Cigar Box Mandolin

made this for a customer...

its a poor video...I erased the good one on accident and since I already had given it to the client, I was out of luck haha. Its a cool mandolin...solid with crazy amounts of resonation. Its too bad that my dumb camera cant handle the sound input very well.

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Music

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• cigar box
• cigar box dulcimer
• cigar box ukulele
• ukulele
• dulcimer
• homemade instruments
• guitar
• acoustic
• bluegrass
• mandolin
• cigar box mandolin

[cornfedgroove]

I dont have plans for anything I do...there is a basic standardized design concept for all cigar box instruments with only slight variations depending on the instrument type.

This is still a neck-through design and I think it really needs to be unless you want to get crazy with bracing. string tension is about 200 lbs on a mando. If you are interested in making one, email me...I can help you out

[branjumba]

Can you give me the plans

[cornfedgroove]

@branjumba I dont have plans for anything I do...there is a basic standardized design concept for all cigar box instruments with only slight variations depending on the instrument type.

This is still a neck-through design and I think it really needs to be unless you want to get crazy with bracing. string tension is about 200 lbs on a mando. If you are interested in making one, email me...I can help you out

[marcosmyros]

Best sounding cigar box mandolin I have heard on youtube. How did you do your neck?

[cornfedgroove]

@marcosmyros

scarf joint the headstock, 2 piece neck-thru design and round off the back of neck

[cornfedgroove]

lol...somebody is going around leaving me bad ratings with no comment

[gkjmb]

Is there some website that could show me how to make my own cigar-box instrument?? Thanks.

[marcosmyros]

Dumb youtube telling me i didn't post!! Sorry for the double post.

[HumbleUker]

Good stuff, keep building and playing!