Extended Cut: Building a Cigar Box Guitar w/Hand Tools [No Dialogue] - NightHawkInLight

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  • Опубліковано 19 чер 2015
  • This video is the extended version of my CBG build video I published back in January which can be seen here: • How To Make A Fretted ... In this video I've removed my own dialogue explaining each step of the build process so you can enjoy just listening to the tools and watching wood being chipped away. #NightHawkInLight
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 302

  • @Vixeneye1
    @Vixeneye1 9 років тому +37

    You know what's funny? It seems like every time you want to show us something important (like the screws or the frame), you're silently yelling "look at this. LOOK AT IT!" while gripping said item.
    I love it.

    • @Nighthawkinlight
      @Nighthawkinlight  9 років тому +43

      Vixeneye1 BUT DID YOU LOOK AT IT?????? LOOOOOOOK

  • @Raycefan
    @Raycefan 8 років тому +5

    I just want to say, I think this video is edited to the perfect length and is very helpful in showing someone how to recreate this build.

  • @TrollFaceTheMan
    @TrollFaceTheMan 9 років тому +2

    I think the extended video was a splendid idea, it's cool to see how the Raw footage comes together into a completed video!

  • @JimB73C
    @JimB73C 5 років тому

    Total props. It shows what one can do with a bit of ingenuity and effort.

  • @TheScreamingFrog916
    @TheScreamingFrog916 4 роки тому +2

    Great demonstration on how to make a good sounding cigar box guitar, with frets.

  • @mlxoc712
    @mlxoc712 9 років тому +50

    ASMR for carpenters.

    • @slickerss9190
      @slickerss9190 9 років тому +2

      What are carpenters? Sabrina Carpenter fans? Cuz if yes im fucking in!

    • @aserta
      @aserta 9 років тому +3

      Suffering Lion Wood workers. :P

    • @slickerss9190
      @slickerss9190 9 років тому

      Actually i think i'm a little wood worker :D But anyways Carpenters are called Sabrina Carpenter fans :D. Easy to mess up, thanks for teaching me.

    • @slickerss9190
      @slickerss9190 9 років тому

      Ye i understood it. She is a singer, look her up.

  • @gristlevonraben
    @gristlevonraben 9 років тому +4

    That was beautiful to see and hear.

  • @gearsmath
    @gearsmath 9 років тому

    I find this extremely relaxing to watch...

  • @jpbkiller
    @jpbkiller 9 років тому

    So I just watched 30minutes of a guy making a Cigar Box guitar, and that was simply amazing :)
    Thanks for the vids ! Really great work :)

  • @kalebfeller5284
    @kalebfeller5284 8 років тому

    absolutely amazing

  • @anneconti5997
    @anneconti5997 8 років тому

    great tutorial! my chocolate box got a new life and sounds cool. went with its friends diddely bow, dustbin bass and washboard 2 month later for first public représentation.. gold inst none of us was playing inst before. great tanks!!

  • @BananaSack1212
    @BananaSack1212 9 років тому +2

    Great job night hawk I've been watching your vids ever since you started making them I've been such a bug fan of u and grant!! Keep up the good work 👍👍

  • @matthewday3798
    @matthewday3798 8 років тому +1

    Obviously the best way to cut a hole.

  • @noonansean1979
    @noonansean1979 8 років тому +3

    I think you have some really inventive ideas that solve a lot of problems when thinking about the construction of something like this, but there are some considerations you might want to think about which though might make it more difficult to construct would improve the sound of the instrument. The sound generates from the soundboard vibrating, which in your case is really just the neck and perhaps part of the cigar box. I'd suggest try making the portion of the neck that runs along the cigar box much thinner. It'll be able to vibrate more easily. The thickness of the neck makes dampens the sound by not allowing for much vibration. If you notice acoustic guitars don't pull the neck all the way to the bridge. They stop at the body for this reason.
    That of course makes it hard to have a solid bridge which can handle the tension of the strings and not make the instrument collapse on itself. So for guitars they add bracing, which also helps to control the type of sound. Different bracing patterns underneath the soundboard create different effects. Dulcimers on the other hand just place a neck over a soundboard and run the whole way of the instrument. What's different is that they place they neck on top of the soundboard, and don't cut into it. This way the neck isn't the soundboard, and the box is. The idea is to have the neck be carved in arches so that the neck touches the soundboard in as few places as possible. This allows the soundboard to vibrate more freely and produce more sound. You could perhaps not cut away the box top (soundboard), and instead lay a thin neck over, arched in several places so as to touch in very few spots. This might allow for the box to vibrate a lot more than a very thick wooden neck. This will give a much brighter sound less thuddy less dampened.
    I'd also suggest tilting your headstock, you really do want a good angle where the strings meet the nut. Your design is really interesting. As engineering it's quite brilliant. For quality of sound I'm not sure it works as well as it could though. It's a really inventive way to do it though and impressive using readily available materials. A good angle on that nut going downward should really improve things, and keep notes in tune so they don't vary when the string is being plucked. Just a few thoughts. Not trying to ding your design at all and I think it's really cool. You've got a good mind for engineering things.

