Hi All!
I have been a member here for a while and thought I would finally say hello.
First of all I have never made or even thought of making a musical instrument.
I stumbled across this site while looking to buy a couple of nice wood cigar boxes
to use as pull out drawers on an apothecary chest project I had in mind.
Well that all changed when I saw the guitars you all were building.
This was the first I have ever heard of a cigar box guitar, I had to know more!
I have very little free time to spend on my projects so I put a lot of thought
into what I am going to build.
After looking at thousands of pics on your site and some utube vids I knew I had
to make one!!
My first build went fairly smooth.... I learned alot! For example -
I started with a 24 fret fretboard on a old yardstick it seemed a bit to long so I
decided to save it for another project and just buy a few more yardsticks and make a 20 fret instead.
Well the new yardsticks the sell now are only about an inch to a inch and a quarter wide so I cut one from Home Depot and one from Lowes in half length wise and glued

them together to make a fretboard one and half inches wide; it looks pretty cool.
I used caribou antler for the nut and the base for the bridge, Popular for the neck, and the tuners and electronics are from evilbay.
After a few more minor learning experiences I came up with my Macanudo Cigar Box Guitar.
I tuned it to G,D,G and I don't want to pat myself on the back but it sounds pretty damn good!! I can't believe I made a working instrument!
Here is a pic of the finished guitar and if I can figure out how to make an album of pics I will post more of the guitar and the build.
Thanks for the addiction I already have the next build started!