I got this LaFlor Dominicana box at the flea market for 10 bucks, which I thought was pretty doggone good since they are so hard to find.
The box is physically very large, 18 inches on the wide side, narrowing down to 10 inches n the narrow side.
If I put just a regular 1x2 neck on it, the body will look huge and the neck will look puny. I want to maintain some sort of esthetics to the build. I toyed with a double neck, and John Maw suggested a 4 string mandolin, double coursed.
Any suggestions:
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I have one of those too. Been toying with plans for a twin neck out of it, not that I really need a twin neck guitar for anything. I'm no Jimmy Page! The most beautiful job I've seen with one of those is the harp guitar Delvero built, that thing was fantastic!
I originally thought about doing a 6 string classical out of one, but they are so shallow, I'm afraid it would be very quiet.
Yup, I've got that box, too. And it sits on the shelf.
I'm leaning towards a mandolin, or double-coursed 3 string. I made one of those, and I let it go, and I still miss it.
Im with Seaman Jay. Not often you find a box big enough to make a bass with. I have a bass neck waiting around for a 17" minimum length box.
It seems a double neck is the obvious choice for that wonderful top, but I have an option for a neck wider at the bout...
perhaps a three string, with an additional string halfway up the neck??? ala 5 string banjo?
best of both worlds? :-)
neck would be long, thin, and graceful, yet wider at the bout, for a more substantial aesthetic look???
Fun stuff!
rc
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