Just recently started building guitars and fell upon the whole cigar box concept. Just wanted to say you are really inspiring. I've been in the world of rewiring pickups, coil tapping, high passes, and nonsense like that. It's great to see people just doing their thing and using what you can find in your garage. Keep it up!

Thanks for watching....good luck with your build!

the bridge looks like a storm/screen door closer. These are both really cool. I can't believe the kinds of things you use to build these, it's amazing.

Thanks for taking a look. You should definitely build your own, it's a lot of fun.

I think they are sweet. Its nice to know there are fathers like you out there. We wanna see more basement fab stuff, FEED US MAN!!

@TheGreenerItGets Thanks. Be sure to check out my other cigar box guitar vids. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it.

The coolest part (besides how it sounds) is the clever use of basic Hardware store parts. Looked like a security door flap and a cheap hinge and a door jamb and a few eyebolts for string trees.

You should definitely give it a try..they're definitely fun to build. People are amazed at the sound you can get out of them too.

Thanks for checking it out, I appreciate it!

@sambluecat I play it on my lap sometimes and upright sometimes........I tend to suck equally either way. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it.

Those are both nice builds, thanks for posting. 👍

If you check my main channel page, you'll find a playlist where I showed the entire build of one of my guitars. Thanks for watching!

You should definitely give it a try. Thanks for watching!

@DoctorDetroit313 I've sold quite a few of them in the past. They typically range in price from $300 - $600. One like the black one would be $350. But to be honest, I'm so busy with other things at the moment that I've had to take a break from building them for a while. I'm glad you find them interesting and I appreciate the comments. If you get time, check out my latest build, it's the video titled, "Homemade Guitar Finished - Robert Johnson Tribute - Part 8" Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching, I appreciate it...and, I'm a huge fan of Jack White too.

WOW!! Love your ingenuity, creativity and playing - wonderful! Keep up the good work.

Thanks for watching, I'm glad you found them interesting.

Thank you very much, you should definitely build one for yourself too. It's pretty fun to build a guitar with parts from around the house.

Thanks for taking a look, I appreciate it!

Awesome. Also props to Jordan his Diddley Bow rocked!

That is one ragin' diddley-bow. Amazing how much noise you can make with what amounts to one or two strings and a board. I just built my first acoustic model with a soup can, and it may be the loudest stringed instrument I've ever owned. The next one's gonna be electric...it HAS to be, after hearing this object you've built here.

Wow. That is pure genius. Your son must be very proud of you man. Please keep up the good work. I wish I could do a project like that with my son some day. Cheers

@Buchoass Yep, I'll use just about anything. That's part of the fun...finding new things that'll work well. Thanks for watching!

@itsalmostanorange Thanks.....I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks for watching.

@MrBluesCollector Yeah, I don't generally play on the front porch. I love building guitars and getting them into the hands of people that can really make them sing. I can't play a lick, but I still like messing around with them. Thanks for watching!

@TheTroubadourJacobs I didn't have any plans, but they're easy to make. Just take the coil of wire out of an old set of hair clippers. When you remove the spool or wire, it will have some steel plates in the middle of it...just tap those out with a hammer and screwdriver, to make room for the magnet. I purchased a bar magnet from Hobby Lobby in this case. Hot glue the magnet into the middle of the coil, it should be a snug fit. Scrape the coating off the two ends of the copper wire....

@sambluecat You can use mason twine to make them, but I would replace the tin with something that resonates better like a bottle or can. If you use the altoid tin, you can put a piezo pickup and a 1/4" output jack in the tin, so that you can play through an amp. You can also make a diddley bow with a cigar box, a piece of broom handle, a nail, and the mason twine.

Wow, those homemade pickups sound great!

That is the ultimate compliment in my book. Thanks for watching!

That's cool that you did that....I admire your ingenuity and creativity.

Sounds brilliant and excellent builds thanks for sharing

When you take apart a set of electric hair clippers you'll find a large coil of wire on a plastic spool. There will be some metal plates in the middle of the spool. Take a screwdriver and a hammer and tap those plates out. Then you place a bar magnet in the middle of the spool. To make it fit tighter, you can replace a few of the metal plates on each side of the magnet..then glue the magnet in place with hot glue. Hook the two wires(one + one -)from the coil to a 1/4"output jack

@RamblinAround Liked it so much, I went to the cigar store yesterday and got like 4-5 boxes, and now I hope that I ever git around to it.

the bridge, on your sons diddley bow, is a screen door latch catch. mounts to the door frame. great use here.

@hithazel Thanks for checking them out, I appreciate it.

@aquanaut009 It's been a while since we put that one together. I think we placed the coils approximately where the neck pick-up would be on a strat. I'm glad you found it interesting...thanks for watching!

Thank you my Canadian friend, I appreciate that!

Great video, enjoyed it. love the tone you get from the diddley bow!

The black one sounds like it looks, epiccc!

Thanks for taking a look!

