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.
NOW ALL PRODUCTS HAVE FREE U.K. MAINLAND POSTAGE!
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Our selection of turning blanks includes high quality woods with no cracks or thick knots that can break apart or grab the wood carving tools.
Among our wood selection, we have:
Ovangkol, Padouk, African Mahogany, Maple, Olive, Purple, Ash, Limba, Mexican Granadillo, Bubinga, Lacewood, Mahogany, Cedar, Ebony, Exotic Ebony, Sapele, Wengue, Bocote, Cypress and Walnut.
Any wood covered under the CITES convention may be unavailable at some points, clearance for this is now a lengthy and expensive process, meaning we can’t top up every week.
You are welcome to place forward orders...no deposit required...to ensure your wood doesn’t go somewhere else!
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.