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First guitar help ?

I live in Estonia. It's hard to find used cigarbox or humidor in Estonia. New humidors are 51 euro.For me buying form ebay is to expensive. I have never build a guitar only didley bow.

I'am not soft guitar player. I don't like nylon strings.

I never learned to play my calssic guitar. It wa to hard for me

because strings was to high and to away from each other.

I only know how to play my electric guitar and diddley bow.

I was thinking do build 5 or 4 string cookie tin banjo.

4 string guitar made from cookie tin or alternative for cigar box.

I don't wanna use plywood. Plywood sounds awfully.

I was thinking to use nails for frets and bolt or something like this for nut.

When I put trussrod I need to make fingerboard.

For pickups I have two piezo elements. Cork under piezo mutes screaming highs.

Do I need to make trussrod or no't ? For neck maple oak or poplar ?

Can I make neck rounded with sandpaper ? I have no idea how to attach piezo with cork in box.

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Permalink Reply by Clock The Wolf on May 21, 2011 at 5:53am

I suppose you could try to file them down, like with fretwire, but I don't know if that would work well with nails. Anyone tried that? Sounds like it'd be to much trouble, now that I think about it... just a thought!

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Permalink Reply by jeff maurer on May 26, 2011 at 5:31pm

i just made a 2 string fretless bass.the neck is from a fouton and i used eyebolts for tuners. im very surprised on how well the eyebolts hold up. i definitly recomend the eyebolts

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Permalink Reply by Jantan ux on June 7, 2011 at 7:32am

I finished My first instrument.

I made cookie tin banjo

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