I have a box that I’d like to turn into a guitar, but there is significant sentimental value and I don’t want to start work until I have a plan. For my wife and I’s first anniversary, she bought me a bottle of Jameson’s Middleton, very rare Irish whiskey. The bottle was about $200 when is was purchased in 2009. Fast forward 10 years and my youngest son’s name is Jameson and it would be something I can hand down. I started research to see if I messed the box up, could I get another? To my surprise, I found that in 2009, the volume sold was only 1/3 of their typical release and the bottle is now selling for nearly $2,000!
I want to do justice for whiskey and design a guitar with enough class to be worthy of that $2,000 and something I’m proud to hand down. I’m open to any and all ideas.
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Do a dry run on it with a less important box . or .. send the box to one of us to make a guitar out of it for you . research the builders here well . their style ,matching level of quality you are looking for , .# of builds under their belt , etc etc.. altho . building yourself makes it more personal , and eliminates shipping cost and risk. so a dry run may be your better option . another consideration is a cbg "kit" comes with all you would need , and instructions , just replace the box with yours . maybe upgrade some hardware . or use the kit as the guinea pig , and you will still have a cool guitar when you hand the nice one down ;-)
You might consider building a guitar out of a less desirable box if you are trying something you have not done before. That’s what I did when I bought a $60 Marvel Mystery oil can. I used a free turpentine can to work out the bugs before going on to work on something important to me.
just from the photos of the ebay 2007 box posted by Korriganit looks like the lid's skirt is thick enough for the through-neck to cut into the lid and not the bottom....
but also 2nd that same post, practice on something else to work out the bugs....
Hi Hubert, I did not know what a wine box looked like, so I googled it. Now I know.
I would suggest what I do, it's about planning.
My list would include or I would consider: being different, being interesting, being playable (fretting or slide), what parts do I have available or wish to buy, will the box provide a good acoustic sound, where to place the soundhole and what shape, will I use a pickup (what type?) . And then consider how will I secure the neck, scale length and bridge position (so that I don't mess with labels and stickers, how many strings and what embellishments would suit the build.
I lay out the parts on the top, or timber the size of the top, to play with positioning. A few card cutouts of soundholes help with this. Lots of other things happen along the way, but this will hopefully get you started.
I don't look at other guitars for ideas, but if you are new to the game, Google "wine box guitars" I see a heap there.
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Do a dry run on it with a less important box . or .. send the box to one of us to make a guitar out of it for you . research the builders here well . their style ,matching level of quality you are looking for , .# of builds under their belt , etc etc.. altho . building yourself makes it more personal , and eliminates shipping cost and risk. so a dry run may be your better option . another consideration is a cbg "kit" comes with all you would need , and instructions , just replace the box with yours . maybe upgrade some hardware . or use the kit as the guinea pig , and you will still have a cool guitar when you hand the nice one down ;-)
You might consider building a guitar out of a less desirable box if you are trying something you have not done before. That’s what I did when I bought a $60 Marvel Mystery oil can. I used a free turpentine can to work out the bugs before going on to work on something important to me.
just from the photos of the ebay 2007 box posted by Korrigan it looks like the lid's skirt is thick enough for the through-neck to cut into the lid and not the bottom....
but also 2nd that same post, practice on something else to work out the bugs....
If you're interested in a 2007 box to practice on...
Ebay
If not, I may have to buy it. : )
Hi Hubert, I did not know what a wine box looked like, so I googled it. Now I know.
I would suggest what I do, it's about planning.
My list would include or I would consider: being different, being interesting, being playable (fretting or slide), what parts do I have available or wish to buy, will the box provide a good acoustic sound, where to place the soundhole and what shape, will I use a pickup (what type?) . And then consider how will I secure the neck, scale length and bridge position (so that I don't mess with labels and stickers, how many strings and what embellishments would suit the build.
I lay out the parts on the top, or timber the size of the top, to play with positioning. A few card cutouts of soundholes help with this. Lots of other things happen along the way, but this will hopefully get you started.
I don't look at other guitars for ideas, but if you are new to the game, Google "wine box guitars" I see a heap there.
hope this helps
Taff
Hi, can you show a photo of the box to start the ideas flowing, I'm sure there's plenty of ideas out there.
Taff
A pic of the box may help .