  • @bricktorubber4697
    @bricktorubber4697 4 роки тому +1

    Well worth watching thanks for posting.

  • @stevepethel6843
    @stevepethel6843 2 роки тому

    Sounds warm full tone.

  • @deneyoung4232
    @deneyoung4232 8 років тому

    thanks for posting

  • @vileguile4
    @vileguile4 9 років тому +1

    fantastic work!!!

  • @riperchetobg
    @riperchetobg 9 років тому

    set the speed to 2 and this is really fun to watch, great cuts

  • @davidschaefer2452
    @davidschaefer2452 Рік тому

    Best cbg video

  • @alexmaysband7581
    @alexmaysband7581 7 років тому

    Awesome ! Thank you

  • @ElGatoLoco698
    @ElGatoLoco698 9 років тому

    You build stuff like me. Using the chisel as a straight edge. Using nails as the frets. Using chisels instead of band saws. Hand sanding instead of a sander. I like it. Makes me want to try and build one.

  • @DarronBirgenheier
    @DarronBirgenheier 9 років тому

    Wonderful

  • @Tness360
    @Tness360 9 років тому

    This video is so relaxing

  • @KKun10
    @KKun10 9 років тому

    Very interesting, I saw you previous video and I was curious about the woodwork in particular. Thanks for showing the details!

  • @PuckettCigarBoxGuitar
    @PuckettCigarBoxGuitar 7 років тому

    Your CBG's are the Bomb .... love love love...

  • @TheodenEdnewDoesDnD
    @TheodenEdnewDoesDnD 9 років тому

    You've inspired me to try my hand at guitar. Thank you :)

  • @phillydog17
    @phillydog17 6 років тому

    Thank you!

  • @AFUzzzzzyCarpet
    @AFUzzzzzyCarpet 9 років тому +1

    I heard that Rusty Cage in there at the end. What a finish to a great video!

  • @OrangeeTang
    @OrangeeTang 9 років тому

    So good, well impressed.

  • @xXAznDelight51Xx
    @xXAznDelight51Xx 9 років тому

    This is awesome

  • @thatgingar8765
    @thatgingar8765 9 років тому +1

    Your like "LOOK AT THIS!!! DO YOU SEE IT?!?!" With everything 😂😂

  • @thomasd9237
    @thomasd9237 Рік тому +3

    Cool build 👍👍
    Some very interesting concepts. While it great to have something pre built all fancy, if you look at the heritage of these instruments, the originals were made out of what people could scrounge 😀

  • @dphotos007
    @dphotos007 9 років тому

    Great video. Thanks

  • @duaneulman9915
    @duaneulman9915 Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @Hobypyrocom
    @Hobypyrocom 9 років тому +3

    finally a video to make the speed option of the player usable...

  • @9jmorrison
    @9jmorrison Рік тому

    Excellent instructions, and well made video!

  • @stevepethel6843
    @stevepethel6843 3 роки тому

    Sir NightHawk what a great work of art skill work craftsmanship creativity.God bless you for teaching me a new way to make a tuning machine...I love your work and video.

  • @magicmurlo
    @magicmurlo 9 років тому

    Well now I'm torn. I liked the narration of the first and I really liked this version. Same video but different! Really great stuff!

  • @ianciborowski2983
    @ianciborowski2983 8 років тому

    This is satisfying

  • @austinmosier7899
    @austinmosier7899 9 років тому

    I would like to see some videos of you just playing the guitar you made and I think everything you do is awesome so please keep up the good work!

  • @MrHws5mp
    @MrHws5mp 9 років тому +23

    Should have left the hinged part of the lid openable so it's easy to retrieve your pick when you drop it in the hole..... ;-)

    • @Nighthawkinlight
      @Nighthawkinlight  9 років тому +10

      Harold Weaver Smith I like the way you think

    • @DavidWahlstrom69sins
      @DavidWahlstrom69sins 9 років тому +3

      Harold Weaver Smith Ahhhh.....C'mon, the "turn upside down flip and shake" is a part of the acoustic guitar experience. lol. Whenever I lose a pick to the hole, music time becomes game time.LOL

    • @MrHws5mp
      @MrHws5mp 9 років тому +3

      David Wahlstrom Yeah, but think of the coolness factor. At the start of the guitar lesson, everybody else with "proper" guitars is laughing at your cigar box one, but when the pick-shaking starts, it's your turn to laugh... ;-)

    • @TheScreamingFrog916
      @TheScreamingFrog916 4 роки тому

      Also allows for installation of piezo pickup, volume pot, and jack, and maybe battery for piezo preamp.
      If you want to go that route.
      Love the design of this. Great idea for the tuners.

