Cigar box guitar

Cigar Box Guitar
Information
Owner	critter42
Version	1.0
Status	In Progress
Started On	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 red oak stock.
  • Steel Strings
  • Fretted neck (may go fretless if the fretting doesn't work out)
  • Tailpiece/strings mounted on through end of neck rather than on box
  • Toothpick frets and bamboo skewer Nut/Bridge

In Progress

• Designing fretboard

To Do

• Fabricate head/fretboard/tail
• Fabricate cigar box sound chamber
• Assemble components
  • Affix Neck assembly to cigar box sound chamber
  • Install hardware
    • Tuning Machines
    • Frets
    • Nut and Bridge
    • Tailpiece
    • Strap points
  • String guitar

Completed

• 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
Red Oak 1" x 2" x 3'	N/A	$3.00	2	$6.00	Lowe's Home Improvement
Tuning Machines	N/A	$1.75	6	$10.50	Yarbrough's Music
Guitar Strings	N/A	$1.00	6	$6.00	Yarbrough's Music

Total cost so far: $23.50 + tax

Tools Used for Construction

coping saw

table saw

drill