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Comment by Smoking Sugar Lee aka Shalom on May 5, 2014 at 4:37am

Sounds like you have your hands full and building them in one weekend with just hand tools is impressive. I built my first 3 with hand tools and i know how hard it is. Let me know if you want some skelaton keys, the antique shops here have a lot of them. Don't know how much it will cost to ship to US, but hey what won't you do for a a fellow soldier :)

Comment by Matthew Borczon on May 5, 2014 at 4:03am

well, now I have only hand tools no real equiptment to speak of. I also have 4 kids under the age of 16 3 jobs and a military commitment. I am lucky to build one in just over a week end. I usually string them up on a Monday night after a week end of building.

Comment by Smoking Sugar Lee aka Shalom on May 5, 2014 at 3:10am

Well, taking into account I needed to gather some missing tools, experiment with finishing, practice soldering and how incredibly lazy I am, it took me around 6 weeks for 3 of them. I have another 5 boxes and necks in various stages of completion waiting for me. My original plan was to complete 8 guitars in 2 weeks... How long does it take you?

Comment by Matthew Borczon on May 5, 2014 at 2:42am

I love how bright shallow boxes can sound. I just used one on a 4 string uke that sounds really nice to my ear. How long does it take to make one of those for you?

Comment by Smoking Sugar Lee aka Shalom on May 5, 2014 at 2:31am

Thanks Matt :) They do sounds good. Was worrying about it, since this is the first time I used shallow boxes.

Comment by Matthew Borczon on May 5, 2014 at 2:23am

Those are absolutely beautiful!! and just what the tradition is all about. I love the skelaton keys I have a hard time finding them around my home town. Bet they sound great