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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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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.

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