Cigarbox Ukulele: A Unique Twist on a Classic Sound
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This is about another “leftover” project. Cigarbox Ukulele.
Time by time, while shopping for the cigar boxes I collect the small boxes if they are nice looking and free (my favourite price).
I also had 3 tuning pegs and a 2′ poplar plank which left from the 6′ plank used in P-Bass Cigar Box Project
It’s not enough for another cigar box guitar. Mostly about the small sizes. So I decided to build something small. Ukulele. Cigarbox Ukulele. That’s how I named it.
Firstly I just have put all those three components together. And here’s what I’ve got.
And I still have a very strange feeling that I should of been stopped at this step.
I even know now why. But that’s later.
So I had proceeded making it electric. At the same time I was experimenting with DIY CBG pickup.
As a result, here’s how the instrument face looks like:
Looks quite busy. Right?
And the worst of all is the ugly hole for the pickups.
There was a reason behind this issue. Originally I was going to make the pickups from the ferromagnetic buttons that you may find in many of the fridge magnets. But they are weaker and bigger in size. So I’ve ended up with the neodimium magnets from the old broken headsets. Read this for more details…
And that’s what making me think that I’d better left this ukulele just an acoustic thing.
But what is done is done. Here’s the final look of the cigarbox ukulele:
And as usual, the video clip will come shortly.
More details on this instrument in CBG Projects
Update. Here goes a long-promised demo video CBU in the title stays for Cigarbox Ukulele.
