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  1. 16th January 2013, 02:05 AM #1
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    Default Cigar box guitars? Help please.

    I thought there was a dedicated section but I may have overlooked it.

    i have a few plans for these but would like some more information. Not being an avid cigar smoker, although I love a villager #6 I don't have thicknesses of timber or other reasonable plans to DIY one. I want to make an acoustic for my brother as a birthday pressie. I think my skills have progressed this far and I feel confident I could pull this off.

    the plans don't specify string tension screws and I will assume bolts wont do it??
    How do I hold the strings in place on the top of the neck? I reckon I am mostly there, buy some nice tone wood and build a box, get some other, possibly hardwood for the neck and off set the head. Run the neck right through the box so the strings carry across it. How do I raise the strings to tone across the hole, from the plans I have they are short and very close to the resonating hole. There are no steel sections to get good chords from? I assume this is the beauty of the sound it's like a fret less base?

    shouldnt the neck be at the back and not the front like in the plans or am I reading them wrong? Or have I mixed up a couple of sets of plans in my head?

    im looking for an easily put together set of plans that make a reasonable sound, with wood readily available in thicknesses I can maybe buy?? Basically a simple first timer box I can build without all the tools in the world.

    am I kidding myself or can it be done.

    i am not a muso as you can tell but I'd like to have a go.

    thanks for any and all replies they will be appreciated.
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  3. 16th January 2013, 08:12 AM #2
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    Try these guys. Answers to any questions, the variety and invention will astound.

    Cigar Box Nation - #1 resource for Cigar Box Guitars, Free Plans, How-To, Parts & More!

    I might add this is a results driven site not too many are fussed how the job gets done.
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  4. 16th January 2013, 08:29 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pilchard View Post
    I thought there was a dedicated section but I may have overlooked it.
    The Musical Instruments section is on a tab at the top of the page. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS


    I've never seen these cigar-box guitars before. Very interesting.
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  5. 16th January 2013, 08:40 AM #4
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    I have just built 2 basic Guitars for the Grand Children, and have to build a Bass for my Son, here are a couple of pic's, .

    Cigarbox nation is a good place to start, the fittings, are available on E-bay for reasonable costs, I brought the tuner pegs for less than $10.00 delivered.

    Also go to the Music section on the top of the main menu, and ask your questions.

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  6. 16th January 2013, 10:07 AM #5
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    Yup, have a look at this thread.
    https://www.woodworkforums.com/f98/ci...uitars-162043/
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    If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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    My box guitar. The hard thing for anyone who has built serious instruments is to build to the rough and ready ethic. I wanted a functioning acoustic box, most cbgs rely on amplification. I have a Kala U bass planned in the proper cbg style. Kala U-Bass demo - YouTube


    https://www.woodworkforums.com/f98/te...garbox-162525/

    I have replaced the sagging tone bars and the top is now right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ball Peen View Post
    .... I have a Kala U bass planned in the proper cbg style.....
    Keen to see that.
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    If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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    I think I'm getting the bug.....

    I've thought about making an accoustic guitar on and off for a while, but balked at the curved sides.
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  10. 16th January 2013, 04:41 PM #9
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    Baught the pegs and a cheapo pickup today from ebay less than $12 delivered pickup is just a small microphone i think so should be able to play it acoustic or electric, started looking through the wood pile for a neck. Will probebly be spotted gum atm. Thicknessed bunnies pine for the box. Im not going to try frets with this one. String risers will be gidgee. I like the idea of using some scrap/left over timber laying around the place for the whole build.

    need to source some strings and work out what key to buy. It will be a 3 string.

    Thanks for the links and piccies helped there is a wealth of info out there. I didnt know they were that popular an instrument. Did find a piccy of sir Paul playing one though.
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    I'm adding J. Farthing's page. He has a lot of fun with cbg decoration.

    Jason Farthing's Page - Cigar Box Nation
    Cheers, Bill
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