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AGP #298 - ''Black Punch''

AGP #298 - “Black Punch”
(3 String Cigar Box Guitar)
Scale : 635mm / 25inches
Strings : .048NW / .032NW / .022NW /
Tuning: G / D / g /
Finally I was successful in sourcing my favourite Cigar Box design :-D, the Neck is Red Oak, the Fretboard & Headstock Wings are Grey Ironbark, the Bridge and Nut are Red Forest Gum, all Timber is coated with Gilly’s Clear Timber Wax, a 14.2k Neck Humbucker and a 6.2k Single Coil Tele Type Neck Pickup are wired through a Chinese Ebay purchased Prewired Jazz Bass Harness.

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Comment by AGP # on September 24, 2017 at 9:57am: "Thanks James O", Yep!, I do build a lot of Gits, some would say too many!, I keep telling myself to cut back a bit, but why stop doing something that you enjoy, just love building Gits in my work shed away from the rest of the world and always with some music playing.

I guess we'll have to wait for a while to hear "Big Red", but I'm sure it will be a "Goodun"

Comment by James O Lunsford on September 23, 2017 at 3:02am: Nice Build AGP# you sure build a lot guitars I got get off My but a finish the one I been working on for over a year Big Red

Comment by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on September 21, 2017 at 1:27pm: Cool I use them on the top to stop the string cutting the timber at the local shop I get 12 ferrules for $4.75 so I'm happy to use them ,.

Comment by AGP # on September 21, 2017 at 12:59pm: A quick note on the Ferrules Bones, I used to use (and still do sometimes) Pop Rivets, but the ones on this build are "100pcsc Furniture M3 Rivet Nut Flat Head Insert Nutserts" purchased on Ebay for $5.09, which equates to abt 5 cents each :-)

Comment by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on September 21, 2017 at 12:04pm: I understand mate I have only used the through neck way I like the tone of the timber and using ferrils really transfers the vibrations nicely ,I'll try the other way soon but I enjoy the learning curve indeed .

Comment by AGP # on September 21, 2017 at 11:51am: "Thanks Bones", don't use the "Old School" Neck right through the box very often these days, despite being a bit of a nuisance if you have to open the box for whatever reason, it does have its advantages when you need a bit of distance and angle between the Tailpiece and the Bridge when placed at the rear of the box, in order not to cover any of the artwork etc :-)

Comment by AGP # on September 21, 2017 at 11:45am: "Thanks Dave", I'm extremely happy with the Look, Sound and Playability of this one, I think it's destined to be the main Player I reach for :-)