  • @TheLeedgelodge
    @TheLeedgelodge 9 років тому

    You must be really good at guitar if you can make that kind of music from this thing! Nice job!

  • @yvesthx3722
    @yvesthx3722 6 років тому

    yeah! Great job man.

  • @Heather22056
    @Heather22056 3 роки тому

    Good job 👏

  • @misterlive40
    @misterlive40 9 років тому

    Hello I am French and I experience on the Internet and his shod pleasure that a person comes to see chain, I know that my videos his a little missed but I come hardly of began. Thank you

  • @Bugsaresocool
    @Bugsaresocool 9 років тому +2

    You're really good on the guitar.

  • @yiyotellez3207
    @yiyotellez3207 9 років тому

    I'm pretty sure you're one of my favorite people, just like of all the people in general

  • @ken_jie3574
    @ken_jie3574 8 років тому

    I like how you made it ;) :D
    It's pure hand made

  • @eliadesa3552
    @eliadesa3552 4 роки тому

    Thanks man!!!

  • @TheRedstoneGamerOfficial
    @TheRedstoneGamerOfficial 9 років тому +1

    that is very cool. you put alot of work into it. also nice playing :)

  • @kherrera001
    @kherrera001 9 років тому +1

    I really like this kind of video :D

  • @fishmut
    @fishmut Рік тому

    Love it 👍

  • @EscCtrl4452
    @EscCtrl4452 9 років тому +10

    Thank god for power tools.

    • @tylershelton6245
      @tylershelton6245 2 місяці тому

      I'm kinda wondering how many pieces of maple were ruined by chiseling. Before he finally got it.

  • @graysaw
    @graysaw Рік тому

    Very cool build! Fret nails! Great idea, may have to borrow some of your ideas

  • @soomuchtorque
    @soomuchtorque 9 років тому +5

    You're pretty good at guitar. You should just upload a video of you playing the cigar box guitar.

  • @jasonlaijy
    @jasonlaijy 9 років тому

    Thanks for sharing m8

  • @oldcornix8910
    @oldcornix8910 3 місяці тому

    Great, real DIY level💪👌

  • @ChadSchimmel
    @ChadSchimmel 9 років тому

    This is a great video. I have built a couple myself but I like how you did this. thanks

  • @LarsWintermans
    @LarsWintermans 9 років тому

    This is oddly relaxing to watch

    • @LarsWintermans
      @LarsWintermans 9 років тому

      Lars Wintermans Gosh I am wasting my time...

  • @heingoussard7910
    @heingoussard7910 6 років тому

    awsome

  • @slut1213
    @slut1213 9 років тому

    Nice work m8

  • @Takr13
    @Takr13 9 років тому

    i came here to watch and listen to you play guitar... i was not disappointed

  • @chicoinchico
    @chicoinchico 8 місяців тому

    I'm always surprised when I'm searching completely unrelated projects im working on and i click a video without looking at the person who posted it and its always you. We have a lot in common, my dude haha
    But you're much better at filming... and remembering to film. 😂 Keep it up, man. You're an inspiration and, at times even a life-saver.

  • @9jmorrison
    @9jmorrison 8 місяців тому

    Sound hole on top sounds better. I think the tone is amazing.

  • @clawhammer704
    @clawhammer704 5 місяців тому

    Like those tuners

  • @bombermon8900
    @bombermon8900 8 років тому

    a true home made

  • @sgibbons77
    @sgibbons77 9 років тому +3

    I'd love a 5 - 10 minute video of you just playing - you've got some real talent!

  • @monchopin
    @monchopin 9 років тому +1

    I'd love to see more videos of you playing guitar, i can't get enough of that sweet sound you achieved

  • @AmitBahirat
    @AmitBahirat 8 років тому

    So talented :O

  • @mohammadal-khalidy4353
    @mohammadal-khalidy4353 9 років тому

    Nice 😊

  • @rickpurvis6520
    @rickpurvis6520 6 років тому

    Boring as all get out but I admire the tool work and I watched the whole thing and will use some of your techniques.

