I'm sitting here, drinking way to many big mugs of coffee, bored out of my skull, watching 10" of snow melt .....then I see it.
DUM ... DUM ... DUMMMMM .... !!!
A cbg I call my test mule. All that really remains is the original box and tuners.
I have messed with and rebuilt this one so much that the box is getting very ragged. OK! I have sumthin' to do now.
But what?
I know ... a reso .. I have a can just waiting.
I take the box of and get it cut and ready ... but the longscale fully carved neck is a neck-thru. That won't work.
OK .. I've got this thing apart, so ..... let's re-box it!
I go poking around in my big box of cigar boxes and come out with a MonteCristo Toro .... no wait! There's two!
Didn't I see something about gluing 2 boxes together?
This is gonna be big. It may turn into a 3-string bass. Now I gotta go dig in the cold, cold shop and find the weed-whacker line.

Matt

BTW- It's too cold to work in the shop ... so now I have sawdust all over the office!

Matt

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Back when I lived alone, I was bored one Saturday night, about 2am. I got up, put $10 in my pocket and went to WalMart with the challenge, "what can I build from $10 in WalMart parts?" When I passed the home section, I saw a cheap metal black mailbox. I took it home, killed an old acoustic for it's neck and built a dobro:

Here's the damage ... I don't usually name projects, I did once with an off-road vehicle and it developed a life of it's own .... .... but I give you ...
DUBBLE TRUBBLE

Beside of it is the main culprit ... a newish build in 25.5" scale that I have been playing. It broke a string and it was all down hill from there. Matt
Matt Towe said:
Here's the damage ... I don't usually name projects, I did once with an off-road vehicle and it developed a life of it's own ....
.... but I give you ...

DUBBLE TRUBBLE

Looks awesome: how does it sound? Did you have to drill out tuners for the WW line?
No drilling ... I ended up just re-stringing as it was. EAD ... top 3 strings from a set of Pearce's.
Tuned GDG for now. Sounds good, mellow and louder (acoustically) than any other CBG I've built.Maybe baritone-ish?
In fact, I doubt I'll put a pick-up in this one. Buuuut I do have a cb mic element that was in the old box.
Tomorrow it gets fretted.

Matt
Matt Towe said:
No drilling ... I ended up just re-stringing as it was. EAD ... top 3 strings from a set of Pearce's.
Tuned GDG for now. Sounds good, mellow and louder (acoustically) than any other CBG I've built.Maybe baritone-ish?
In fact, I doubt I'll put a pick-up in this one. Buuuut I do have a cb mic element that was in the old box.
Tomorrow it gets fretted.

How did you end up treating the join between the two boxes?
I cut holes in the ends leaving about 1/2" lip. Then glued with Titebond II and several clamps. I then cut out the ends and middle just like you would for a regular neck-thru.

Matt
This thing is quickly becoming my favorite player!

I'm looking for more boxes that will work together.

Matt
That is fookin`fantastic.
I have been doing the same with old steel toolboxes. Seem to be very popular down here as well.....

Shane Speal said:
Back when I lived alone, I was bored one Saturday night, about 2am. I got up, put $10 in my pocket and went to WalMart with the challenge, "what can I build from $10 in WalMart parts?" When I passed the home section, I saw a cheap metal black mailbox. I took it home, killed an old acoustic for it's neck and built a dobro:

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