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Permalink Reply by Paul Monaco ( Whittling Guy) on August 23, 2012 at 3:20pm

Make a zither!  Use zither pins like the picture.  Cut out the LFD for a sound hole. I think that would look cool! With all that surface area you probably could put 12-16 strings on it.  OR make a hammer dulcimer. This looks pretty easy! 

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on August 23, 2012 at 3:58pm

a quick  paint pad  job .. but you get the idea  .

 

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on August 25, 2012 at 6:08am

I have one of those too. Been toying with plans for a twin neck out of it, not that I really need a twin neck guitar for anything. I'm no Jimmy Page! The most beautiful job I've seen with one of those is the harp guitar Delvero built, that thing was fantastic!

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on August 25, 2012 at 6:12am

I originally thought about doing a 6 string classical out of one, but they are so shallow, I'm afraid it would be very quiet.

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on August 25, 2012 at 10:29am

Yup, I've got that box, too.  And it sits on the shelf.

I'm leaning towards a mandolin, or double-coursed 3 string.  I made one of those, and I let it go, and I still miss it.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 25, 2012 at 5:24pm

Doubleneck, mahogany necks, three courses on each neck, truss rods, tuned in octaves, E-A-D neck 1, G-B-E neck 2, ebony fingerboards, black jewellry, black mini humbuckers.
(yep, pick's got the idea with his sketch)
Or

Attach a neck through the upper shorter curve, so it looks like a headsman's axe. Again, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard, three string dual courses, black mini humbucker, black skull knobs and machine heads throughout.

Or

3-string dual course RESO!!!. Yeah, the script LFD with leaf surround is pretty, so carefully cut it out for your reso cone port, and use it to give some class to an otherwise ugly box by gluing it on that one.

Or

Small two course hammered dulcimer (yep, the zither's kinda the idea...)

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Permalink Reply by L.J. on August 25, 2012 at 11:59pm

Im with Seaman Jay. Not often you find a box big enough to make a bass with. I have a bass neck waiting around for a 17" minimum length box.

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Permalink Reply by Habanera Hal on August 26, 2012 at 12:23am

Oily is right, it's an ugly box.  Would you be interesrted in a trade for an Obelisco?

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Permalink Reply by rusty case on September 5, 2012 at 3:58pm

It seems a double neck is the obvious choice for that wonderful top, but I have an option for a neck wider at the bout...

perhaps a three string, with an additional string halfway up the neck???  ala 5 string banjo?

best of both worlds?  :-)

neck would be long, thin, and graceful, yet wider at the bout, for a more substantial aesthetic look???

Fun stuff!

rc

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