AGP #413 - “$2.20 Scruffy”1 String Fretless Cigar Box Diddley BowScale: 587mm/23⅛ inches. String: .036NW. Tuned C.Another Mystery Cedar Cigar Box from unsure origins, the Neck is recycled Meranti, the Fretboard is recycled Pine, a Piano Tuner Pin was used for the Machine Head, and the .7k Pickup is one of those Wall Wart/Power Adaptors, that was sort of popular a few years back, as the name suggests, no expense was spared in the construction of this Scruffy Little Critter, if nothing else it was an exercise to prove, that you don’t have to spend a lot of money, or make them a thing of beauty, to make a noise.:-D
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Yep! Jerry, being an original member of the CBN Cheap Ass Club, I too try and keep the costs down as much as possible, nearly all the timber in my builds comes from recycled offcuts & rejected furniture etc, and as you say, the rest is Fluff! :-D
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"Thanks Bob" :-)
Cheap and... very nice!!
Thanks David, one can do a lot with one string :-)
Yep! Jerry, being an original member of the CBN Cheap Ass Club, I too try and keep the costs down as much as possible, nearly all the timber in my builds comes from recycled offcuts & rejected furniture etc, and as you say, the rest is Fluff! :-D
.Mono-string, ike it!
I love a cheap build.,,$5 or $6 tops.,., after that its all fluff.,