Facinating. By the looks of the offers you have to buy your designs you could soon be a rich young man. ATB

Great video again, I noticed your dog likes the blues. He wasn't there until you started playing, good dog!

That’s bad ass, you should do a video on the homemade pickups

Perfect sounding of both, but I really love the sound of 4-string black one. Good work!

@PlankofWood1 Thanks....we were as surprised as anyone..lol Thanks for watching!

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That is simply amazing!! I never knew it could be that simple to make them!

Thanks for checking them out.

They all look great. Nice hobby.

@MrJoeydelips Thanks for checking it out. Good luck with yours!

Thanks for taking a look. You should definitely give it a try.

@josderedneck22 LOL....thanks Jos, I appreciate the comments. Hope you're having a great weekend!

@p0w3rs3rj I build the cigar box guitars on a standard Fender 25.5" scale, so I use regular light electric strings. On the four-string guitars, I tune them G, D, G(octave higher), B....that provides an Open G chord when strummed open. It's great tuning for playing slide.

@TheWastelandWarrior9 Yes, the neck goes all the way through the box and it's glued in place.

@TheArts2010 I build them with common household parts and then hand-paint them as well. Thanks for watching!

@chickinstompin Thanks for letting me know...I just grabbed it out of a box of junk I had. Thanks for watching!

I enjoy your videos a LOT! Thanks for posting this cool stuff.

@ddpunk123 Thanks for checking them out man, I appreciate it.

@ruffbumm Thanks for watching! They really are fun to build..you should give it a try.

@dmeckle It really is a fun little father/son project. Thanks for watching my vids, I appreciate it.

Great instruments, Great Sound!!!!

@Billy2Teddy8 Thanks for checking them out, I appreciate it. If you get a chance, check out a few of my other guitars. Have a good one. ~Jeff

I used to sell a lot of them, but I'm taking a break from that right now. Thanks for taking a look!

Thanks for watching, we appreciate it.

@Freedom7557 Thanks for checking them out. That's cool that your wife plays the dulcimer. If you look at my channel background, you'll notice that the cigar box guitar has dulcimer style fretting.

Dude you must have very chuffed lickal boy.I bet the kids at school freaked out when he played that in his lesson. AWESOME

Those are cool, I've never heard of such a thing until just recently.

@donokanagan Thanks for checking it out, I appreciate it! We'll have more projects on the way shortly.

Very nice! They both sound great!

They are Great! Really enjoyed the video... now you got me thinkin' 'bout makin' something out of what I have laying around. But I'll have to wait until springtime... there's several feet of snow blocking my little shed out back. Thanks for the video and great ingenuity ! :0)

@Raymond71544 Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!

@MrNikcccc I believe I used Red Oak for that one, because I had it on hand. It doesn't matter very much, which wood you use on the Diddley bows because the string tension isn't that high. Even pine would work just fine. Once you start getting to 3, 4, or 5 strings...you really need to use a good hard wood.

Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!

Lol you commented on my diddley bow a yr ago. I remember your video now. Thanks

@ProfessorNguyen Thanks for watching, I appreciate it.

Those coils are from the inside of a set of hair clippers. They were already coiled like that, I just added a bar magnet in the center of them.

Cool guitars! I dig the Diddley Bow and custom made pickups. Man they growl. Very inspiring. Would like to build my own!

@jackallan001 That is a deep well socket. They make pretty good slides. Thanks for watching!

@rubberman2602 Thanks for watching, I appreciate it.

Way too cool! I appreciate how you utilize, kitcken hinges and picture hangers. Very cool ~CHEERS~ B.Champagne

Very cool vid,makes me wanna try it myself.smart work mate.

@sambluecat Yes, that's what I was talking about. You can even buy a cheap piezo transducer from the electronics store and make it work.

@RamblinAround I also like how you use the pine tree as a guitar stand. Oh! and the part at 4:20 is a storm door catch. Cool! ~CHEERS~ B.Champagne

I quite like the Diddley Bow Jeff! Awesome sound on both of those bad boys! :)

Very nice, I like the use of clipper coils. Its about time I made a few more guitars :)

@dacrowster Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!

Thanks for the Shout Jeff!!! Cool Stuff!! :)

That sounded amazing!

You must have great neighbors haha ! Cool stuff man.

@PinkieStanley Thanks for checking them out!

I really love your 2 string Diddley Bow.

@FATMANFALLDOWN First of all, that's not an amp it's a karaoke machine and secondly, my camera mic couldn't really handle the sound.

wow that was surprisingly good sounding!

Hot Dam! I hope your kid an A+ with that Diddley Bow!

@Mrandrewizard Thank you very much, I appreciate that!

@fenderstratguy Thanks for taking a look, I appreciate it!

You sir, are brilliant!

wow great guitars and love the sound!!!!!!!!!!

@jobatribe Yes, it's all home made. It's not a bass guitar. It's uses the middle four strings of a regular guitar.

Thanks for the info about that door latch, I appreciate it.