Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down"

Great video sung by the former lead singer of Led Zeppelin, AMEN! brother Robert Amen!
as Keni Lee would say enjoy....

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Here are some photos of my current build



Neck joint



Neck Pocket



New Headstock design more like older Stellas



Tenon for neck pocket this is a very strong way to join the neck to the body

I am still pretty fascinated with the resonator theme and pushing to make something that is new, sounds good and looks really old. Improvements on this build include the double slotted headstock, Grover tuners, a custom truss rod, and a hand hammered cover plate. I etched most of the metal to give it that "came off of a plantation 80 years ago" look... So far, the response has been incredibly positive.



This nut was milled from a dog bone that I bought at the pet store... You can't believe how bad bone smells when you are cutting it on a bandsaw. It's really a pretty tricky operation cutting bone, if you try it be careful! (I built myself a jig to hold the blank0. I would not want to make a living cutting this stuff all day. It really kills the saw blade. After I cut out a rough blank I then did as much of the rough shaping as I could with my belt-sander. The real fitting though was slow going, There is a lot of hand sanding to get the nut to the final dimensions.



I stayed with the Tobacco sunburst finish. I almost forgot to mention that I actually used a two bottle wine box for this CBG. Yes it is still a CBG because this was a box for Chianti so according to Angel it technically still qualifies. You can see that I used Bacotte for the heal cap. That wood is amazingly beautiful.



Here you can see the cover plate that I hammered from some 26 gauge metal I found at Lowes. Again, this is a lot of work to make one of these. I am thinking that it took me almost a full day start to finish. The larger F-holes on this build really help produce the warm full sound this instrument features.

This cover plate appears more smudged.



While this one has some real aging to it....




And here they are side by side..

Circa 2010....

I can't help it, I like the look of old instruments. To me when I think of cigar box guitars I think about something from an old farm that is well worn and very warm. The first shot is of a three string resonator. The following pictures demonstrate the results of an aging process that I use to give my new instruments that vintage look. Even with the receipt I don't think my supplier will take this stuff back.Sorry about the picture quality I shot them late and did not really set up any lights. If you scroll a few posts back you can see the 4 string before I aged the metal parts.

Did I forget to mention my friend Keni Lee Burgess did this awesome youtube for me... Took me by complete surprise... If you don't have any of his music (CD's) you need to get some.

The new build is finished. Four string resonator with truss rod, mother of toilet seat fingerboard and double slotted headstock.... This one game me a run for my money there is a lot going on with this build and no it will not be in every one's price range. Let's just say it is something that only the most dedicated player is going to want to take home...






I am still thinking about adding corners, relicing the metal parts. Don't be surprised if you see some changes to this one in the near future.