AGP #331 “$30 POS- Leftovers”(3 String Cigar Box Guitar)Scale : 648mm / 25½inchesStrings : .028NW / .018NW / .014PS /Left over hardware from my previous build, using one of the larger of many small Cigar Boxes I still have, the Neck & Fretboard is a combination of free recycled timbers Grey Ironbark & Merbau, no Acoustic qualities at all, but Amped Up, it’s a Lightly Strung Short Scale Git which makes a “Big Noise” :-D
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"Thanks UJ", the box has been sitting in the shed for a few yrs now, along with quite a few other small ones, I always thought they were too small, but! at the moment I can't put this "Little Beauty" down, and Yes! I have had a break from building, mainly because I was running out of ideas for different types of build styles etc., recently dragged out my 6 string Weissenborn and a few other store bought 6 stringers with the idea to have another go at improving my 6 string capabilities, and have now fallen into a Lap Steel frame of mind, our good friend Dave Lynas has been playing some beautiful Lap Steel stuff lately, so the next few builds I do will be 6 String Lap Steel orientated, along with an "Offset Bones Reilly Type Build" :-D
"Thanks Bones", I do have a similar box which is earmarked for an Offset Neck Build :-D
I did do one Offset Type Build few yrs back, and it was a "Bloody Disaster" :-(
It was a Mongrel of a thing to build, a Bastard of a thing to play, it looked Shithouse, and sounded the same, it was de-constructed not long after being built, the box went into the fire, and the Neck and Pickup were reused in other builds. :-D
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"Thanks Wes"
"Thanks UJ", the box has been sitting in the shed for a few yrs now, along with quite a few other small ones, I always thought they were too small, but! at the moment I can't put this "Little Beauty" down, and Yes! I have had a break from building, mainly because I was running out of ideas for different types of build styles etc., recently dragged out my 6 string Weissenborn and a few other store bought 6 stringers with the idea to have another go at improving my 6 string capabilities, and have now fallen into a Lap Steel frame of mind, our good friend Dave Lynas has been playing some beautiful Lap Steel stuff lately, so the next few builds I do will be 6 String Lap Steel orientated, along with an "Offset Bones Reilly Type Build" :-D
"Thanks Bones", I do have a similar box which is earmarked for an Offset Neck Build :-D
I did do one Offset Type Build few yrs back, and it was a "Bloody Disaster" :-(
It was a Mongrel of a thing to build, a Bastard of a thing to play, it looked Shithouse, and sounded the same, it was de-constructed not long after being built, the box went into the fire, and the Neck and Pickup were reused in other builds. :-D
A very good looking box and build, Alan. That style suits my likes to a tee. I noticed I had not seen a build from you for while. Nice to see again.
Cool but you stuck the neck in the middle of the box .... just saying ...
"Typo Error" :-( Scale is actually 609mm / 24inches :-)