Trying out my new home-made cigar box guitar

[Greeny]

https://www.ebutuoy.com/watch?v=8QpZx7iX88k

Trying to distract myself from a lockdown Christmas clusterfuck, I decided to build a 3 string cigar box guitar. I used a 1967 (birth year) license plate I bought in a NC scrapyard nearly 20 years ago. There is a cheap piezo Velcro'd underneath it. I spray painted the wood then relic'd it. The frets are drawn on - it's totally fretless.

[pjd1]

I have a 3 string cigarbox guitar , my father made it for me , cant play it like you though!! love the slide stuff you have got going on there , i find slide really hard to play due to the accuracy over the fret board , you make it sound easy !!

Dunny

[Lurker]

I enjoyed that. At about 3 minutes, I threw my head back and made a nonverbal vocalization.

Cool. Really cool.

[Vanncad]

Hey Greeny - If I were marking you on this post, it would be as follows:

Making your own cigar box guitar = 25%
Drawing the fret lines in = 25%
Playing a wicked Open "G" slide guitar = 25%
Wearing a Cult "Sonic Temple" t-shirt while doing it = 25%

Looks like you scored a perfect 100% brother - well done!!

 - Vann

[Oldrottenhead]

fuck off! absolutely brilliant. i want the root file to wail over.

[kenny mac]

This is very clever.
Bravo

[Farrell Jackson]

Real cool set and slide playing Tim! I've thought about building one of those myself but you actually did it....Bravo man!

Farrell

[Flash Harry]

Rather brilliant.

It's not what you have, it's what you do with it that counts.

[Pine]

hey Tim...i'm lovin' this! Just getting into CBG's myself. 3 stringers are fun. Just bought one (cop out) as well as a 4 string resonator CBG. Now i just gotta learn how to play 'em as well as you! Good post man..enjoyed it 

[Jean Pierre]

it's a great result... how did you do the sleeve?

...my daughter also has a cigar box that she had made by a luthier, with 4 strings ...I don't know Greeny if you saw the video, just 2 years ago for Christmas 2018, the song Soul of man was just on the 5 strings banjo and the cigar box
https://songcrafters.org/forum/index.php?topic=28515