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Guitar chord forum - chordie → Other string instruments → Cigar box guitar
New project started today I found a cheap cigar box in an antique shop today so I thought it time I stretched my carpentry skills
Next I need to find a suitable piece of hard wood for the neck . This will be three string and fret less and I'll probably wind my own pickup as well .I think it should be made as cheap as possible it all adds to the style and appeal of an instrument like this.
Hope we get too see it on action when you are done.
Fun project, keep us posted with progress (including photos) please.
Roger
Yes, I wanna see that thing when you get it done, Grah. Also plans if you don't mind. 
I wanna be Bo Diddley's "Mini-Me"!
Bill
made a start today by cleaning the box out some one had stuck paper inside the box and some plastic foam as it had been used for storing fishing tackle I've scrubbed the box out and now I can mark and cut it to accept the neck so its off to the wood yard for some oak or mahogany
Did you ever finish this project Grah, any photos? I know you brought one from The Works, a £30er as I did. Mine sounds awful, but I think the problem is with me, not the guitar. I can only play a couple of lines of I will return, by Springwater. You have to be of a certain age to remember that.
No I didnt finish it yet .At the moment I'm unpacking all the stuff I've brought back from Crete its a night mare .I'll get back onto it when i can but i think its gonna be a while.
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