AGP #504 – “Boofwood 2”3 String Fretless Baritone Cigar Box Guitar685.8mm /27 inchesStrings : .044NW/.028NW/.020NW/Tuned: G D gA Build using 5 different Free Recycled Timbers I have milled down and cleaned up.The Body is the butt end of one of several Camphor Laurel Logs gifted to me by my Son Robert (aka Boof), the Neck is Tasmanian Oak, the Headstock Wings are Spotted Gum, the Fretboard is Pine Paling, and the Bridge is an Ebony Piano Key, all coated with Wattyl Estapol Gloss Slate Finish, a product which was left over from when I built my house, some 30 odd years ago.A 6k Single Coil Ceramic Pickup is wired through Vol & Tone Pots to the Output Jack. :-)
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"Thanx UJ", I guess any round bodied build looks a bit like a Banjer, but I can assure you it doesn't sound like one, the solid chunk of timber body and the GDg Strings I used, gave it a very Heavy Baritone Sound, which I didn't like all that much, so Strings have been changed to a lighter Gauge 26NW / 17PS / 13PS / and Tuned D A d :-)
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Thanks Doug, just something different :-)
That body looks cool Alan!
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"Thanx UJ", I guess any round bodied build looks a bit like a Banjer, but I can assure you it doesn't sound like one, the solid chunk of timber body and the GDg Strings I used, gave it a very Heavy Baritone Sound, which I didn't like all that much, so Strings have been changed to a lighter Gauge 26NW / 17PS / 13PS / and Tuned D A d :-)
Got a banjo look to it, Alan. Looks good.