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Permalink Reply by Wade on August 27, 2011 at 7:34pm

Really nice build . Beautiful fretboard on there. How is the volume and tone? How did you attach the tailpiece?
Thanks,

Wade

Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on September 10, 2011 at 8:54am

Volume and tone are actually quite nice. I can't really play the thing.... I make noises that sound vaguely like certain Christmas carols....
The tailpiece is actually attached rather crudely at present. A piece of bicycle brake cable knotted around a brass screw into the tailpiece.
As well as it turned out, I'm considering using another box with the existing hardware. The box is too short and too thick. As a result, you can't really hold the thing properly, and the break angle of the strings from bridge to tailpiece is too steep.

I'm in the market for a longer box of high quality.

Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on September 10, 2011 at 10:56pm

Hi Mark,

Looks good for a first attempt. Reworking it with a longer, narrower box looks like a good plan. I brought back a fairly long and narrow Padron cigar box with the intention of building one. This Pardon box is 10.75" x 6" x 1.75", which is still like 1/2" too wide, so i was planning to shave the sides of the top for sound holes like you and Diane in Chicago have done. Still have a few other projects in queue before I get around to a Cigar Box Fiddle. It would have a higher priority if I could play a fiddle.

Anyway, I thnk you did a good job. Congratulations.

-Rand.