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CBG without the cigar box

Posted by James Buysen on April 28, 2013 at 5:02am in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

I have been stalking the forums for the last month drooling over everyones instruments.

Finally I have decided to take on my own build!

It was hard to find cigar boxes in Australia so I decided to make the box myself.

I have also installed a homemade truss rod (aluminium channel)

Would love to know what everyone thinks. Has anyone else made their own box?

More photos to come.

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  • Ron "Oily" Sprague April 28, 2013 at 1:44pm
    I make my own boxes. Out of lauan plywood. They sound great. Building yer own allows you freedom from the cigar box lack of depth, and lets you build a better resonating chamber.
  • Coppa Penny April 28, 2013 at 9:06am

    Have made my own number plate resonator box. Get my boxes off ebay or gumtree.com.au

  • Randy S. Bretz April 28, 2013 at 7:13am

    I use lucite 5 min. epoxy on my bone / wood slides..i can tell you it works awesome...they don`t come apart !!!!!!

    • James Buysen > Randy S. Bretz April 28, 2013 at 7:25am

      I might have to give that a try on my next build, thanks for the tip. hopefully the poly glue works ok with this one.

  • Randy S. Bretz April 28, 2013 at 6:27am

    Looks great...hope you epoxied that aluminum channel in.

    • James Buysen > Randy S. Bretz April 28, 2013 at 6:59am

      Polyurethane glue actually... I read that epoxy doesn't work as well with porous surfaces like wood.

  • t-belly johnson April 28, 2013 at 5:47am

    I make most of my own boxes and have tried home made truss rod which workes fine.There are no rules,use what you like,whatever you can find or have lying around.

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