The top (soundboard) and the back are made from tongue depressors glued together and braced. Piezo PU is glued under the bridge. The guitar is very light, responsive and a better tone than the instruments I've built from genuine cigar boxes. It is, of course, a fretless instrument.
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The body is a little larger than most of the cigar boxes I've been using. That, combined with the thin top and bottom, give it a louder, more resonant voice than most of the others I've built. It's tuned: G-D-g. I, generally, favor a 23.5" scale but a 25" scale looked better on this one.
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The body is a little larger than most of the cigar boxes I've been using. That, combined with the thin top and bottom, give it a louder, more resonant voice than most of the others I've built. It's tuned: G-D-g. I, generally, favor a 23.5" scale but a 25" scale looked better on this one.
How's it sound? I imagine those thin sides have got to sing.
looks really nice mate well built .
Looks great and looks 1910-ish.
FANTASTIC.,.,.,and very pretty too.,.,.,