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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on January 17, 2014 at 10:21am

1. size, the bigger the better 2. how thick/thin are the top and bottom? Thin I hope. 3. is it some kind of wood ? 4. is it pretty?

If it has at least two of these, I usually grab it!

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Permalink Reply by jeff maurer on January 18, 2014 at 4:34am

i dont know yet if there is a bad box. i have used perfecto garcia boxes that are 8.5" x 8.5" and 3" deep. they have a very thin ply for the top that is great for an acoustic build. paper covered wood boxes like an arturo fuente  with the mdf partical board for a lid sound great also and usually the bottom has a very thin wood ply that sounds great. glue the lid shut and flip it over and pull the staples out of the thin wood ply. i used a java box for my electric humbucker build. it is all wood, has 1/2" sides and a 1/4" top, not the loudest acoustic sound but i feel the thicker lid is better for mounting magpups. nonwood boxes sound good also. i have made one but scrapped it cause i wasnt satisified with how i built the neck. i also had an issue with the lid being a bit bowed, but that problem can be fixed with some bracing under the lid. really the only way to find the best sounding box is to go out and get your hands on every box you can and build build build!!!

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