Opinions, thoughts, I'm thinking out loud. To build a 2 or 4 stringer? Plan on it being fretted, but, oh which to choose? I'm in the process of building the box from old scrap, it's probably pine. Have a '61 liscense plate I want to use, instead of cigar box.
If I go 2 string should it be a bass? Or go 4 string for more depth? I really don't know, I've only done 3 stringers but want to build something a bit more different.
Don't know which way to lean.

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I'm a bass player by nature and I like to keep the rhythm, so I'm leaning toward the 2 string. However, I was wanting to build a 2 string "chugger" with a dowel and fretless. But I've built too many fretless so far that I want to do fretted.
I have two separate packs of tuners, 3 in each set, one chrome and the other gold. Thought about mixing them but they're all righ-sided tuners. Looks silly miss-matched, IMO.
It's a shit or get off the pot situation.

I  vote  for  2  ,   a  power-chord work horse ,   fun as  hell  . wail  on  it  without  chance  of  open string  ring  and  involuntary  contact  .  an  strum  it  like  a sub-machine bow (gun)  .   ;-)

but  .. dont  take  my  word for  it  ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWXKffSLGlc

stray comment from the peanut gallery: BUILD BOTH!

A pack of strings for a traditional guitar has 6 strings in them, 4 for 1 git, the leftover 2 for the other.

Right answer!!!

Maybe build a double-necked one...four strings on one neck, two on the other.

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Four string! You can try two or three strings with the same guitar. That way you'll know what to build next. 

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