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Permalink Reply by Alan Garrett on August 20, 2015 at 10:36am

Not sure what people charge. Mine cost me about $120.00 to male including the preamp and pickup. I used cherry, spruce back and wedge fretboard.  You can see it in my photos.

Permalink Reply by Order99 on August 20, 2015 at 12:34pm

How authentic does it have to be? You could always:

1) Make a three-sting CBG with diatonic rather than chromatic fretting.( Use a Guitar Fret length but only Fret 0,2, 4, 5,7, 9, 12, 14, 16 etc).

2) Grab a Poplar stick, split and cover.

3) Hollow out and cover a boat paddle.

4) Pie pan and a tennis racquet.

  If you would rather purchase one, you can't go wrong with these guys:

http://thewoodrow.com/

 Prices range from $185 to $400+, but they have a reputation for great quality. There's also:

http://www.harpkit.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Co...

Notice that is comes in both complete and kit form. There's also a free assembly guide-

http://www.harpkit.com/mm5/pdf/Instructions/Strumkit.pdf

   You can always try Ebay of course, might find a good bargain-but caveat emptor of course...

 Good Hunting!

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Permalink Reply by FerneL on August 20, 2015 at 2:01pm

How many strings do you want ??

Permalink Reply by Bobby Fields on August 21, 2015 at 8:08am

Femel,

I tried a four string model,two for chording and two drone and it sounded real good. I tried to get back to you but my email is screwed up. It will be a while be fore I can do anything. I'm flat broke and it looks like that is the way of the future for now. I'm on oxegen and I was forbidden to make saw dust.I thought it could not hurt me If I wore a mask. So I made some kazoos and a kalimba it took me about two weeks to get over it.Not ready yet to make a strumb stick. I just really like them.

Thanks for the reply.

Played15

Permalink Reply by Seth Tabberer on August 21, 2015 at 9:36am

I made my first one for $5, some hot glue and some components out of the recycling bin. No cutting required.

Clementine Box

Certainly not as nice as the other ones you've seen, but I sure had a blast with it.