Cigar Box Guitars
Cigar Box Guitar - Fretted
Two-, three-, and four-string guitars made from cigar boxes with frets installed. Headstocks are hand-carved and chiseled, all necks are hardwood, and each can be played either as an acoustic or an electric/amplified.
Diesel Gold
SOLD
A heavy Diesel cigar box with a Fear No Beard custom pickup, walnut fretboard, laminated walnut and oak headstock, and gold hardtail bridge and hardware. FNB pickups have a solid sound.
This guitar is for sale at The Cottage in Bethany, Oklahoma. Call (405) 603-7493 for purchase and shipping.
Padron
$160.00
A Padron classic box with a humbucker Fear No Beard pickup, gold hardware, oak fretboard and purpleheart and oak laminated headstock. Fear No Beard makes amazing pickups!
Alec Bradley trilogy Guitar
SOLD
This is a heavier box which helps create great sustain on the guitar. Gold hardware, oak fretboard, laminated oak and purpleheart headstock, and a single pole pickup driving the sound.
Flathead Roadster
SOLD
A red and silver Flathead box, and chrome and flames all over. A spark plug socket is the bridge, pulling strings over a single-pole pickup. Padauk fretboard and laminated headstock. Chrome, chrome, everywhere!
I will post more pictures of this one in a guitar highlight below!
Halloween coffincaster
$210.00
Black gloss coffin with skulls galore! Single pole and humbucker pickups controlled by a three-way switch, skull volume and tone knobs, and skull tuners. Gothic-themed purple heartwood and oak carved headstock.
I will post more pictures of this one in a guitar highlight below!
Fretless Guitars
Three- and four-string guitars made without frets, generally played with a slide. Headstocks are hand-carved and chiseled, all necks are hardwood, and each can be played either as an acoustic or an electric/amplified.
Tabrak Fretless Yardstick 3-String
$140.00
A classic cigar box design using a heavy black Tabrak box, oak neck, with a vintage yardstick as a fretboard. Antique brass hardware including a hardtail bridge. The MGB micro pup flat single pole pickup goes to town!
Hoyo de Monterrey brassy fretless
SOLD
A three-string fretless with an MGB "Seven Fiddy" single coil pickup under an antique brass cover with matching hardware. The padauk fretboard is topped with a hand-carved oak and cedar headstock. Terrific swamp slide sound, and rocks hard with distortion.
This guitar is for sale at The Cottage in Bethany, Oklahoma. Call (405) 603-7493 for purchase and shipping.
License Plate Guitar
Three- and four-string guitars made from license plates on a custom box, typically fretted. Headstocks are hand-carved and chiseled, all necks are hardwood, and each can be played either as an acoustic or an electric/amplified.
Vintage 1962 Ohio 4-String
$179.00
1962 red Ohio plate on a handmade box. This three-string has a rosewood fretboard with 17-frets and offset mother-of-pearl markers and side dots. Chrome hardware and a Fender-style single-pole pickup.
This guitar is for sale at The Cottage in Bethany, Oklahoma. Call (405) 603-7493 for purchase and shipping.
Suzuka Racing Circuit 3-String
$180.00
A Japanese license plate bearing the name of Japan's premiere Formula 1 track. Chrome hardware with a humbucker pickup, a mahogany fretboard and reverse oak and cedar aminated headstock.
Already had some inquiries on this one!
VINTAGE ART DECO D.C. GOVERNMENT 3-STRING LICENSE PLATE
$160.00
This 17-fret license plate guitar is a homemade box using "curbside" wood (discarded desk drawers, my favorite). The layered hardwood headstock has an art deco feel, with antique brass tuners. A powerful MGB "Lucky 13" humbucker pickup is hidden just under the plate.
This guitar is for sale at The Cottage in Bethany, Oklahoma. Call (405) 603-7493 for purchase and shipping.
NAIL FRETTED OKLAHOMA 3-STRING
$110.00
This is primarily a slide guitar, although the rough nail frets are not far off.
This is an early work, and so not as polished or intoned as others, but as a baritone-length guitar, it has a deeper rolling sound. You may need baritone guitar strings as some standard guitar strings will be too short for the middle run. Antique wooden tuners sit on a high-angled headstock, with strings stretched across a floating bridge at the tail. Black and gold hat volume and tuner knobs.
Oklahoma 1973 License Plate Guitar
$180.00
A yellow 19673 Oklahoma license plate adorns a handmade cedar box with padauk fretboard and padauk and oak laminated headstock. Black hardware matches a black P-90 soap bar pickup.
