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Permalink Reply by gary herget on June 19, 2016 at 3:56am

I'm with grandpa, stack 'em up. Two, three, maybe more who knows.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Wilkins on June 19, 2016 at 4:24am

Sounds good! I have two skinny boxes that are almost the same dimensions.... I'll think about this some more.... Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on June 19, 2016 at 6:16am

I only have two guitars made out of cigar boxes. One deep, one shallow. The shallow is way more comfortable to play. And because there's more surface area it's louder than the tall box. 

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Permalink Reply by Grandpa on June 19, 2016 at 4:04pm

Wayfinder.....A flat pickup you say? It mounts to the top surface without cutting a hole you say? It is small and mounts with adequate string clearance? Sounds like a winner. Tell me, sir, might there be, perhaps, an online store where a cbg builder might obtain one, perhaps in exchange for U.S. currency? 8D

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 19, 2016 at 10:45pm

Also, look here on CBN for the Uncle Crow style build, with the neck outside the box:

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/easy-to-build-cigar-box-...

Remember, if there's a box, there's always a way to think outside it. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Richard Wilkins on June 20, 2016 at 6:38am

Beautiful! Nice clean design!

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Permalink Reply by Richard Wilkins on June 20, 2016 at 6:53am

Cool! Thx Oily, I love that there all these different ways to approach Cbg builds. Thanks for the uncle crow link!

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Permalink Reply by Richard Wilkins on June 20, 2016 at 6:58am

Looks like I'll be getting red oak until I can find a source for better woods!
Thx Wayfinder. And I won't do this to anymore necks (pic)

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Permalink Reply by Richard Wilkins on June 20, 2016 at 3:13pm

Nice! I'll see if I can find 1/2 x 2 at the Lowes/Depot. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on June 20, 2016 at 3:53pm

Wow. Very deep cut. But still, if it didn't bend or snap, then it works.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Wilkins on June 21, 2016 at 12:56am

Fomhorach, that cut was the death of that neck. Bowed as soon as I put strings on it!

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on June 21, 2016 at 10:18am

Ahh.. Bad luck

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