Hello, so i figured id try to build a cigarbox guitar out of some scraps i had in the shop. im in this thing 4.00 strinsg.
its a 4 string fretless. the freboard is IPE. the neck is Oak, with a core of bamboo to act as a wanan be truss rod. laughs, since bamboo is stronger in tension than steel. ( i work with bamboo a lot in building bows. we deal with tensions and conpression and a crap load of compermises in bowyer stuff. )
Anyhow the tuners came off a fender i had, never thought id ever haev a use for them. laughs. T his is a string through body.
the top and back are 35 year old laminated thin poser board or something of such.
the paint job orginaly was gonna be a desert camo, tan base, brown and black stripes. One should test all paint first. the black turned out to be blue. O well. The lightning bolt could of turned out better but all i had to cut it out was a dull exaxto knife. but it gives it some charater.
Im gonna start anouther one. and do a better job i hope. the bridge and the nut are corian, a friend gave me, funny thing about this is one day a rock looking this showed up at my door with no name or nothing just the cost of shipping. i tripped on this for a few hours trying to figure out who would send me a rock in the mail. later on i found out it was him. still not sure why
it aint pretty but its a sure is fun to play way more fun to play than my expesive guitars. maybe because i built it? or maybe i just dig the blusey sound.
here is a phot of her :
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=23jomxe
well lets hope i do better next time. bows are much easier to build than instruments, or maybe its just easy cause thats what I know.
Chris.