“My Fathers” This build started out as a My Father cigar box. I peeled off the label and then using a propane torch burnt the top of the box, leaving the bottom its natural color which gives this guitar a very nice contrast between light and dark wood. The neck is a 32″ piece of […]
“Diddley Blue” is a small San Lotano cigar box. It is a 1 string Diddley Bow. The body as I indicated above is a Blue San Lotano cigar box, the neck is a 32″ piece of wood which was culled from a pallet so I am not sure what type of wood it is. It
This build is “HOG” I bought a new bike and received a metal tin from the Harley Owners Group, and it was the perfect size for a guitar. The tin started out grey which I decided to paint Harley colors, Black & Orange. I painted box, fret markers, sound hole covers, bridge, nut. The top
Here is a great project, I always enjoyed the sound of a Lap Steel so I thouhgt I would try and build one !! The great thing is that CBGITTY sells a 2×4 Lap Steel Guitar Kit. The kit comes with everything you need to build a Lap Steel, the only thing you need to
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Nos. IV 88 is the final hub cap guitar built from my 1988 Ford F-150, and is the most elaborate!! It has a 32″ piece of Hickory with a natural color sealed with Varathane Clear Gloss. Like its 3 predecessors it has the same 1/4″ routered round over detail on length of neck from the
Nos. III “88” is the third Hub Cap guitar build. This one I decided to make a bit fancier than the last two builds. I started with a 32″ piece of White Oak for the neck, that was stained and sealed with Varathane Clear Gloss . The neck also has 1/4″ round-over router
Nos. 2 – 88 is the second of 4 1988 Ford F – 150 Hub Cap builds. Nos. 2 is very similar to Nos. 1 in that it also has a 32″ pallet wood neck with pencil fret lines stained, sealed with a Varathane Clear Gloss. It also has a routered 1/4″ round-over detail along
Nos. 1 “88” This guitar is nos. 1 of 4, I had a 1988 Ford F-150 that I recently sent to the scrap yard, but before I took it in I removed the hub caps. I thought hey could live on as guitars. Nos. 1 “88” has a 32” reclaimed pallet wood neck, not sure
This build has been inspired by my love of the chocolatey goodness that is Turtles, my wife normally buys me a box of the gooey chocolate snack at Christmas time. One year she happened to buy the metal tin box, the box has been hanging around my garage/workshop for the past several
The next build is “JAVA”, this box I bought in a lot of 10 Cigar Boxes on EBay. I picked this one because it is a great shape and the color. The Cigars are Nicaraguan by Drew Estate. So, lets get to it!! NECK Neck started out as a 36” inch piece of