I call it the MantarfierMandolin - Guitar – Amplifier.Here’s my entry that I started building in Feb when the contest was first mentioned and before the rules were posted it’s a DBL neck fretless slider made from a 10x12x3 wine box and two cigar boxes.Oak necks with maple fret boards 15 degree scarfed joints with bird beak headstocks and counterfeit diamond plate fret markers.Top neck is a 3 string 24 ¾ “ Les Paul Scale Guitar.Bottom neck is a 3 string 13 7/8” Scale Mandolin.Both necks have Les Paul copy tuners and separate Les Paul copy volume pots and knobs powered by separate piezos.Chrome sound hole cover is an old rear interior side light from a 1987 Chrysler Lebaron.Chrome bolt spacer sleeves for nut and bridge.LED light kit powered by 2 AA batteries operated by switch from the same bad luck Les Paul Copy with an old dice knob on top.Screwed in and adjustable 6x9 Padron cigar box in the body of the guitar was an experiment to try to achieve different sounds what I got was a lot more volume.Bolted and glued to the bottom is a 6x8 Sancho Panza double maduro cigar box with amp built in. I chose this box for its small size and thought the word double worked well for it being a dbl neck it also excuse the word doubles as a guitar stand by holding it upright.It can be played 3 ways, acoustic, on board amp or plugged into an external amp.I’d like to thank Shane for keeping me busy for the better half of the winter and I hope this qualifies for the contest; I had a lota fun designing and building the MANTARFIER. It’s lit up and ready for bring your homemade guitar to work day.
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