How to make a simple DIY box guitar
This is the simplest string instrument I have ever made. I made it mostly out of reclaimed pallet wood.
Tools and materials I propose:
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#musicalinstruments #DIY #blues
crossbreed between a guitar and bird house. I like it 👍
lol, interesting point of view!
@@ScrapwoodCity О, йес, йес - ,, гёрл"!
Fun how this guy builds a guitar out of wood. Has got to sound good.
John Made kzhead.info/sun/eZmuZ7yqi194eqc/bejne.html
Scrap wood City kzhead.info/sun/eZmuZ7yqi194eqc/bejne.html
When your wife doesn't want you to buy another guitar:
mm widze że polak XD
I'm in this comment and I don't like it
then . Why do u marry . Complete your partial job and goal first😂
Jajaja thats rigth.,
*sells wife to some Puerto Rican guy, and buys custom shop strat* 😎
That sample play in the end was 🥶🥵🔥🔥
Love that there aren't any expensive laser-guided or specialty tools being used here.
Almost no tools, recycled materials… Simply spectacular! I love it!
thank you
Aleatronic kzhead.info/sun/eZmuZ7yqi194eqc/bejne.html
I've been watching your channel for 4 years and always find your builds inspiring.
I am very glad to hear that, thank you very much!
Yago 23's kzhead.info/sun/eZmuZ7yqi194eqc/bejne.html
Fantastic of you to show people how to make one! I like the rough-and-ready finish, it's actually looks like it's been made by a resourceful "amateur" rather than a "craftsman".
Thanks. I think I belong to the second category anyway! :)
Him: *needing to perfect the frets* Me: *laughs in fretless*
XD nice comment!
Hahah, that's awesome, I'm about to make a fretless guitar
0:24 Wow, this man is really fast at work
Yeah dude, imagine if you speed up the video... Woah it could ve even faster!
If anyone is gonna comment, its sped up... I'll be saying this in advance R/whoosh
@@klarenzcobie6595 ha ha brilliant
r/wooooooooooosh
Its fake! He cant actually work that fast he just speed it up!
WOW... after building many Cigar Box Guitars with cigar boxes and with license plate and self built cases this project keeps jumping into my mind.. i think i will do this little guitar my friend because it seems to be so fun to build with ready available wood and fun to play too.. thank you for your inspiration .. Hi from Italy
Nice to hear that. Thank you
I love how you have the time to build and practice that
That was lovely, Dimitri! I have made a couple of cigar box guitars and three stringed strumsticks, but even if I fret them diatonic I can't play them nearly that well. Sounds very pleasing for being made from such humble materials. Brilliant!
Thank you very much my friend! :)
StanCrafted kzhead.info/sun/eZmuZ7yqi194eqc/bejne.html
I always wanted to do something similar in childhood.
Same
Tbh I think it’s just cheaper to get a cheap electric
After seeing this, I built a CBG with 1/8th" maple frets. The darn thing actually plays. What fun!
nice to hear that!
Wow that's so simple but really nice, you played it really well too!
Awsome build! I love the sound of this guitar!
thank you!
as a guitar player, this hurts my eyes. as an artist, this brings joy to my soul.
Lol! Nice
👏👏👏 looked forward to seeing/hearing you play your DIY guitar. 👍 Impressive! I liked the demonstration . 😀
Cool! Even the theme you´re playing in the end is very nice. Congrats!
This instrument should be on a shirt of coffee mug. This video is in your top 10 best. Thank you Sir.
Thank you very much
Great idea skills...love that you got intonation good and that last note of vibrato.
It sounds like a shamisen! I love it!
Awesome job, mate. 👍 And a nice little sample at the end. 👌 Sounds great.
Thank you
This guy actually pay attention to use basic tools in DIY that every one can build stuff. Very often there is DIY in title but build is carried out with proffesional machinery.
Very cool. You and Tim Sway are cool dudes.
It's now 02:29 in the morning and as soon you started playing this i have a huge beaming smile on my face i am happy!!
Thank you
I like the chunkyness of this! I am going to make a bombproof box instrument to keep in my gear, I like the way this sounds, and using wood frets is neat-o! Thanks!
H89
If you could tune those dollar store guitars and make them sound good, that's what this sounds like. Super cool! You are great at what you do. Keep it up!
That's very good. Excellent work
Looked good while being made. Sounds great! 👍
thank you
Great use of hand tools.
