Because the gottan, a three-stringed, fretless, square-bodied, wood-top Japanese folk instrument is so much like a cigar box guitar, I thought you guys might like to see these photos.
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The mask is traditional.
Young man noodling on his gottan and wearing a mask out of bashfulness I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=383&v=yft8G6sj9ck
I love the simple elegance of the way the strings are fixed to the bottom of the gottan or shamisen.
And here is someone's video, making one. I don't think I would have rounded off the box pieces so early one. Easier to measure the precise middle from squared edges.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmegq2meDco