Picked up another Montecristo Cigar Box which is destined to become another Cigar Box Guitar ;) I'm all but finished with the body as you can see in the before and after photos. The carcass was stripped of all paper work and dyed blue which was a logical colour for a blues slide :) then I clamped it in the CNC machine and cut out the maps of Texas for the sound holes and got carried away and engraved 'Texas Blues' on it as well.Next cab off the rank is fit a couple of hinges as this make of box doesn't come with them and line the inside with white paper – I’ll do that tomorra along with chop the wood for the neck which is going to have a 15 degree scarf joint instead of straight
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Wonderful.
Mighty purty! I look forward to seeing the finished git