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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 3, 2014 at 4:51pm

Depends on which frequencies you want to emphasize. All else being equal, smaller hole = bass frequency emphasis, larger hole = treble emphasis. Due to the relatively small size of most cigar boxes, one hole is typically sufficient, about the size of a US quarter, to maybe half dollar.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on August 3, 2014 at 7:00pm

I have to agree with Oily on this. One or two holes the size of a quarter are more than enough to get good sound.

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Permalink Reply by Elliot on August 4, 2014 at 11:55am

Hey mate love the guitar, what's the neck made from

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on August 4, 2014 at 11:58am

White pine neck with an oak fingerboard. Used some cheap stain I got at Lowe's to get the pretty color. The pine had been used as a support for some tomato plants in our garden and had "aged" in the back yard junk for several years.

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Permalink Reply by Elliot on August 4, 2014 at 11:59am

Pine?, I was told only hard woods would be strong enough

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on August 4, 2014 at 12:07pm

Maybe it's the added 1/4" oak fingerboard, but it has held up well for almost two years now, hasn't warped and holds tune well. I normally use oak for my necks, this was an experimental junk build and I figured if the neck didn't work out I would just build a new neck. Its tuned GDg with the medium "blues blaster" strings from Gitty, .044, .034 & .026. Still on the original set and sounds great.

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Permalink Reply by Elliot on August 4, 2014 at 12:18pm

Ok, does the fretboard go thru the box too, p.s got any more pics

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on August 4, 2014 at 5:04pm

The fingerboard, (no frets) stops at the edge of the box. The neck is doubled through the box and other than the 1/4" oak fingerboard the rest of the neck is soft white pine.

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Permalink Reply by Elliot on August 4, 2014 at 8:47pm

Ok cool, thanks

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Permalink Reply by Ken Mayfield on August 4, 2014 at 12:48am

I double the neck going thru the box. I have found, depending on the box, the neck almost cuts the sound chamber in half. If I only use one sound hole, I'm only getting sound from the chamber that has the hole. I now have a hole is both chambers.

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Permalink Reply by Brendan deVallance on August 4, 2014 at 5:52am

First try it without any holes. I'm not sure the holes do much on these guitars.

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Permalink Reply by ReturnToSender on August 4, 2014 at 7:43am

Agreed. Sometimes they look nice, but I've covered up a few while playing and didn't notice any difference. There is probably a really complicated science to it, but on a box with a stick, I'm not so sure it matters all that much.

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