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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Traditionally Cigar Box Guitars are made from...you got it, cigar boxes!
However, we believe that they are the past, or at least optional.
We offer necks in Mahogany, Oak as standard through body, with the option of bolt on necks in purple heart, wenge, and even flamed maple. Fretboards are available in Mahogany, oak, and ebony.
Our bodies come in woods from all around the world, and can be bought with either a solid top of the same wood, a contrasting wood, or a soundboard made of Spruce or Cedar.
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.