Difference between revisions of "Cigar box guitar"

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

Revision as of 19:54, 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
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

Tools Used for Construction

coping saw

table saw

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