JR Cigar box with a cherry neck and nylgut strings. I kind of like these little boxes with no sound holes. It's quiet enough to practice and not disturb folks in the other room and a good size to travel with and play in motel rooms without getting a knock on the door.

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Comment by Jim Morris on April 22, 2012 at 1:36am

Thanks for your comments Mr Lloyd. Most of the time I use a dowel stick through the box to support the neck. That's how I make banjos and it seems to work well for other instruments  too. The dowel is inserted into the neck an attached to the opposite side of the box. This allows me to play with the neck angle and then decide where the stick will be attached. I'll try to put up some photos of the next one.

Comment by Sammy Lloyd on April 21, 2012 at 11:02am

superb, well done fella, could do with seeing how you made that, would love a closer look. Great tune.

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on April 20, 2012 at 10:51am

That's a lovely sounding instrument. Very nicely played too.

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 20, 2012 at 9:19am

Very nice!

Comment by Jim Morris on April 19, 2012 at 3:05pm

Yup, I use nylguts on my ukes too. That's what got me thinking about nylon strung mandos.

Comment by Uncle John on April 19, 2012 at 2:51pm

Nice mando.  That box worked great.  Man, it sounds sweet and good and mostly like a mando, but with maybe a bit of uke sound too?   Nice.

Comment by Clock The Wolf on April 19, 2012 at 12:19pm

that sounds nifty!!!

Comment by BUGGY (C) on April 19, 2012 at 12:04pm

Beautiful ......great playing too

Comment by The Professor on April 19, 2012 at 6:34am

Sweet . I covet it

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