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Comment by Mark on June 30, 2009 at 1:22am

If you're having trouble getting hold of wooden boxes it's definitely worth considering tins. My first build was a tin guitar and the sound was surprisingly good (well it surprised me anyway). Check it out at www.airburst.co.uk/junkboxinstruments

I guess choice of box comes down to your reasons for building an instrument - if you specifically want to build a CIGAR box guitar then nothing else will do, but if you want to build an interesting instrument with a unique tone then all sorts of things are possible. Frankly, it's worth experimenting with anything that might serve as a resonating body.

Comment by Tallman Ben on June 30, 2009 at 12:54am

Cheers juju.

I ended up getting 2 lengths of oak cut out of an old table, 1200mm long, they planed it for me too, and when I told them what I was making they gave me them for free. Today is a good day.

Comment by JUJU on June 29, 2009 at 10:57pm

Hi Ben , good to have you here bud
wow thats cheap for planed oak good score mate ! , as for a box use what you can mate , have a look around the nation you will see theres allsorts of items used besides Cigar Boxes
Be sure to take some pics along the way of your build , we all love pics on here
see you around mate
juju.

Comment by Tallman Ben on June 29, 2009 at 10:11pm

Alright then everyone?

I've just decided to start making my first cigar box guitar. I've got hold of some 50 x 25 planed oak, which I thought was a bit of a bargain at £1.50 a mtr. Cigar boxes on the other hand are a much harder to come by. I was thinking about using an old jewelry box (and hope that the mrs doesn't notice) or an old wooden craft box. What does everyone thing to this?

Comment by anthony on June 26, 2009 at 4:50am

good idea! I've already got a black cat's bone for the bridge and some bat's teeth tuning pegs. Now where did I put that black eyeliner....

Comment by Roosterman on June 25, 2009 at 7:21am

Cool Anthony. How about spinning your own strings out of tarantula silk too?

Comment by anthony on June 23, 2009 at 10:20am

Talking about other types of boxes that can be used, I have just got hold of a coffin shaped wine bottle box for a couple of quid on ebay. I'm going to call it "The Widowmaker" and play nothing but goth-blues on it.

Comment by Roosterman on June 23, 2009 at 7:48am

Iv bought a few boxes from a kindly American brother and even with the shipping, it didnt work out much more than what you pay here... and they are GOOD boxes! Bigger than ours, thicker walls, cooler designs... look on Ebay too, most guys selling boxes will ship over here. £10 for a good US box delivered to your door? Yes please :o)
It pays to keep an open mind too - try wine boxes, antique cutlery boxes, tool boxes... hell, anything with 'box' in the name!

Comment by Willardj on June 23, 2009 at 1:26am

HEY GUYS,,,i'm not a brit...lookin in your chatroom,,,it seems as though you people are taking this more seriously than over here...sorry your havin problems gettin boxes...this is a super chat...love ur HOLLYBELLY...LOOKING FORWARD TO READIN MORE IN DE FUTURE...

Comment by smojo on June 22, 2009 at 8:15pm

I think someone mentioned earlier that Ted Crocker had offered to ship a load over at minimum cost. Why don't one of you take him up on the offer?

As I've mentioned before - seek out the old fashioned tobacconist shops, there are still some around the country, ask if they have any or if not can they save them for you. I pay between £1-£2 for them this way.

If you can't find any use metal bisuit or chocolate tins, they have a mild natural reso sound to them.

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