  • @LB0047
    @LB0047 9 років тому +4

    Really nice camera work and work in general! :)

    • @PaulyRenzeth
      @PaulyRenzeth 9 років тому +1

      TheL.B. *General.

    • @britishcadet
      @britishcadet 9 років тому

      Renzeth Bulawan *general!

    • @LB0047
      @LB0047 9 років тому

      theplanerock Renzeth Bulawan fixed it

  • @TheBillyFive
    @TheBillyFive 9 років тому

    genial!

  • @mromelettehead
    @mromelettehead 9 років тому

    good vid

  • @sanaemizab9628
    @sanaemizab9628 9 років тому

    Is there something you can't do ??
    You're so talented ;)

  • @averysichel5256
    @averysichel5256 9 років тому

    Cool

  • @fatlizzard19
    @fatlizzard19 8 років тому

    you got yourself a subscriber

  • @javieralonso1754
    @javieralonso1754 3 роки тому

    Muy bueno! La parte de los trastes lo podrías haber echo con el serrucho más prolijo

  • @KegRaider
    @KegRaider 7 років тому

    I have a hand crank drill from my late grandfather. make this totally authentic with "hand tools" :D Great job though mate!

  • @alexispotie4073
    @alexispotie4073 9 років тому

    Good

  • @davi11994
    @davi11994 10 місяців тому

    Nice tunning gear

  • @dehsilverdragon
    @dehsilverdragon 9 років тому

    Wow, I think I will try this for my aquaponics farm .

  • @pevi722
    @pevi722 9 років тому +4

    This was like HowToBasic without the eggs

  • @Uvscrumdd
    @Uvscrumdd 9 років тому +41

    Play some Breaking Bad themes lol

  • @gageblakely6860
    @gageblakely6860 8 років тому

    Maybe try marking your lines with a pencil. Ink soaks into the wood and makes it more work sanding later. Keep up the awesome work!

  • @bangbang51211
    @bangbang51211 9 років тому

    NightHawk is what I imagine liam neeson and Elijah woods kid would look like.

  • @DutchPhlogiston
    @DutchPhlogiston 8 років тому

    Very nice, thanks. Seems like a great project to do with the kids. The way you shape the fret board by chisseling seems unnecessarily laborious to me though. You should be able to remove much of that material a lot faster and more precisely with a saw and use the chisel only to shape the curves.

  • @magicmatri1
    @magicmatri1 9 років тому +4

    What was the song you where pla ying *at start NightHawkInLight

  • @fullmindstorm
    @fullmindstorm 8 років тому

    Better than my starter guitar,which was 60 at wal-mart.

  • @Muhannad-Jaddawi
    @Muhannad-Jaddawi 9 років тому

    woooow you the best😄

  • @JeremiahMathews
    @JeremiahMathews 9 років тому

    good asmr vid

  • @Lm0956
    @Lm0956 9 років тому +1

    Big fan of Johnny Cash I see.. Same.

  • @lukewalker9298
    @lukewalker9298 9 років тому

    Hi, I'm a huge fan of your projects. Some of my favorites include creating hydrogen with aluminum and hcl and the pasta rocket engine. I have actually attempted both and was amazed by how well they worked. The design of the apparatus used for making hydrogen is very simple yet effective and so it made me think, would it be possible to use with other chemical reactions? After thinking for a bit I remembered your pasta rocket engines and realized that the hydrogen generator could be used to make large amounts of O2 as well with some small adjustments (like using manganese dioxide from batteries as a catalyst for decomposition instead of yeast). I was hoping you could try this and maybe let me know how it goes.
    Ps: If you do actually attempt it, it might be fun to use some math and predict the oxygen yield beforehand using the volume and concentration

  • @vejymonsta3006
    @vejymonsta3006 9 років тому +1

    you could have easily gotten something to drill that hole instantly. It would save you a ton of work.

  • @JeffDowningthefishingmaster
    @JeffDowningthefishingmaster 8 років тому

    make a six stringer! that would be awesome! also does the neck bow on this guitar very much?

  • @simpletn
    @simpletn 9 років тому +2

    Not sure why I spent 30 min of my life watching this. Maybe cause it's interesting

  • @beardedcatguitarplus9485
    @beardedcatguitarplus9485 6 років тому

    I think it would be a fun one to see you make one with a homemade fret board attached to the neck. Lol I want to go all out when I make one and put a truss rod in lol it’s overkill I know

  • @jackclowes00
    @jackclowes00 9 років тому

    This reminds me of Seasick Steve :)

  • @FriedRiceDudeGaming
    @FriedRiceDudeGaming 9 років тому

    Noice video!