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Permalink Reply by Vinylhed on June 20, 2013 at 7:43am

It's not quite that big! It's only 13" x 13" x 3.5". I'm not sure I'd get my arms across an 18" x 18" box...I have remarkably short arms.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 20, 2013 at 8:34am

Ahh, good to know. You should get a nice, warm, deep tone out of it with nylon.

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Permalink Reply by David L. on June 20, 2013 at 12:06am

Hi Vinylhed,
I've just done a classical CBG - I wanted something quiet to play without bothering the rest of the family.  Also I picked up a "silent guitar" amp (for headphones)/preamp that I wanted to try out.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Belcat-HS-1000F-Preamp-EQ-For-Aria-Silent...

For tuners I just went with a classical 3x3 set off ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370676067254?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&...

 

 

You can get single classical tuners http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360624818530?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&...

 

I used hinges top and bottom to help brace it - initially I was going to go with a similar bridge to you with a block under it to screw it down to (plus glue) but in the end opted for a floating bridge and used a cheap hardtail minus saddles as a tailpiece (wood would have looked nicer but I tried chopping down a classical bridge to just leave the tie bar plus long slides and it couldn't cope with the tension of 6 strings in it's hacked state).

I did also find some cheap string sets

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171013142730?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&...

or ball ended

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171013129940?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&...

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 20, 2013 at 12:22am

David,

I love it: stepped down headstock, zero fret, string trees, hardtail, floating bridge. But with nylon strings. A Johann Sebastian Box!

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Permalink Reply by Vinylhed on June 20, 2013 at 9:36am

Thank for going to so much trouble with your reply, David. That's a cool looking guitar. I always fancied making one from a cutlery canteen

It's been very useful reading your post and looking at your photos. Good to see you using the tuners that way, I wasn't sure that was possible. I used a similar tailpiece solution on my first tin guitar, with the tailpiece screwed into the end of the through neck. Like this:

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/marmite-biscuit-tin-guitar-3?co...

Cheers!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on June 20, 2013 at 10:33pm

This is a nylon strung four string with piezo disc, nice bright sound even unamplified

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 20, 2013 at 10:55pm

Yep, that's kinda what I was talking about: slotted headstock. and a combo of single tuners and 3-on-a-plate - nice! And not to be a PITA, but notice where his bridge is...>:-E

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Permalink Reply by Vinylhed on June 21, 2013 at 5:51am

Looks very smart, I love the headstock. I made a guitar out of one of those boxes, and it sounds ace.

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Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on June 21, 2013 at 7:05am

I have hade Uke's and they do work, I think top thickness is even more important with nygut strings. Using a long bridge is a good idea. Let the top ring. good luck

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