Building a cigar box guitar with reclaimed timber

In this video I demonstrate how I go about deciding how I am going to tackle a cigar box guitar build. I have just ripped up a heap of discarded timber into neck and fretboard lengths. I’m using a Montecristo cigar box as the body and a short length of timber for the neck. This will be a short scale guitar at 21 inches and I’m hoping that the fretboard will accomodate 12 frets.
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In the United States, tobacco shops usually have a surplus of empty cigar boxes are sold for a few dollars apiece. Most (perhaps all by now) states allow high-proof liquor to be sold by private businesses instead of solely at state liquor stores; these liquor stores often sell cigars and have empty cigar boxes for sale, though those boxes seem to cost more.

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Yes you guys really have it made over there.