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"Thanks Uncle John, I like it too. Box is solid and made of meranti.( looks a bit like mahogany) It is a recycled door jamb from a renovation I did. Finish is red lacquer base with a black crackle lacquer on top to "age" it. it is then…"

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What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: enjoy the fun and bluesy sound of open G
plus 3 strings are easier of someone with short arthritic fingers

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New CBG build from the land down under

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Hi all,

This is my first blog (ever) and 3rd CBG type build, so I thought I would share the ride with those who might be interested.

Technically it is a 3 string hollow body guitar as no cigar box's will be harmed during the build.

Scale will be a fretted 24.75"

neck will have a truss rod adjustable at the heal end

Body and neck stock is Victorian mountain ash and spotted gum

and is based on a design I saw on the web

I'm lucky because I have…

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