Here's a nicely-done article about building a solidbody electric guitar from plywood. Total build: body, neck, fingerboard, everything. I'd call this a "found-material project", related to cigar box instruments, but I think his neck construction meth
Read more…Trying to fit neck in pocket. For me something is not right.
Neck is 28.7 scale and body is made for 24.7 scale neck.
gluing is not good idea.Too different woods.
Going to use bolts and threads. I think its the best solution
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I have plywood box. I'm trying to make it stomp box with percussion.
Kids plywood tambourines are 10€. Not many in stores. I found only 2. One too big and small one with skin. Better musician ones starts at 14€. Do much to break for crotales.
Horse b
Read more…I used epoxy to glue together ceramig magnets and plywood.
I winded wire on magnets. Wire pushed wood off the magnets
I think I need to rewind wire. Can i fix this ? Is there any better glue or I did something wrong ?
If this don't work I'm going to
Read more…I'm thinking of building a 3 string guitar, or perhaps diddley bow for the first one, and I'm wondering about tone. Instead of waiting around trying to find the right cigar box, I decided to perhaps build my own box.
I went to a specialty lumber s
Read more…I live in Estonia. It's hard to find used cigarbox or humidor in Estonia. New humidors are 51 euro.For me buying form ebay is to expensive. I have never build a guitar only didley bow.
I'am not soft guitar player. I don't like nylon strings.
I neve
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