First Cigar Box Guitar Builds #4: Gettin' close... very close.

Old school dulcimer frets. Holes drilled, 12 gauge copper wire hammered into a staple, then pounded into place.

I got excited near the end and just rushed putting everything together. The copper nut I had planned was way too high so I improvised with a piece of scrap ply, will go back and redo that later. The tail isn’t finished or glued. The strings aren’t cut. I used zither pins instead of machine heads (I had a bunch and thought, why not?). Here is a pic, semi-finished, tuned to open G.

A quick sound bite right after tuning.

http://min.us/mCZJN8Hh9

-- Rick M, http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/