How to Make a Cigar Box Guitar

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How to make a cigar box guitar
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A cigar box guitar is an innovation of a musician
who likes to smoke. If you have an old wooden
cigar box and dont know what to do with it apart
from refilling, you can transform it in to a
beautiful piece of instrument, a guitar. Some
tricks here can help with this DIY cigar guitar.
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Its rare that we dig in to those old trunks and
find some hidden treasures that change our lives.
Such hidden treasure is a cigar case, which
belonged to our great grandfather or even our
dads who like to collect.

• BUT WHAT IS THE POINT OF STORING AN ASSET THAT
  CANNOT BE EVOLVED IN TO A PIECE OF ART.
  THEREFORE, A BRILLIANT TRANSFORMATION OF AN
  ANTIQUE WOODEN CIGAR BOX IS A GUITAR.

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Fancy as the idea sounds, especially for the
musician in you, try building one at home to
directly get hands on experience on the mechanism
of this soulful instrument.
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Collect the junk

• GET ON THAT STOOL TO CLIMB ON THE LOFT. COLLECT
  THE DOOR HINGES, A WOODEN BAR, SOME LEFT OVER
  STRINGS FROM OLD DOORS AND SOME PEN AND PAPER FOR
  MARKINGS. START WITH GOOGLING WHAT YOU WANT TO
  GET THE SPECS CORRECT. EXAMINE THE CIGAR BOX
  BEFORE DISMANTLING OR CUTTING THROUGH IT, TO
  AVOID WASTAGE.

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Gather your tools

• IF YOU KNOW A CARPENTER FRIEND, NOW IS THE TIME
  TO SOCIALIZE. GET THE TOOLS LIKE WOOD CUTTER,
  DRILL MACHINE AND A POLISH TO MAKE A SQUEAKY
  SHINY GUITAR. CLEAN THE STRINGS, IF YOU CAN
  AFFORD A PAIR OF NEW ONE, NOTHING LIKE IT, IT
  WILL HELP YOU TUNE WELL.

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Make the Cigar Box Guitar

• FOR THIS YOU WILL FIRST NEED TO CARVE OUT A LONG
  PIECE OF HARDWOOD WHICH CAN BECOME NECK AND HEAD
  OF THE CIGAR. NOW, HOLDING THE CIGAR BOX
  VERTICALLY WHILE IT IS CLOSED, DRILL A HOLE ON
  BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE BOX SO THAT NECK PIECE
  CAN PASS THROUGH IT BUT FIT TIGHTLY. ONCE THAT IS
  DONE JUST PASS OPEN THE BOX AND FIT IN THE NECK
  PIECE AND CLOSE IT TIGHTLY.

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Install other fittings

• Now you need to fix a door hinge on the tail of
  the cigar such that it can hold the strings and
  fit tuners on the head piece. Also, just where
  the neck meets the head, install a piece of wood
  through which the strings can go into the tuners.
  You will also need to install a similar piece on
  the body of the cigar box so that the right
  tension is created and strings dont touch the
  wooden piece.

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AND THIS IS HOW A MAKE A CIGAR CASE GUITAR. NO
NEED TO SAVE FOR THOSE FANCY ONES WHEN YOU CAN
MAKE ONE RIGHT UNDER YOUR ROOF.
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