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Permalink Reply by Jo Jacobsen on January 24, 2015 at 9:57am

Are there boxes that are solid wood, not veneered, that you know of?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on January 25, 2015 at 1:57am

Not sure why you would want to sand off the printing,it adds to the character of the instrument.

As Wayfinder said you can always make your own box from solid timber,it will sound better anyway,The wood for this one was sourced from a local model shop

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Permalink Reply by George Mesheau on January 25, 2015 at 5:28am

MFJ.. that is one fine looking instrument.. great job

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Permalink Reply by Greg Thompson on January 25, 2015 at 5:52am

Beautiful!

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Permalink Reply by Jo Jacobsen on January 25, 2015 at 6:17am

That's an amazing job! 

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on January 26, 2015 at 12:19am

Thanks Wayfinder,George,Greg and Jo.

Wayfinder the top is a western red cedar off cut.

Jo why do you want to sand off the lettering? 

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Permalink Reply by Jo Jacobsen on January 26, 2015 at 3:08am

I've been thinking about doing my own box out of some mahogany or something, but I'm afraid to put in a lot of effort and more money on my first build . . . hence just using a cigar box. But I like the idea of a nice pretty piece of wood without anything else on it except for sound holes, bridge, etc.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on January 26, 2015 at 3:44am

A less expensive option for your own box would be to use 3.6mm ply.

Use stripwood around the top and bottom edges of the sides and ends to increase the glueing area.Likewise blocks in the corners.

My "Day of the Dead" guitars were constructed this way ( see photo's )

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Permalink Reply by Jo Jacobsen on January 26, 2015 at 4:02am

Those are very cool indeed! Thanks for the idea!

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