EdwardMarlowe Posted July 6, 2020 Posted July 6, 2020 Thinhing of re-kickstarting my playing by picking up a Cigar box guitar - undecided as of yet whether three or four strings. Get mysefl going on some slide. Any players on here? Quote
Jazz Club Posted July 10, 2020 Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) £37 will get you a nice 3 string DIY kit. Edited July 10, 2020 by Jazz Club 1 Quote
EdwardMarlowe Posted July 11, 2020 Author Posted July 11, 2020 I've intrigued by the kits, but I'm not sure I have what it takes for the assembly skills... Do you know if those gyus do #em left handed, by any chance? I suppose it'snot much to Hendrix one of these, but I still prefer the socket on the correct side... Quote
ezbass Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, EdwardMarlowe said: I suppose it'snot much to Hendrix one of these, but I still prefer the socket on the correct side... Just drill a hole on the opposite side and fit the jack there. I can't see there being much on the inside of these to get in the way of you doing that. 1 Quote
Jazz Club Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) It comes built just string fitting needed. I wouldn’t bother changing jack socket to use as a lefty just use a angled jack £32.88 on amazon. www.amazon.co.uk/Electric-Blues-Box-Slide-Guitar/dp After watching the above video I’ve bought one for myself and for my son for a bit of fun. I will round off the neck straight edges though. Will only take a few minutes to do with a Stanley blade and a sanding block. Edited July 12, 2020 by Jazz Club 1 Quote
EdwardMarlowe Posted August 4, 2020 Author Posted August 4, 2020 Stringing I can do.... I've always shied away from anything where I needed to set the bridge in the right place for intonation and such (assembled and disassembled a couple of Stat types - easy peasy once the holes are all there!), but I can sure tune one! I've put that on my wishlist, hopefully when birthday timerolls around... Quote
Jazz Club Posted August 4, 2020 Posted August 4, 2020 I’ve bought a couple of these £20 kits to add to our cigar box collection after stumbling across it on YouTube a few nights ago. Look like fun. 1 Quote
EdwardMarlowe Posted August 6, 2020 Author Posted August 6, 2020 A Colleague of mine is a skilled uke player (among other things). Goes by Professor Chris on Youtube. Good fun. I've been tempted to try a bit of uke, that might be away of doing it. Quote
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