I finished this Cigar Box tenor the other day. I'm a waterfowl hunter, so this one is themed for my love of the sport. I love playing it!
I built it with a Don Sixto box. 3/32" Spruce top with spruce bracing and a flying mallard duck soundhole. Comfort edge at the back. I put a curly mahogany veneer on the faceplate along with the 12ga brass headbadge. Tuners are from a long dead vintage guitar. Pau abalone position markers, and added side position markers as well.
I made a bone nut and compensated bridge for it and that may add to the tone (maybe?). Unusual finish of Minwax Polyurethane to add some resilience when I go to hunting camp (have used it before on some other instruments to good effect).
Strung with Aquila Super Nylgut strings, it sounds wonderful.
I built it with a Don Sixto box. 3/32" Spruce top with spruce bracing and a flying mallard duck soundhole. Comfort edge at the back. I put a curly mahogany veneer on the faceplate along with the 12ga brass headbadge. Tuners are from a long dead vintage guitar. Pau abalone position markers, and added side position markers as well.
I made a bone nut and compensated bridge for it and that may add to the tone (maybe?). Unusual finish of Minwax Polyurethane to add some resilience when I go to hunting camp (have used it before on some other instruments to good effect).
Strung with Aquila Super Nylgut strings, it sounds wonderful.