Jehle Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Howdy folks. Just wanted to show off the latest mad creation from the shop. Take a pre-war Banjo neck and splice it on a 1940's cigar box repurposed as a Ukulele, string it up with Mandolin strings, then call it a Guitar... and you get THIS... Still working on the sound clip, but this is a great player. Really bright sounding but a mellow tone at the same time. It's hard to explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 nice one bill!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted September 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Thanks Hector. I know that what I do is a niche kind of thing. There's not too many folks that would play this stuff by choice. Call me crazy, but I love these odd ball guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudz Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 I think you'ver inspired me to make a cigar box guitar........... Very good job on this I like the rustic feel to it, but how is that thing tuned? Is it in regular banjo or a type of guitar tuning or something different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshvegas Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 tuned as a tenor guitar? I like weird guitars to! infact anything that makes a noise! I like the guitar but i prefer "boobs" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 Boobs are cool too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted September 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 This one is tuned like a Mandolin, in 5ths. GDAE or something like that. I don't know anything about mandolin playing so I just mess around and find a few frets that work better than others and strum like mad. "Boobs" or the Quintero Esquire Tele is my main guitar now. That's the one that I can't sell. I think that box was masonite or something. Masonite has a great tone to it actually. The cedar boxes work well too. They are just getting harder to find. Oh, and the rustic look, considering that those parts are from the 20's and 40's that's real dirt on there. All I did was splice the two bits together and string it up. It would figure that some of the best things I make take about 5 minutes to put together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshvegas Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 (edited) This one is tuned like a Mandolin, in 5ths. GDAE or something like that. I don't know anything about mandolin playing so I just mess around and find a few frets that work better than others and strum like mad. I'm not trying to be funny but you do know that upside down guitar chords (bass four only obviously) are mandolin chords? Edited September 14, 2008 by joshvegas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 This one is tuned like a Mandolin, in 5ths. GDAE or something like that. I don't know anything about mandolin playing so I just mess around and find a few frets that work better than others and strum like mad. I'm not trying to be funny but you do know that upside down guitar chords (bass four only obviously) are mandolin chords? Yep. That works to get started. But, for example, a G chord played on a mandolin (by a mandolin player) would be: _3_ _2_ _5_ _4_ And an upside-down guitarist would just play... _3_ _2_ _0_ _0_ Both work, but the proper mandolin chord sounds a little better. I really need to make the sound clip of this little animal. You are not going to believe the sound that it has for what it's made of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshvegas Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 (edited) This one is tuned like a Mandolin, in 5ths. GDAE or something like that. I don't know anything about mandolin playing so I just mess around and find a few frets that work better than others and strum like mad. I'm not trying to be funny but you do know that upside down guitar chords (bass four only obviously) are mandolin chords? Yep. That works to get started. But, for example, a G chord played on a mandolin (by a mandolin player) would be: _3_ _2_ _5_ _4_ And an upside-down guitarist would just play... _3_ _2_ _0_ _0_ Both work, but the proper mandolin chord sounds a little better. I really need to make the sound clip of this little animal. You are not going to believe the sound that it has for what it's made of. according to my book the first chord is actually a bluesgrass chord and the second is just and open G both are acceptable! blues grass chords have no open strings to get a rythm going because that is the mandolins role in bluesgrass. you should make a full on 8 string mandoln out of it like i said according to my book it could well be wrong! I play my mandolin by playing a chord read the book play the next one consult the book again repeat as required! Edited September 15, 2008 by joshvegas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 (edited) hey bill, this build inspired me to get back to work on an old project. a copy of my first CBG using thinner woods, and a different construction. I`m guessing this one is gonna sound way better than my first one. we`ll see. I`ll post updates soon! Edited September 16, 2008 by Hector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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