A few of the LJ have posted cigar box guitar so I thought i would give it a try. This was a great project! There was a lot of research into the making of a guitar which added to the fun. The cigar box is made of cedar and the neck is fretted and made of walnut. I used General clear coat as a finish sanded down to 320.Learning about the history of these guitars and build one seams to be addictive. Before I was finished with this one I was looking for cigar boxes to build the next cbg. Now to find the time to learn how to play.
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degoose
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#1 posted 403 days ago
Very cool, man..
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Ted
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#2 posted 403 days ago
Great idea! But of course I gotta ask… does it play as nice as it looks? :)
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will delaney
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#3 posted 403 days ago
Ted it actual sound pretty good. I have to tweak a few things to improve the sound but the fret scale is correct. Look on YouTube and you could see how great these CBG sound.
Rick M.
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#4 posted 402 days ago
Nice job. I’m in the process of building two, one for me and one for the wife. Mine will have an oak neck, hers is walnut, but I will probably add a walnut fingerboard to mine.
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#5 posted 401 days ago
COOL! I like this, I have not seen a CBG in years, thanks for brining back some old memories.
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drbyte
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#6 posted 400 days ago
It’s definitely addictive!! Great build, keep ‘em coming!
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