Found this build a lot of fun, was able to build this better than my last build as i did not make the same mistakes, but I still a lot to learn and need to move away from tin and make a real Cigar Box Guitar. Got a decent sized wooden box today so will be making one this weekend.
So here it is, a 15 year old G.I Joe lunch box, 1"x1" hardwood, bone nut, wooden bridge and a piezo transducer pickup. It squeals like a bitch when i play it loud so will have to play about with the piezo or put a magnetic pickup it it at some point.
It doesn't play slide very well so may raise the action a tad but i like it at the moment just need to get the feel for it :) I'm trying to post a video but youtube is being a slag and taking an age to process my video x
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Mark aka. Junk Box Instruments said:
Glad you like it!
Rand Moore said:
I was thinking of using a lunch box last summer, but rejected the idea because I felt the handle of the lunch box would rattle as you play it. I had a similar rattling problem when playing one of my CBGs with a shoulder strap on that wasn't being used. The metal clips of the shoulder strap would rattle on the eye bolt while I played the instrument. The cure was either to wear the shoulder strap or to remove it. Anyway, I was wondering if you had seen the same kind of rattling problem when you played your lunch box 1-stringer guitar?
-Rand.
YeahDoIt said:
Great idea but not so easy to find around theae parts. Thanks