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Cuban Seal 3 String CBG

Posted by Maddog on May 12, 2016 at 12:29pm

Antique Cuban Seal cigar box was given to me a few years back by Justin and Nikki on one of thier visits here to Nebraska and I've been saving it for a build for myself, the box just has so much Mojo to it!Maple neck/heel/fretboard, walnut fret dots, walnut headstock wings, old hinge tailpiece, maple saddle w/old bolt bridge, onyx nut, pearloid open gear tuners, maple 3 string pickup, vintage strap buttons, 19" fretted scale. Tuned GDG.Thanks so much Justin and Nikki! It turned into a nice lil" picker for sure.

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Maddog May 14, 2016 at 12:12am

Thanks Dave! I do like these old boxes :-)
Maddog May 14, 2016 at 12:12am

Thanks Al!
Maddog May 14, 2016 at 12:12am

Thanks John!
Maddog May 14, 2016 at 12:10am

Thanks AGP! I went with the shorter 19" scale to kind of go in proportion with the smaller box, it has a pretty good voice acoustically and sounds very good plugged. I didn't go with any soundholes as these old boxes are solid wood and not plys so they're pretty fragile to be cutting soundholes. Plus I wanted to leave as much of the label work in place. I sat out on the cabin porch and picked a little unplugged yesterday and it has good volume.
Maddog May 14, 2016 at 12:04am

Thanks Pick! The Yums is appreciated :-)
Maddog May 14, 2016 at 12:03am

Thanks Bruce!
Dave Lynas May 13, 2016 at 9:42pm

Fabulous Maddog! Great box. Perfect!
al white May 13, 2016 at 3:54pm

Real nice... :0)
Uncle John May 13, 2016 at 7:01am

Love it.
AGP # May 12, 2016 at 6:32pm

"Looks Great", yep lots of Mojo there!, good choice of hardware etc., particularly like the Pup, 19" scale, don't think I've done one of those, how does it sound???