The Anti-Body Guitar by David Hopkins

"About a year ago, I had about 2 dozen cigar boxes that I needed to clean out.  I didn't want to throw them away so I googled what to do with cigar boxes and landed on a cigarbox ukulele kit from C. B. Gitty.  I loved what I saw and order my first kit.  Loved it!  I went on to build 3 electric cigarbox ukuleles and discovered I just couldn't play them with the limited mobility in my hands.  But I loved building them!  Then I discovered your 3 string guitar kits!  I have built 4 of them, all with Gitty parts and each one a bit better than the last.  I can play them a bit.  

But it is my 8th build that I really want to share with you. (Top photo.) The idea was to use all my favorite Gitty cigar box parts and the knowledge I gained from building cigar box guitars to build a cigar box guitar... except eliminate the cigarbox!  I wanted the neck to be the central feature and to really show off the gold Humbucker and hard tail.   The rectangular voids in the "anti"-body of the guitar stand in for the cigar box that isn't there. 

With the mini-humbucker and the hard tail... this thing plays and sounds great!  It's extremely solid.  It is made of hard maple.  I love the way it turned out and wanted to share it with you guys.  I love CB Gitty.  You guys are great!

I'll be ordering my next batch of parts soon!  I have another fun one in mind."

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Very cool.   Here's my My first build from years ago ,  .. 

Wow! Really well done! I see the similarity in concept. I’ve got a “steampunk” idea for a guitar but yours takes it to another level. I get it. Very nice.

Thanx man , mine's more  "overalls" . yours is more "tuxedo" ;-) .  Steampunk? luv me some  of that . i've done a few steamers . check my pics , I think i even coined the phrase "farmpunk"  ;-) Great work , thanx for the kind words .

Farmpunk!  That's exactly what it is!    you nailed it.

Cool little git.

Awesome and creative contemporary design! 

I especially like the well thought out hidden wiring, colors and joinery. Kudos!

Thanks Mark! It makes me happy that you noticed the things you noticed!

Beautiful!  Solves ever problem of having a corner or edge where it’s not comfortable to play.  Just put them all exactly where you want them. 

Thanks Ducati Scotty.  You're right.  That definitely had a strong influence on the design.

It takes a real artisan to make almost nothing look like really something.  Nice dovetails too!

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