Here's a cigar box uke I just finished

[Ron Daves]

Just finished this uke about a week ago. It was a fun project and only took 46 hours. Compares to the 160 hours I spent on my concert uke. It's been awhile since I built anything, so I had to regain my rhythm and got a couple things out of sequence (eg: put frets in before I installed the dots and didn't finish the FB first). I also learned, again, that the centerline is pretty important and you can't be sloppy with superglue

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[Bryan Bear]

Nice! I just went to the St. Louis Cigar Box Guitar show this weekend. I didn't even know it existed. I saw a ton of interesting cigar box (and other things made into bodies) guitars, ukes, banjos. . . I can see how people get hooked on making these.

More pictures!

[Patrick Hanna]

Cute little uke. I'd like to see more pics, too.

[Ron Daves]

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[Beth Mayer]

Love it. How is it braced?

[Patrick Hanna]

Looks like a pretty little box full of fun to me!

[Hans Bezemer]

I Like it Ron!

[Ron Daves]

Looks like a pretty little box full of fun to me!

Pretty simple "X" braces on both the top and bottom. Both ends of the box are reinforced with 1/16" panels on the inside.