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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on February 26, 2012 at 6:04am

Nice box, it needs to become a guitar. I would take the structural integrity of the box into consideration too, since it is an old box, and it may be prone to falling apart. I would think about doing some bracing internally. Just a thought...

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Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on February 26, 2012 at 10:30am

Good point Dan,

I have built some stuff from these old boxes, and I always either disassemble the boxes and reglue/rebuild them or even if they seem solid, brace the corners on the inside. The original glue joints are likely loose and failing if they are like mine.

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Permalink Reply by chris on February 26, 2012 at 1:35pm

The box definatly needs at the least reglued and some bracing. the top is off and the bottom is weak

 

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Permalink Reply by Wade on February 26, 2012 at 4:10pm

Just think that cool old box has waited over a hundred years to become an instrument!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on February 27, 2012 at 3:49am

Make a CBG but keep it simple and please don't try to do anything to tidy up or refinish the box in any way it looks great the way it is.

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Permalink Reply by chris on February 27, 2012 at 1:45pm

would never refinish or do anything to the box want to keep it as simple as i can old school so speak of the period

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