“Mike’s Pallet” This guitar has been made with reclaimed wood from a pallet, the body and neck are pallet wood. The top and bottom are 1/4″ White Oak laminate. The style of this guitar is quite different from my other builds as it has a top mounted neck, rather than the through or in body […]
Red Zero 1 is the first of 6 cigar box guitars I will be building using this box. I purchased these boxes from Deadwood Tobacco Co. in Deadwood South Dakota. The box is a Red dragon motif on top of the lid, where I cut in 2- 1″ sound holes with Brass Tarp grommet trim.
Yellow Auntie 1 is the first of 4 cigar box guitars I will be making with this box. The box has 2- 1″ sound holes, which have a Brass tarp grommet trim. The neck is a 32″ piece of Maple with 1/4″ routered round-over design from nut to body, which has been stained with Watco
“Flying Pig” is my first attempt at making a cigar box guitar using a metal paint can lid resonator. I have made guitars with license plates for resonators, but wanted to do a paint can lid. So I purchased a paint can lid from CB GITTY “The Hubcap” Spun Cigar Box Guitar Resonator Cones –
“Red” is a Herrera Esteli Red Top cigar box. It has 2- 1 1/2″ sound holes, which have been covered from the bottom of lid with a aluminum grate. Neck is a 32″ piece of Red Oak that has been stained with Varathane Antique Walnut stain and sealed with Varathane Clear Gloss. The fret board
“Royals Blue” is a beautiful Cohiba Blue cigar box, Cohiba has some really nice cigar boxes, so if you want to build a good looking guitar or a wall hanger/conversation piece I recommend using a Cohiba box. The neck is a 32″ piece of Maple which I spray painted Blue and sealed with Varathane Clear
Meteor 1 is a build which started out as a Mercury Meteor hub cap that had been sitting in my buddies garage for years! When he asked if I wanted them I jumped at the chance to do another hub cap build, this is the first of 2 I will be doing. The first thing
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
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Pallet started life as a wooden pallet which I found at work. It was in really great condition . I am not sure what kind of wood it is but it has great color and grain. The only parts of guitar not made with the pallet wood is the top and bottom. I used 1/4″