers to succeed, not stop at the first obstacle!
Our cigar box guitar spares section has a growing selection of parts to build and upgrade your instruments. If it isn’t here, just ask, and we will find you a solution.