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Cigar Box Guitar
Cigar Box Guitar
Information
Owner	critter42
Version	1.0
Status	In Progress
Started On	February 2010

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Revision as of 05:00, 10 February 2010

Overview

I wanted a fairly easy project to do to possibly display at MidSouthCon, and the current issue of Make Magazine had instructions on building a Cigar Box Guitar. While I am not really musically inclined, I thought this might be a fun first project.

Features

Design and style
- 3-string guitar with a through neck made out of maple stock.
- Steel Strings
- Fretted neck (may go fretless if the fretting doesn't work out)
- Tailpiece/string mounted on through end of neck

In Progress

Acquisition of materials

Future Improvements

Addition of pickups or piezo buzzer to electrify the guitar
Add more strings
Make a finger slide

Bill of Materials

Item	Metric	Cost/Item	Qty	Sub Total	Distributor
Cigar Box	N/A	$0.33	3	$0.99	Tobacco Corner, Ltd

Tools Used for Construction

coping saw

table saw

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+== Overview ==
+I wanted a fairly easy project to do to possibly display at [[Fan Table at MidSouthCon|MidSouthCon]], and the current issue of [http://www.makezine.org Make Magazine] had instructions on building a Cigar Box Guitar.  While I am not really musically inclined, I thought this might be a fun first project.
+== Features ==
+* Design and style
+** 3-string guitar with a through neck made out of maple stock.
+** Steel Strings
+** Fretted neck (may go fretless if the fretting doesn't work out)
+** Tailpiece/string mounted on through end of neck
+=== In Progress ===
+* Acquisition of materials
+=== Future Improvements ===
+* Addition of pickups or piezo buzzer to electrify the guitar
+* Add more strings
+* Make a finger slide
+== Bill of Materials ==
+{{bom-start}}
+{{bom-row
+| item = Cigar Box
+| cost = 0.33
+| quantity = 3
+| distributor = Tobacco Corner, Ltd
+}}
+{{bom-end}}
+== Tools Used for Construction ==
+{{tool|coping saw}}
+{{tool|table saw}}