This guitar is the first of 4 Pistoff Kristoff cigar box I will be building. Nos. 1 is and will be the plainest model.
The neck is a 32″ piece of poplar which has no separate fret board or fret lines . The fret markers are 3/16″ Aluminum rivets with the center nail removed. Fret location markers are indicated by the same center nail that I removed from the rivets.
The neck does have 1/4″ routered round-over detail and has been stained with Antique Walnut stain and sealed with Varathane Clear Gloss finish.
Nut consists of 3- 5/32 metal screws, bridge is a 1 1/2″ piece of threaded rod. Finally the tailpiece is a 1 1/2″ metal hinge with a 3rd hole drilled in center to accommodate 3 strings and 3 rivet head string guides.
Tuning pegs are Black Chrome fully sealed and locking pegs. The strings are bulk steel strings, .012, .016, .020.
Nos. 1 is tuned to
Open G
G-D-G
This guitar is amplified with a 1 1/8″ round Piezo pickup placed under the bridge.
If you have any comments, questions please don’t hesitate to send them along and I will do my best to answer. I will be posting more of CB Guitar builds.
So until next time take care, and happy building and remember
All you need is 3 strings !!
Butch