Just assembled my first cigar box guitar. Three strings tuned GDG and a slide!
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That looks pretty cool!
Is that a Bokken you've used for the neck/bridge? I got one from a visit to Nagoya Castle years ago and I've been thinking of turning it into a uke somehow.
Very nice looking, especially for your first. Going to do a sound clip? I'm subscribed to CBN and keep getting updates, but I haven't started mine yet. I can't decide whether to do a 3 string slide guitar, a 2 string bass, or a 3 string "lap steel" guitar.
I have been building cigar box guitars for about a year now. I fret mine diatonic like a mountain dulcimer and tune them low d, a, and high d. They are fun and easy to play. Some of them I put a pick-up on so that they can be amped. Phil you mentioned a two string bass. How do you build it? Do you use a larger box and how do you fret and tune it?