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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on June 7, 2013 at 6:10pm

All boxes sound "great".....big, small, wood, tin, it all affects the sound - but we're not talking tonewood Martins here, CBG's are meant to sound awful, that's why we love them!  (-;

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Permalink Reply by Jason Mayes on June 7, 2013 at 7:23pm

Just built my first CBG  2 days ago but i think i picked a good box, It's a Padilla Reserva Maduro measuring 10.5" long 8.5" wide and 2" deep and plays and sounds much better than I anticipated :)

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Permalink Reply by Jose Cruise on June 12, 2013 at 4:05pm

My two cents...I have not found many "big" boxes at my local sources. That is, boxes that are 10 inches or more. Most are in the 6-8 inch range, about 2-3 inches deep. In other words, plenty big enough.  

However, there is a tobacconist with two locations close to me that sells boxes, with the money going to charity. The price is whatever you think is fair, I usually give $1-3 per box. They have about 75 empty boxes all the time, in all shapes, colors, and sizes.

So my advice is to hope you have a friendly, affordable local source, and then simply buy what they have. I bet whatever you get will sound nice.

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Permalink Reply by Pascal on June 14, 2013 at 9:51am

made mine myself. guestimated the size and worked out fine. like others said, doubt it will realy matter. :)

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on June 16, 2013 at 7:50am

My favorite box so far has been a Partagas "Gigante" cardboard 8 5/8" X 6 5/8" X 3 1/4" that has a beautiful deep tone and sounds great acoustically and even better through an amp with the piezo pickup. That said I have built 8 wood boxes of various sizes, (normal shapes to a two string with a 12" X 4 5/8" X 3 5/8" wood box) and materials from the cardboard (pressboard?) type to some beautiful old cedar boxes and they all sound great. Every box has a different voice and half the fun is letting it speak!

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