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I need advice on cigar box mandolins

Posted by Elliot on May 25, 2014 at 9:23pm in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts
Hi all, I'm building a cigar box mandolin, and I'm wondering if anybody has any advice as to how to re-enforce the body so I can put the full 8 strings on it. does anyone know how I should do it? All advice is much appreciated thanks (I will be making the boxes from scratch, so advice on woods, and thicknesses is also much appreciated )

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  • Reeds Taylor July 14, 2014 at 6:13pm

    I recently built a neck through CBM...from all the videos I'm seeing online it seems to be holding up quite well.

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    • Elliot > Reeds Taylor July 21, 2014 at 10:12pm
      Sound good?
      • Reeds Taylor > Elliot July 22, 2014 at 1:38am

        Yes sir

        check this out...

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiYXE8K7sBM

        Oh and btw ...this is a neck thru (just too the inside tail end)...with a neck support.

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        You can see from the back side how I adapted the neck....using glue and screws. As well the tail piece screws and strap pin screw enter into the end of the neck....so she ain't moving.

        Happy building!

        Oh....message me if I can help.

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague July 14, 2014 at 11:46am
    Elliott,

    Send JuJu a Friend Request here on CBN:

    http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/soundssogood

    I'm sure he'd tell you how he did his.
    • Elliot > Ron "Oily" Sprague July 14, 2014 at 5:35pm
      Thank you thank you thank you thank you heaps, I will, chears
  • The Phrygian Kid June 4, 2014 at 3:22am
    Uh... Isn't that profile pic one of juju's?.
    • Elliot > The Phrygian Kid July 14, 2014 at 6:06am
      Hey Phrygian kid and everyone else, sorry I haven't talked, I've been busy with assignments, just wondering, how much clearance I will need to give the top, from the thru neck, I'm not too sure bout that, and also if you know juju, or have contact with him, could you or if anyone else has advice or can help, please please please ask him about the woods he used for parts and thickness if possible, I just really really love the grain and colour, also, just wondering, will I be able to use traditional mandolin woods like cedar, to make a cigar box mandolin the normal way, or do I have to edit it? E.g, side woods the same type top the same and bottom the same, but just square?
    • ChickenboneJohn > The Phrygian Kid June 4, 2014 at 4:05am

      Yes, that's one of my mate JuJu's 6 strings.

      • Elliot > ChickenboneJohn June 4, 2014 at 4:49am
        Oh, we'll tell him I recon it's EPIC!!!
        P.s. Thanks for letting me know, I've been wondering who made it
    • Elliot > The Phrygian Kid June 4, 2014 at 3:37am
      Also this is the rough sketch of the mandolin
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