Nice work on the box guitar Friend! Thanks for sharing the video with us.👌👍😎JP
thank you very much JP
Your very welcome Friend! Have a great week!😎
Hey that was old school SWC - the mitre box, the little plane, geometry. All that missing was the old music! And maybe Scrappy. Great job mate.
Thanks Mark, I guess going back to the roots is kind of vital sometimes!
Thanks for sharing! Really nice job! 🙂🙂🙂
Esta guitarra tiene un sonido mas hermoso que la otra, buen trabajo. Saludos.
It sure plays well. Well done
I guess it does the job. Thank you
Sweet instrument :) Congrats!
Thank you
Nice build & it has an interesting sound to boot! Well done SWC.............. :)
Thank you
the video you did a while ago that was basically this is the thing that got me here. neat to see you do something different with it. i'm kinda blown away that wood frets actually work! :o
Thank you. Yes they seem to work fine with nylon strings
A rectangular guitar. Sounds so good !
Thank you
that mafker sounded dope!
Very nice! Thanks for the fun video!
Thank you
Awesome! Sounds good too!👍😎🎸🎶
thank you
@@ScrapwoodCity yep!☺
Nice build. Somebody watches DiResta clips. This is a nice weekend project. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you
Estupendo,magnifico trabajo...!!"👏👏👍
Thank you
Surprising goog sound. Cheers!
thank you
2:30 just casually adds another hole to the table
Tony Olajide kzhead.info/sun/eZmuZ7yqi194eqc/bejne.html
I don't think he cares..when it gets ruined he biy a new plank and repair it.
Perfect. So Nice!
Thank you
Excelente vídeo y una artesanía fenomenal felicitaciones amigo desde Colombia en el sur de América.
Thank you
Sounds lovely something like banjo.
theres just something deeply entertaining about sped up footage of someone using a hammer
I hope so. Thank you
Interesting sound, thanks!
Glad you like it!
Interesting choice of frets
Love it!!!! Thanks!
Great sound. Stand or fall. GooD)))
thank you
Tu desempeño es muy bueno. Agradecemos sus explicaciones. abrazos...
Nice, Thanks for sharing that
thank you
Nice project thanks for sharing.
thank you
Sounds great
Thank you
very impresionant!!!! Saludos de Argentina
Thank you, greetings from Greece
The most interesting dude in the world 🤙
Верни скворечник! The birdhouse must be returned to the birds!
lol
Funny. 🤣
Good job and nice tune ;)
Thank you
Nice work.
This is very cool good job
Thank you very much
Super nice!
thank you
Руки у тебя золотые.Мастер!
Three pegs like a balalaika, very interesting!
Your a great engineer... 😁
Thank you for the nice comment
Great Video!!
thank you
Οτι θα έκανες και μουσικό όργανο από παλέτα .... δεν το περίμενα !!!! Εξαιρετικό και πολύ όμορφο !!!!!!!!!! Τελικά είναι το σήμα κατατεθέν για σένα !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Σε ευχαριστώ Κατερίνα!
Brilliant!
thank you
Awesome!!
wow nice job man
Thank you
Very nice!
Quite amazing good sir.
Μια κιθάρα καθαρά από scrap wood. Πολύ σε χαίρομαι όταν παίζεις με τις δημιουργίες σου !
Σε ευχαριστώ Βιβή
Wish I had your skills!
I actually do like this.
A cigar box guitar without the cigar box. Neat.
Guitar? Seems like some sort of mutant ukulele/sitar hybrid! Nice! I like it, cool!
I need a hand like you !I will try to make one!
Vi com desconfiança o seu método construtivo, mas o resultado foi excelente!
thank you
Как приятно смотреть на умелые руки.Класс!
Very simple HAHA . Congratularions man
Excellent dude
Thank you
Magnífic. The house of world. 👏👏👏👏😎🎸🎶🎶🎶
thank you
this is the only guitar that works i could find on the internet lol
Lol. Well, it definitely works
now that was a very rectangular music!
Καλό σχεδιο και για τζουρα πολύ καλη δουλεια!
Ευχαριστώ
Wow, Amazing, 👍👍🙏
Thank you
Nice work
Guitar and crate hybrid I like it
Too Cool!
A man can work with his hands!
You make it look so EASY ?!?!?!
Cool now you can play Scrap-wood City Limits on your new guitar
Nice...very nice, thank you.
Most welcome
Love it - fantastic. Easiest video on KZhead. Could you tell me exactly what strings are used - Acoustic steel? Electric steel? Or other?
i made one as "solid body" looking like this one, got same sound :x