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Friday, October 03, 2008


My new toy. Made it from a cigar box. Think I'll try another but a little larger.

posted by Older Guy @ 1:00 PM   7 comments

7 Comments:

At 7:50 AM, Blogger Ronnie said...

Cool how does she sound?

 
At 3:14 PM, Blogger Leisl said...

Brian wants to make one of these.

 
At 7:39 PM, Blogger Older Guy said...

Sounds just like a small uke. Cigar box has nice tone. Used a "recycled neck" from a kid's uke and the fretting is pretty tight for my fat fingers. Right now I'm looking at plans for a gourd banjo (http://thekimerers.com/brian/gourd2/index.shtml). There are all kinds of sights on the web about cigar box instruments; i.e., uke, strum stick, etc.
Got my box from a cigar store for $3.00. If I looked around, I could possibly get it for free.

 
At 10:10 PM, Blogger Older Guy said...

Le - if Brian plans to build a cigar box uke, I would suggest he build a Tenor Uke. It's larger, deeper tone, and fretted for easier play. The one I made is the smallest, or standard uke.

 
At 6:36 AM, Blogger Ronnie said...

That's a way cool link Pa,
You think he built that whole thing with a camera around his neck?

 
At 9:23 AM, Blogger Leisl said...

He actually wants to build a cigar box guitar, but I'm sure it's basically the same process. The gourd banjo looks cool, too!

 
At 12:03 AM, Blogger Older Guy said...

Some of the associated web sites also show how you can make an electric pickup from a simple piezo (sp?) speaker.
Got my gourd and am shaping the neck. After cutting the gourd in half, I now have the makings of two bodies. Maybe one will have skin head for tenor banjo and the other wood (like the strum stick). Oh what fun....

 

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