Re: Cigar box telecaster -OR- The Cigarster

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Re: Cigar box telecaster -OR- Cigarocaster

Post by pirate. » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:53 am

too cool, i cant wait to see it setup!

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Re: Cigar box telecaster -OR- The Cigarster PIC heavy

Post by AWSchmit » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:33 pm

I got my super slinkys and my string guide today, so I put it all together. still working on the action, trying to get it perfect, but here are some pictures. Enjoy

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I tryed to make these pictures so that they would fit on your monitor without the need to slide from side to side to see the whole image, If I failed, I'm sorry, because I hate doing that too.
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Re: Cigar box telecaster -OR- The Cigarster

Post by lharville » Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:51 pm

man you did a fantastic job! was it hard? I would love to try to do that, but I'm not sure if I could, the cuts look like they might have been difficult

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Post by AWSchmit » Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:30 am

Thanks a lot. I wouldn't say it was real hard. There were alot of times though, when I'd get pissed while trying to do this or that. I think the key with this was to get the neck pocket cut, then get the neck installed. After that I used the neck to line up all everything else on the body. that way if I installed the neck a little bit off, ever thing else would still line up anyway. It was mostly a lot of trial and error. If you'd ever decide to build one of these and you run into a problem shoot me a pm and I'll try to help.

After I get some sound clips I'll post them
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Re: Cigar box telecaster -OR- The Cigarster

Post by the older brother » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:12 am

Great job!

Looks really cool and Bo Diddly'esque!

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I bet it's a neck diver though!  ;D
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Re: Cigar box telecaster -OR- The Cigarster

Post by AWSchmit » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:57 am

Thanks. Yeah, as of right now it is. When I strap it I'm going to attach it behind the nut, like you would an acoustic.
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Re: Cigar box telecaster -OR- The Cigarster

Post by k o y l » Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:03 am

I love it !  :-* :-* :-*
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Re: Cigar box telecaster -OR- The Cigarster

Post by lharville » Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:25 am

Thanks a lot man, I really appreciate it. Right now I'm working on building a Tele, but I think that could be my next problem. You might hear from me in 6+ months or so. It looks great and I can't wait to hear it. Thanks again

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Post by tonyw » Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:56 pm

Fantastic cant wait to hear it

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Post by Telenator » Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:29 am

wicked cool project! We want sound clips!
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Re: Cigar box telecaster -OR- The Cigarster

Post by AWSchmit » Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:00 am

Thanks. I recorded some last night of how it sounds acoustic but when I went to record it electronicly I couldn't find my cable that lets me plug right into my computer. after I find it I'll get back to it.
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Post by AWSchmit » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:26 am

I finally made some short videos for You Tube. The sound isn't a good as if I would have record on GarageBand, but I haven't bought a proper cable to do that yet, so here is a video for now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL5WaU1ucJ4

I'm working on editing the rest of the one-man-jam and posting those as well, after I make a play list of all of the videos after I load them all, I'll post a link to that. Please ignore the sniffling, I had a cold when I recorded this.
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Post by dug » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:39 am

That is awesome.

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Re: Cigar box telecaster -OR- The Cigarster /// YouTube link added

Post by AWSchmit » Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:54 pm

Thanks.

I got the other two uploaded, but for some reason youtube won't let me join them together in a playlist, maybe they are too new.. who knows? either way the other two are up if you wish to see them.

video 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WsdnjNCOSw

video 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyo4f97sf5g


EDIT: Playlist works now .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL5WaU1u ... ext=1  (like you need it, but hey..)
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Re: Cigar box telecaster -OR- The Cigarster /// YouTube link added

Post by tonyw » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:49 pm

Well done, great project build.

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