Arnold Kelly's Blog (7)

Trying to build my first cigar box ukulele.  So far I've already been having a problem doing a scarf joint so I could have an angled head.  Don't have any power tools, so I need to come up with a better way to cut straight lines.  Here's what it looks like glued up:

Gonna need a lot of filling and/or sanding to get it level. :(

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Built my first Diddley Bo on Friday.  It has become my NEW favorite musical instrument!  Gonna start building more of them, I think.  Great way t oget rid of any odd guitar strings you have laying around. :)

Drillbit slipped, so the tuner is slightly to one side.  But it still works just fine.

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Went to my local discount cigarette outlet to look at buying "a couple" cigar boxes to build with.  When I discovered they were only $1 a piece and it was "buy 3 get 2 free"...Let's just say that plan went out the window. LOL!  Here's what I got:

These three are actually METAL!  I've never seen metal cigar boxes before, so I definitely had to grab them.…

Here's my newest cbg, which I've named "Three Stringer Death Punch". Those of you familiar with current bands will get the joke. ;)

Still needs the rest of the hardware attached and strung up.  I'm hoping it plays well, even though it's a paperboard box.  Don't know if I wanna put electronics in it or not.  May play with it for awhile…

I was happy with how my very first CBG turned out...but I wasn't SATISFIED with it.  Well NOW I am!  Only did a few "tweaks" to it, but it turned out AMAZING, IMHO.  I removed the electric guitar strings and part extra light acoustic strings, which sound MUCH better.  Before installing the strings, I glued up the two outer string holes and re-drilled them, making them more "spread out".

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It's done!  I finally got off my lazy butt and finished my first cigar box guitar.  Check it out:

Now it's time to start thinking about the next one.  Got a red Punch box that I think I want to use for my first "electrified" cbg.  :)