Coolest Thing I Have Personally Done with a Cigar Box - Cigar Box Guitar!

[mav_sd]

So my last act of creativity prior to my move was building my first Cigar Box Guitar.

Excuse the crappy photography, I literally took these with my phone the day we moved... ha ha!

Yes, that is an electric output you see. This little three stringer is tuned to an open chord and will plug straight into an amp for some slide blues awesomeness.

I used a Flying Pig box due to the shape lending itself to this project, and it looks pretty snazzy... Oak for the neck, and the rest was spare parts picked up from trashed gear a friend of mine had laying around. The pickup is a cannibalized $1.99 Piezo buzzer from Radio Shack hot glued onto the inside of the box.

All in, we have about $25 invested! Now I gotta cure this itch to make a few more... they are amazingly simple to do, and I gotta tell you, the sound that comes outta this thing put one of the biggest smiles ever on my face! I will be putting a full length write-up on my blog within the next couple of weeks, but I couldn't wait to share this one with my brothers first!

One last pic for now.

 

[Docbp87]

Any possibility that you will make any more, and possibly sell them?

 

[mav_sd]

I will definitely be making more... I am seriously hooked!!

As for selling... honestly hadn't crossed my mind. A trade would be more like it, I think. Who knows...

The next one I want to try is converting a T-52 box into an upright Bass... heh heh... I'll have a redneck jug band ready to go before i know it!

 

[jjon90]

Awesome Mike! :thumbsup:
How does it sound?

 

[r3db4r0n]

This is bad ass, I've seen one of these played before. Just pure awesomness!

 

[uncelnino]

Great work. I had a customer that made a cigar box guitar bring it back in to the shop to show me his finished project. I can't recall what the box was that he used but he jammed out on that thing for a few minutes. I was amazed by how good it sounded. He also had the electric output. I wish that we had an amp for him to plug into because I am sure it would make the sound even more impressive.

I have to admit, the Flying Pigs box gives it some extra points on the coolness scale.

 

[SkinsFanLarry]

Outstanding work there Mike, looks great my friend!

I want one real bad myself, the box I have picked out is an LFD Salomone box.

 

[mcroom]

Wow Mike, that is very cool! That is the best looking cigar box guitar I have seen. You have given at least me, an idea! Thanks for sharing brother.

 

[Treinenwj]

That is fricken sweet! Way better than the kleenex box guitars I used to make as a kid.

 

[ndimarco]

This is definitely way cool. I'd be interested to see how different shaped boxes get different sounds out of them. You should definitely make a video and post it so we can hear that bad boy!

 

[derfatdutchman]

Very cool.

 

[Craig Mac]

Sweet, I have a friend who does that as well

 

[r3db4r0n]

I've decided I want to make one of these as well, of course I'm not sure I'm that talented. Could always be a cool make work project I suppose

 

[blooz4u]

LOL.... Very sweet! I'd play the hell outta that! :thumbsup:

 

[Andytex]

That is way cool. I just wish I had the talent to play something like that.

 

[SkinsFanLarry]

That is way cool. I just wish I had the talent to play something like that.

Andy, with what we have seen that you can do with food, learning to play a guitar should be easy for you my friend! :thumbsup:

 

[jwyatt55]

Mike that is awesome! I might have to give this project a go!

 

[smokemifugotem]

wow! looks great! I always wondered...how do u keep the neck supported? with the string pulling...u would think it would snap the box.

once again....very cool!

 

[danthebugman]

That's awesome!!! Makes me want to build one...like I need another project :grin:. Good work man, thanks for sharing.

Dan

 

[swat253]

Nice project! I was checking one of those out at a local B&M Thursday. I used to have a Y-Tube vid that had step by step instructions on the build. I'll post it if I find it.