Box Guitars by Stu Box: Manufacturer of touch style guitars and basses since 1987. Competitor to the Megatar, Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick

The Box 12 String Guitar is recognised as the first true guitar specifically designed to play, sound and feel like an electric guitar with standard scale length while having the facility to expand in a touch style or tapping technique giving the player far greater options for tapping and touch styles . The Box touch style guitar has 12 strings and offers the option of being able to run 2 sets of 6 strings through 2 different systems allowing for a far greater range of sounds , tunings and playing options.

Not only can the Box Guitar be utilized for standard, touch style and tapping styles of guitar playing but can also be used for different tunings, fuller voicings, extended harmonic range and slide playing.

Because the Box Guitar is effectively 2 guitars in one it has huge potential to create new sounds, music and playing styles but to date most guitar players use it to expand on tapping or touch styles of guitar.

There are now many touch style guitarists across the world that have a Box Guitar and you can view some of these great players on this website.

Box Guitars are the ultimate in Touchstyle, Tapping and Slide Guitars.