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Permalink Reply by brdfrd on July 24, 2014 at 11:51pm

I do want to try the door thing, but not until I find the right door with a decent or unusual book matched grain.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on July 24, 2014 at 1:46pm

Wine boxes.   Quite often you can find older, heavier boxes that held 1-3 bottles of wine.

They're not great acoustically since the lids are super thick, but they have a great design, and might give you a nice semi-hollowbody tone when accompanied by a coil pickup.

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Permalink Reply by brdfrd on July 24, 2014 at 11:54pm

Yeah, I already looked at those--they're not doing it for me. The wood looks pretty shitty for the most part, and there doesn't seem to be a big variance in the quality from one to another. And, I'm hoping to make something that plays well acoustically.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on July 24, 2014 at 3:23pm

I love this box for 6 string fender scale. Though it is hard to find them now.

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Permalink Reply by Sawbones on July 25, 2014 at 9:29pm

yeah that's nice,Think I've seen it.

What is it(box)?

I have a Ditka and a coupla Cohibas that are around 15",dunno if theyre too big.

The Ditka will be cool w/ the LP headstock,CBG,4string,fretted,24" or 25" at the most scale neck.

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Permalink Reply by brdfrd on July 25, 2014 at 11:25pm

13" will work, but 15" would look a whole lot better--and acoustically, probably sound better too. I have a Cohiba, but mine is only about 11". I'll have to take a closer look at them next time I'm at the smoke shop.

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Permalink Reply by Sawbones on July 24, 2014 at 7:55pm

Dunno,XxX

but I have a Gar that's huge,and just bought the big Edge one.Both for standup basses.

Geets,atleast 12".

10" would be the absoloute minimum.

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Permalink Reply by Sawbones on July 24, 2014 at 8:35pm

The GAR I have is 23".

No pun intended and lets not get juvinial!

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Permalink Reply by brdfrd on July 24, 2014 at 11:55pm

I'll have to see if I can find one of those to look at...

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on July 25, 2014 at 12:31am

I like using old silverware boxes, most are around 17" x 10" x 3" with some larger or smaller. Plenty of room for electronics.    

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Permalink Reply by Thumper on July 25, 2014 at 4:18am

Gun Display boxes

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on July 26, 2014 at 4:25am

Maybe you can mount the neck further away from the box so you can get the bridge placement you want?

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