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MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Murray, just pitch the tops and use the bottoms for your project, I use them with the mdf tops and they sound fine, but if you want to show the wood grain, use the bottom."

May 31, 2011

Murray replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Naivete...When I started peeling the paper from the edges I found the sides and bottom were 1/8" plywood with a very thin cedar veneer, and the heavy top was MDF (!!!) with the same very thin cedar veneer. Hmmpfff... "

May 29, 2011

Roger wilson replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"i will not get anything off of ebay do to the shipping"

Apr 15, 2011

Murray replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"I got this hairbrained idea to look for 4, 6, maybe 8 of the same kind of cigar box and take them apart, and 'bookmatch' or however else I could make a larger top and bottom to make a larger instrument. I stopped somewhere last…"

Apr 1, 2011

Mike Vaughan replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Lowes has stock 1 1/2 poplar, pine and oak strips they are 3/4 thick and are very nice. the pieces are 6 feet long. Will make 2 necks.."

Apr 1, 2011

Slowpaw Steve T replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"I bought mine off ebay sellers in the USA, as mentioned the shipping charges are horrendous - 26 dollars / 16 GBP, but two or more combined shipping can ease the cost on a single box."

Mar 20, 2011

Wiley Rutledge replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Check past the diy stores and I'll bet you'll find some building supplies that normally deal with contractors that have selections of other woods suitable for building CBGs. If you're in a large city you may have to hunt, but a…"

Mar 5, 2011

Stacey Lock replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"nice"

Mar 2, 2011

herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Goin' to build some Ukes and a couple of demo units....got 2 sold already..."

Mar 2, 2011

Murray replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"They're beautiful."

Mar 2, 2011

herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"I picked up a couple today. "

Mar 2, 2011

Stacey Lock replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"Thanks for the reply murray ive managed to find a place that does them at £5 a box and its not too far from me,I know what youre saying about the next our local diy store dosent sell any wood other than pine,ive managed to get a length…"

Mar 2, 2011

Murray replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"I am probably undermining some niche market, but I would suggest asking if someone would be kind enough to quote shipping one from where they are abundant (they aren't very heavy), so you have the option of buying local with a 'sanity…"

Mar 1, 2011

Stacey Lock replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"I was thinking wood for my first one"

Mar 1, 2011

herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com replied to Stacey Lock's discussion Punch cigar boxes in the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

"I get them for a couple of bucks here in the US, looking at the wood or paper?"

Mar 1, 2011

Stacey Lock added a discussion to the group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101

Punch cigar boxes

Hi im looking to start getting stuff together to build my first cbg i really like the look of the punch cigar boxes that ive seen are they hard to get hold of ?how much should i be looking to pay for one in the uk cheers

Mar 1, 2011

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