Cigar Box Ukulele Plans

How to make a cigar box ukulele.

Cigar box ukulele plans.

This was the first ukulele i built hopefully it can help inspire you to bulid one. The uke is well suited to cigar box treatment. There s lot of other instructables on cigar box instruments but i figured i d show how i built mine. I found a cedar box with a plywood base.

Click the image to view the full size version. If you have a choice find one of solid wood. A homemade hawaiian cigar box ukulele popular mechanics june 1917. You need time patience and some basic wood work ing tools.

Simple cigar box ukulele. A little about ukuleles the ukulele was developed in the hawaiian is. Making a cigar box ukulele is not terribly difficult. King circa 1920 in the pines cigar box ukulele lesson from one hand dan russell take em away by old crow medicine show cigar box ukulele lesson from one hand dan russell i still miss someone by johnny cash cigar box ukulele lesson from one hand dan russell.

The overall size and volume of a standard ukulele is ap proximately the same as many readily available cigar boxes. I paid 4 for mine but it shouldn t really cost more than 2 wood for the neck and bridge for a concert sized ukulele i needed a 14 x 2 x 2 5 inch block for the neck and head. Cigar box ukulele plans by charles a. King circa 1920 step by step instructions from the early 1900 s including a detailed diagram on building a cigar box ukulele.