MAKE contributor Steve Lodefink has posted the details on the building of his recent cigar box guitar.
Cigar Box Guitar
Speaking of cigar boxes, check out this cool cigar box amp posted (sadly, with no additional info) on Cigar Box Nation (via Dinosaurs and Robots).
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Does anyone if Steve’s going to post videos on how that sound, or more specifications abaut the neck, i wanna build one but i’m a little lost with all the diferents models you can do.
Thanks.
Very nice, I bet it sounds cool!
I like Cigar Box Guitars, Check out theese at http://www.sixseis.com
Ill try to build one myself.
Cheers,
Aristeo.