How Do You Build A Cigar Box Guitar?
Many guitar enthusiasts enjoy making cigar box guitars. Cigar box guitars add personality and varied sounds to performances. They can be painted or left with their original cigar covers. There are many ways to go about making them. The steps below outline one of the easier ways to assemble one. Make the neck flush with the lid. To do this, cut a notch in the poplar as wide and thick as the lid, starting 2 inches from the end. Next, you will need to cut a notch in both sides of the bottom of the cigar box the width of the freshly trimmed poplar board. Glue the poplar board guitar neck into the notches in the bottom. Hold off on sealing the lid down for now. Amplify the sound. Drill a hole in the side of the cigar box on the end by the extra 2 inches of poplar. Fix the jack part of the pickup in the hole with glue. Glue the pickup to the lid of the cigar box. Install the tuning pegs. File down the last 3 to 6 inches of the poplar board to about 3/4 the original width. Next, drill three a