Guitars That Are Something Else
These are guitars that - in the spirit of "anything goes" in the late 1800's to early 1900's - are built of most anything. As always, how they sound is the most important consideration. They may or may not be fretted.
Steampunk cat bowl resonator
$192.00
This acoustic/electric is a 25" scale three-string with 19-fret oak fretboard and headstock laminated with oak and purple heart wood. The "ice cream bar" headstock has set-in gear decorations to match the volume knob.
An upside-down cat bowl provides the resonation with two sink drain grilles for sound hole covers. Cedar handmade box with attractive soundboard.
This guitar is for sale at The Cottage in Bethany, Oklahoma. Call (405) 603-7493 for purchase and shipping.
Brazil Nut Crate Guitar
$189.00
This is a Brazil nut crate top from Bolivia (yep, I'm confused, too!)
The sides are cedar forming a handmade box with a walnut fretboard, oak and cedar laminated headstock. Black hardware with a zebra humbucker/single pole pickup combo with a three-way switch. Twang on the humbucker and growl on the neck.
Egypt nile art 3-String
$189.00
The soundboard is an artist's vision of Egyptian temples on the water. Ghosted beneath is a "Lucky 13" MGB pickup, controlled by gold "Eye of Ra" volume and tone knobs. The box is handmade from rich red cedar, and an Egyptian coin commemorating an expansion of the Suez Canal is embedded in the walnut fretboard. The tailpiece is a gold door strike plate pulling strings over a floating bridge.
This guitar is for sale at The Cottage in Bethany, Oklahoma. Call (405) 603-7493 for purchase and shipping
Street poet jumbo dog bowl resonator
$189.00
The box is an art collaboration by Norman-area artist and poet Barry Zimmerman. The street-chalk style box, a reverse-headstock carved from laminated cedar and oak, and a zebrawood fretboard with glow-in-the-dark fret markers give this guitar an utterly unique look. The large dog bowl resonates well for either acoustic or electric effect.
Cat Bowl Resonator Drawercaster
SOLD!!
This is an 18-fret three string guitar with four-pole pickup, walnut fretboard, oak fret inlays, bottlecap volume and tone knobs, with a handmade bridge on an upside-down cat food bowl, all built around a discarded cabinet drawer found by the side of the road. It is almost the size of an acoustic dreadnought, and has amazing resonating sound.
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HALLOWEEN COFFINCASTER
Halloween Coffincaster Skull Guitar
$210.00
Black gloss coffin with skulls galore! Single pole and humbucker pickups controlled by a three-way switch, skull volume and tone knobs, and skull tuners. Gothic-themed purple heartwood and oak carved headstock.
Headstock detail
Body detail
Signed and Numbered
Glow-in-the-Dark Fret Markers
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FLATHEAD ROADSTER
Flathead Red and Chrome Hot Rod Guitar
$210.00
A red and silver Flathead box, and chrome and flames all over. A spark plug socket is the bridge, pulling strings over a single-pole pickup. Padauk fretboard and laminated headstock. Chrome, chrome, everywhere!
Chrome Detail
Headstock and neck detail
Back of neck detail
Amplifiers and Accessories
Amplifiers, 9v battery powered/portable
Good for busking or front porch playing
VINTAGE SUITCASE TWIN SPEAKER AMP
$180
Twin speakers set in a vintage Samsonite hard shell suitcase with a Footnote 5-watt amplifier. Comes with a battery pack that holds 8 AA batteries for busking and such. Also usable with a 9v AC adapter (not included). The amp plate also contains ports for pedals.
Batteries last a surprisingly long time. Strong sound.
This amp is for sale at The Cottage in Bethany, Oklahoma. Call (405) 603-7493 for purchase and shipping.
Vintage Green Suitcase Amp
$135.00
This is an amp made from a 1950's Bermuda Green Samsonite. Powered by a 9v battery that lasts a remarkably long time.
The speaker cover is a decorative "Waterwheel" air vent cover. Volume control and on/off switch.
This amp is for sale at The Cottage in Bethany, Oklahoma. Call (405) 603-7493 for purchase and shipping.
50 W/Channel Bluetooth Speaker, AC power
$90
This Bluetooth speaker contains a midrange and tweeter combination that throws big, beautiful sound. Perfect for a bookshelf or cabinet top. Plug it in and rock music around the house from your phone or tablet!
Orange 1970's Trojan Suitcase Amp
$135.00
An orange hardshell vintage suitcase with 5" and 3" speakers. 9v battery-powered with an insulated toggle switch and volume control.
A medium-sized suitcase, 20" long x 16" high.