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Permalink Reply by Alan Hergert on January 28, 2016 at 11:19am

Looking good.

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Permalink Reply by Carl on January 28, 2016 at 11:24am

Hi,

What did you do to the box to achieve that look? or Que le hiciste a la caja para lograr esa mirada? It's great being married to a native Spanish speaker, I got to learn another language ;-)

Cheers
Carl

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Permalink Reply by Franck on January 28, 2016 at 11:28am

thanks dudes ! 

this box is a vernished wooden box (not cigar) , this look is fron lightly burn / flaming it from fare.

the 2 lines are a copper tape protection I apply before passing the fire. (I hoppe I explain me :) )

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Permalink Reply by Franck on January 29, 2016 at 12:32am

no problem ! you are welcome.

My new project is a Dulcimer 2 strings, I'll open a new post soon for this one too :)

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Permalink Reply by Franck on January 31, 2016 at 12:20pm

yooohuuu My #1 is finished
The homemades tunings are keeping well the tune
I love my improvised knobs !
I have put 2 piezos inside , sound not bad ! I'll have to try it with more power ...
And ... now , I have to learn to play it !!!! LOL

regards, and thanks to everybody who post info, pics, tips n trics in the forum :) that helps !

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Permalink Reply by Franck on February 1, 2016 at 9:18am

thanks wayfinder,

realy I have no idea if is a serial or parallel mounting , I receaived it pre soldered with knobs and jack plug...

I allready have a bit better sound by muting the strings behind the slide (I didn't do it before ... newby stuff ! )

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Permalink Reply by Franck on February 1, 2016 at 11:35am

each piezo wired black and red to the same control , other black and red wires run to other control , and from this one to the jack plug

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Permalink Reply by Alan Hergert on February 1, 2016 at 11:46am

This mght help:

http://www.cigarboxguitar.com/knowledge-base/cigar-box-guitar-piezo...

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