Making a Three String Guitar // Cigar Box Guitar // DIY // Woodworking 

Thanks! I’m excited to use that locator pin trick for other projects. 🤘🤘

3 string guitar

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I just realized I said CCR and meant Skynyrd. Oh well 🤷‍♂️

Vincent Ferrari I actually thought you were referring to deep purple! Ha! It happens!

And a little touch of Pink Floyd in there as well.

And a bullfrog. Oh, sorry. I thought you were referring to Three Dog Night. ;-)

Glad you liked it!

Awesome! I was worried about it feeling too rushed since there was so much information. I’m kinda happy about that trick too! Excited to use it for some other stuff

Yeah. That’s the way I’ll prob do it next time. I just had to see this idea through to fruition

You found it! Ha. Thanks!

@@3x3CustomTamar yes I did! It was such a cool build, I love the shape of the box. Thank you.

Awesome! I’m glad something from the video was helpful!

That’s a great tip. Thanks

Yeah! I feel like that was he best thing I did on this. Ha. It’s crazy what I’ve found in my regular acoustics....

The laser on my drill press is useless. Ha. I saw that truck somewhere else. Not sure where

I used a stabilizing epoxy on the top. So we’re good there. This was just an experiment. I Had fun with it. And my kids enjoy it. That’s all that matters to me.

"It won't last nearly as long..." As what? Steel, aluminum, PVC plastic? She stabilized the wood with a penetrating epoxy resin. It's probably good for at least 100 years at this point - you think it needs to last longer?

Yup. It’s called a climb cut

@@3x3CustomTamar I was thinking about this. It's something I'll probably try sine I use a cordless router. And that's using guide ebarings that are 1/8 and 1/4 inch larger than the guide bearing I'll use for making the final cut. When the router moves in the wrong direction, it can leave scallops (a wavy surface). A spiral bit is actually cutting less material at one time that a straight flute. Also, the difference between using a 3/4 in. dia. and a 3/8 in. dia. router bit is surface speed of the cutter and the amount of torque from the router that it converts into force. A larger diameter cutter will have less shearing force than a smaller diameter cutter. An example of this is of you had a wood block mounted to a piece of wood on your work bench, how many lbs. of force would it take to shear the dowels? I used to work in a machine shop and speeds, feeds and rpm were everything. I have an 18 v cordless router and I try to limit using any cutter over 3/8 in. dia. It's prone to gouging wood. Hopefully your viewers will find this information helpful. p.s., remember the night stand/drill press stand that you built a couple of years ago? You might recognize how it's influenced the project that I'm working on. :)

@@3x3CustomTamar This is the tear out I need to avoid. photos.app.goo.gl/a84cpcBWSESSKsfKA

Thanks so much! I think being critically helps me do better next time. Most ppl won’t notice the little mistakes. But I really want to try and perfect my craft as much as I possible can. 🤘🤘🤘

Awesome! Thanks!

I have gotten some more tools since this video!

Glad you watched the whole video and changed your mind 😉

Thanks! I can see how building these can be addicting!

Glad you liked it

It was so fun to make. The kids love playing on it

Also check out Tim Sways many guitar builds.

Next time I’ll attempt to put in a real pick up and I was also impressed with how much sound came out when it was acoustic!

Haha! Yup! I figured people with kids would understand that part! Thanks so much!

I totally wasn’t expecting all that sound also! I was pleasantly surprised!

Ha! Thanks!

Thanks so much! I have been playing it only acoustic and I’m loving it.

Thanks so Much! I was surprised at the sound! This was so fun

@@3x3CustomTamar greating from Italy. Max

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Thanks so much!

Haha! I can’t do math. 😜

Thanks so much! It was so fun to make. I totally want to make more

Thanks so much!

Thanks. It’s so fun to play

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Thanks!

Thanks! My original plan was to CNC the whole body. But I didn’t take into account how tall it was. So the router didn’t fit.... so I just turned my self into a human CNC. Ha. And in the end I cut off that back panel so it was shorter and probably could have fit in the CNC in the end. Oh well!

Thanks!!

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much! 🤘🤘 glad you liked it. Def my most satisfying build. I have plans to make more for sure

Thanks! 🤘

Thanks so much!

Thanks! It’s a fun to play

@@3x3CustomTamar You are very welcome! I'm in the process of making my own. :)

Thanks! Hi!

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Thanks! I was surprised with the sound!

It was a good guess! Imagine how I felt.... ha!

Thank you so much!

I figure everything out as I go. That’s just what I do.... ha. Thanks! My kids really enjoyed this project

Thanks! One day! I was scared of fretwork. But now that I see it’s not so hard I will totally attempt One

Thanks so much! Such a satisfying project

Thanks!!

Thanks!

Thanks! It is around $300

Thanks! I think of the bridge was higher the action would be too high and it would be hard to press the strings on the fret board. Dell puckets idea of putting an angle on the neck I think would be a great solutions

Thanks!

