Good day to you all!  I wanted to take a minute to introduce myself, since I will be reading and learning from you all.  I'm Trey.  I come from a metal working background.  That changed about 5 years ago.  Being in the military, I move often.  The last move, I became tired of moving heavy equipment around, so I got rid of everything.  Somehow, I started woodworking, and now have plenty of heavy stuff again.  I must say, I enjoy woodworking more than I did metalworking, so that is good.  

Recently, my son joined the orchestra at his school.  He is 9.  They gave him the option to play the electric bass, so he jumped on it.  He has never played before, and neither have I.  So, I am learning to play with him.  I have decided I'd like to play an instrument with him, so I've decided to get a guitar.  While guitar shopping, I came across cigar box guitars!  Being a person who would much rather build something, this really appealed to me.

That brings me to now.  I am trying to decide if a CBG is a wise first guitar.  I've decided to build one anyway, and see where that goes.  At first, I thought I needed a 6 string, but have decided to go with 4.  I wanted to do a 6 string because I have a pickup for it in the garage.  My reading tells me that given the box size, 4 might be a better move.  So that is what I am going to do.  I've already picked out a box, and it will be here next week.  I still need to get everything else.  I'd like to go with frets, tuning keys, and a premade bridge.  

While I wait for parts to arrive, and me to make decisions, I will be reading and learning from this site.  Thanks to you all for everything you post!

Trey