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Posted by Mark Werner on September 23, 2009 at 12:37pm
I had no trouble finding a big-enough box for my resonator guitar, but now that I've assembled all the bits for my "solidbody" electric, I can't find a decent-sized box. To accommodate the scale length on the strat neck I have, it's got to be at least 12" long, better 14". I thought of gluing two small boxes together, but that's TOO big; puts the bridge in an odd-looking place.

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  • Mark Werner September 24, 2009 at 6:20pm
    Now, that's a big box. Looks like you could make a bass out of it. I have a biggish Cohiba box "waiting" at a local store, they promise to call me when it's empty...
  • Paul Doug September 24, 2009 at 10:02am
    This may not be wide wnough but worth a look

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130332497062...
  • Will Carter September 24, 2009 at 2:36am
    see if you can find the brown or black Gof of Fire boxes. They ar the longest I have seen and use them for baritone etc..
  • Mark Werner September 23, 2009 at 7:13pm
    Now those look good!
  • David L. September 23, 2009 at 4:52pm
    Hi, I have built 3 CBGs using strat necks and found wooden slide boxes (for 35mm film slides) to be ideal. The ones which hold 175 slides are 12 x 9 x 2.5 inches. They come up fairly often on ebay and I paid about £6 to £8 including postage for each one.

  • Mortimer Snerd September 23, 2009 at 1:11pm
    Eleven inch box. 25.5 inch scale. It might not look purdy, but it can be done.

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