Comanche County Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I'll add more clues if no one guesses correctly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 That looks like a cigar (expensive) box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 Yup, its a cigar box. (and they were good) We're getting close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche13 Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 cigar box banjo? I just made one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Was gonna say guiter, but there's no strings.Maybe a lightbox camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 Ding, ding, ding! Cigar box guitar, but close enough. I think these things are cooler than a cat! I spent 5 months in a hospital strumming an acoustic six string but didn't make a lot of progress. I stumbled on these and now I'm hooked. I picked up two of them for 45 bucks on CL, and I've been playing them (more like playing with them, I don't actually play well) I've got a bunch cigar boxes, a walnut 2"x2", a 2"x2" of red oak, a bunch of tuners, a couple of piezo transducers, and the magnetic pick up and volume and tone knobs from an old junk electric Japanese guitar and I hope to build several. http://reddogguitars.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/johnmcnair# ... z5wMGovkuQ http://www.youtube.com/user/johnmcnair# ... qQHoGOMfYg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 Was gonna say guiter, but there's no strings.Maybe a lightbox camera? Sorry, thought the strings and tuners would be too obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 You use cardboard or wood boxes? Be interested in a couple genuine Cuban red cedar boxes? Without the cigars. I already enjoyed them. Also have some Honduran wooden boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 I haven't made one yet. But there's no rules. People make instruments out of anything - gas cans, bed pans, cardboard, washtubs, but the wooden cigar boxes seem to be the norm. That Punch box in the picture is actually thin Spanish cedar covered in paper. I've got about 10 boxes so I'll have to pass unless you have some with a nice artistic picture on them, I might be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 cigar box banjo? I just made one Cool, send me pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanche13 Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I will in a few months I left it at my house now I'm 500 miles away going to school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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