Welcome to Birdwood Guitars
Thank you for visiting us at Birdwood Guitars.
We have been building cigar box guitars since 2012 and it has certainly been a crazy ride! We have built and sold over two-thousand CBGs in that time and developed a reputation for excellent service and fantastic products.
We are a proudly Australian based business but are always happy when we receive an order from elsewhere on our beautiful blue planet. We have sold our CBGs all over the world, to countries as far away as Norway, The UK, The USA, Germany, Belgium, New Zealand, Indonesia and South Africa.
Be sure to check out our made-to-order STAGE SERIES guitars. These instruments take the humble cigar box guitar up to the next level as a modern, high powered, quality instrument fit for bedroom rocking or playing in front of a paying audience.
Adam Harrison.
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Steve Arvey's Killer Strings are the perfect choice for a cigar box guitar player who wants to add some serious edge to their sound. With a heavy gauge and nickel wound construction, these strings are built to deliver powerful, grungy tones. The strings are designed to provide you with plenty of low-end punch and sustain. Plus, these strings are designed to stay in tune no matter how hard you play, so you can focus on your music instead of worrying about your tuning.
3 String right handed version available NOW!
We’ve taken all the best things about cigar box guitars and blended them with the playability of a rocking electric guitar to produce the ‘Mojo Rising’ CBG.
Our ‘Mojo Rising’ is a modernised version of our popular cigar box guitars. They provide you with excellent playability and a powerful sound, perfect for stage or bedroom rocking!
Your Guitar
handmade, heavy duty body
light relic finish
hand applied red burst
Chrome hardware
mini humbucker with coil tap option (stock model only)
closed tuners
fixed and fully adjustable bridge for excellent intonation
volume with pull up selector for single coil option
strap buttons - excellent balance
hardwood nut
stained fret markers
jumbo frets
quality hardware
Made to order options available in left and right handed and 3 or 4 string. Orders take approximately 4 weeks due to the handmade nature of each build and demand.
3 String right handed version available NOW!
New Products
The Solid Body Series is back!
4 String in off white available now!
Our solid body Series have been designed to provide you with recognisable instruments in either 3, 4 or 6 string formats. Each instrument is built one at a time using plantation and reclaimed timbers and is guaranteed to be a head turner. We build our instruments to look rustic and rough while being comfortable to the touch and easy to play. We offer made-to-order options so you get to choose exactly what you want and it also reduces the costs associated with building stock instruments and storage costs.
Your guitar
V-type body with easy access contour at the neck
Relic-style off-white finish
25.5 inch scale length
oak neck on 3 and 4 string
Pre-made maple neck with rosewood fretboard on 6 string
Walnut fretboard on 3 or 4 string
Bone nut
Medium Jescar frets
3, 4 or 6 in line headstock
Chrome closed tuners
Fully intone-able steel bridge
CBG sized humbucker provides crushingly heavy tones
Volume
Tone
Black scratch plate
Sold tuned to EADG the lower 4 strings of a standard guitar. You can tune it any way you like.
8 week build time
Watch a video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5SBfjwErpY
This is not a bass guitar. It has been designed as a 4 string electric guitar.
Lifetime limited Fair-wear guarantee
Handmade in Hazelbrook NSW by Adam Harrison
Popular
Our electric, LIGHTNING BOY series has proved to be so popular that we recently sold out! This beautiful Macanudo CBG is the first of the latest batch to leave the work bench. Get ready to rock with this fully electric guitar. We have cleverly hidden the electric guitar pickup under the top of the instrument so as not to damage the top of the box. Plug in and rock out to you fave rock songs. This guitar loves a good dash of distortion!
Your Guitar
Genuine Macanudo cigar box body
Red oak neck (reclaimed)
White oak fretboard
Screw fret position markers
Hardwood nut
Hardwood bridge
Chrome machine heads
Hidden magnetic pickup
Volume control
Chrome box corners
Quality electronics
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