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7 String Cigar Box Lyre

Posted by Glenn Kaiser on March 13, 2025 at 3:35pm

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Simple, quick scrap wood, zither tuners, 50 and 25 lb. mono-fishing line. Add a piezo pickup, go into guitar effects pedals and an amp and endless possibili...

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Glenn Kaiser March 15, 2025 at 11:31am

Thx Poorness- Yep, -years-... but finally and man it's fun. Yeah a bro passed a box of z. pins on to me, finally a cool, effective way to use 'em! -Glenn
Glenn Kaiser March 15, 2025 at 11:30am

Go for it T-Gripped! So simple, quite cathartic sounds. -Glenn
Glenn Kaiser March 15, 2025 at 11:30am

Doug Thx! Stretching out is true. I'm already amazed at the tones, tuning variations, 7 strings offer a wide horizon of melody and harmony options I never really considered! Writing songs around it presently! -Glenn
Poorness Studios March 14, 2025 at 9:23am

I love this Glenn. I've been wanting to do a Cigar Box Lyre for a bit too. I like the way you put the box perpedicular to the neck. Very cool. I hate tuning with zither pins but they're easy for instruments like this.
T-Gripped March 14, 2025 at 8:48am

Sweet. Some day I wanna build something like this
Doug Thorsvik March 13, 2025 at 8:44pm

Looking forward to seeing how it sounds when the strings settle down. Fishing line does stretch a bit.

Fun build Glenn! Thanks for sharing it with us.