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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on January 6, 2019 at 7:59am

A band saw would be best, but a hand saw could be used. It would be hard to get it straight with a hand saw.

A 4" thick box would have greater acoustic sound than the thinner boxes. I would use it as is or for a Bass git and get another thinner box for whatever your planing.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on January 6, 2019 at 10:03am

Hi, I use my table saw for this procedure. I most times make my boxes oversize (depth) then run around the the rim on the saw, setting the fence to  the depth I need. But the only way really is to use the saw you have.

You can glue a sheet of 80grit sandpaper to a flat board for sanding the saw marks out of the rim for rejoining or fitting tops and backs.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by ILL GREEN on January 6, 2019 at 5:04pm

Thats good to know. As a newby myself, I would think thinner would have more acoustic impact. I see now.

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Permalink Reply by Keith Rearick on January 7, 2019 at 7:51am

No you want depth for acoustic guitars. Electric it doesn't matter. If your looking to make one to play both ways, then too thin won't work. Some guys are making their own boxes, because of the sound they want.

Brent, what are the dimensions of the box? What size are you looking for?

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Permalink Reply by Brent Kasl on January 7, 2019 at 7:59am

GReat box, about 4" thick, do not want to loose the top or much of the side graphics which makes me think if I could loose 1" at either bottom 25% or across middle it could be used

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on January 7, 2019 at 1:24pm

I would leave it, a deep box ain’t a bad thing? 

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Permalink Reply by Brent Kasl on January 7, 2019 at 1:27pm

Seems at that size it would be difficult to handle and play

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on January 7, 2019 at 1:52pm

Have you tried? tall boxes I’ve built with produced great tone? Sometimes it’s good to experiment, a lot could be learned?

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