Thanks! Yeah. It’s not fun. Ha

Thank you!

Thanks!

Thanks so much!

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

Sorry. Don’t know if I can help you. I’m not really a luthier. These are just experiments of mine

Thanks! Yeah. I want to make one the “right” way now. Ha. I believe I linked to it in the description

Amen... 🤘

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks so much!

Glad you like it! Thanks!

Thanks! It is! The tuning is different. This is tuned to an open G. So they way you make the chords is different.

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It is my favorite tool.

Best idea I’ve ever had. Ha

Ha. Yeah. It was a fun build

Whatever you want. I use the adg strings on this one. But I’ve also use DGB on another one

Thanks!

Bc I thought of something similar while I was half way through hogging out the waste.... you know what they say about hindsight! Ha!

Awesome! I’ll check her out. I also had so many more important projects on my list. I just had to do this! Have fun with yours!

I believe all the details are on the full website post linked in the description

Bc it looks similar but it’s GDG

Sorry. I don’t sell them

Ha. Thanks

Yeah. That was totally a mistake. But I didn’t have any ebony on hand 😉

@@3x3CustomTamar I'm new to your channel, but have you considered making a bleached (for lack of a better word) white guitar? I think that'd look killer with a burl or something similar.

Ectoplasmic I havnt but that sounds cool

that's super cool!!!

Thanks! If these tools cost me $10k my husband would have killed me.

@@3x3CustomTamar Maybe not $10k, but decent quality power tools cost a fair bit and you must have at least $1,000 worth there. That belt sander alone is a costly looking item. I also envy you Americans your access to space. Here in the UK land is pricey and I end up basically having to stack tools on top of each other - it makes maintaining accuracy a bit difficult. Wood is also much more expensive over here so I have to recycle/upcycle scrap wood. Overall, an interesting effort but I'd probably have gone the fabrication route, rather than the router route for the body build.

Grey Wolf yeah. I guess I take that stuff for granted. I totally agree with you on the construction of the body. Next time I’m going to cut out thin strips of plywood to the shape I want. Then glue those up together to make the walls taller

Well, the thing is a lot of these channels cater more towards professional woodworkers, not weekend woodworkers. The same thing can be done with hand tools, and we're for decades before any of the modern tools available today.

It was a nice build...I would change a few things tho. Definitely nee to figure out a way to access electronics/jack. With the top glued on, your kinda screwed if you need to rep.ace the pickup, etc

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Seriously “don’t judge” and she plays wish you were here lol 😂 I can’t even play it on a six string lol I really enjoy your videos thank you

Hahah! I like the way that sounds too! Thanks so much!

Ha. Thanks.

Thanks so much mark! I totally get why this is an obsession! Can’t wait to try those cookies 😉

This was def a fun one to make. Thanks!

Yeah. Def not the correct way. But not bad for my first attempt. It was so fun to do

Definitely not consistent with traditional guitar builds, but after watching this I watched a few other cigar box builds and I have to say this is hands above those. Acoustic guitars want to have a lot of resonance, which generally means thinner back, sides and top. I was shaking my head through the whole build, but then have to admit it sounded surprisingly awesome in the end. That spalted top was beautiful! Also, I've never used those disc piezos before. When I saw all that hot glue I thought, "that's never going to work". It defies nearly every principle of piezos I am familiar with, but it sounded great. So all that constructive criticism I was saving up??? Nevermind. You built a beautiful instrument and it sounded great. Thanks for sharing.

Why would you cringe for the whole video? She did a great job with the guitar and it came out fine. Do you get some kind of style points for HOW the project is made? You might not use the same wood working techniques - but, YOUR techniques are necessarily either better or correct - they're simply different. I probably would not have built it the same way, but I learned a couple of alternative methods watching the video and may try incorporating them into my work. I truly don't get the comment.

QuinnMendel it’s different from a traditional guitar bc it’s not a traditional guitar! It’s a whole nother animal! But it gave me the confidence to think that I can actually build a real acoustic guitar. When I get a drum sander of course.... 😂😂

@@3x3CustomTamar Yep - I get that. Honestly, I've never built a cigarbox guitar or looked into their typical construction. So I watched your video first and formed some opinions, but then (thankfully) had the presence of mind to watch a few other cigarbox builds which reset my expectations and gave me a renewed appreciation for what you accomplished. Frankly, my biggest concern with your approach is with all that end grain. I really, really hope it holds up, but my history with such matters is that it will want to warp and split. Hopefully the wood hardener will save you... BTW, your neck-through design was brilliant!

Haha! I’m not too confident in my guitar playing. ☺️ thanks so much

Thanks so much! I know a few songs ☺️

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@@3x3CustomTamar loved the video! Subscribed!

Nádia Paiva awesome! Thanks!