Cigar Box Ukulele Plans

A homemade hawaiian cigar box ukulele popular mechanics june 1917.

Cigar box ukulele plans.

Cigar box ukulele plans by charles a. 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. Making a cigar box ukulele is not terribly difficult. If you have a choice find one of solid wood.

The uke is well suited to cigar box treatment. Click the image to view the full size version. This is a quick instructable on how to make a cigar box ukulele. King circa 1920 step by step instructions from the early 1900 s including a detailed diagram on building a cigar box ukulele.

The overall size and volume of a standard ukulele is ap proximately the same as many readily available cigar boxes. 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. Simple cigar box ukulele.

Cigar box ukulele plans by charles a. How to make a cigar box ukulele. A little about ukuleles the ukulele was developed in the hawaiian is. The one string banjo the cigar box guitar and similar vaudeville favorites are giving way to the tantalizing ukulele and the home mechanic to be up to date in his musicla craftsmanship must fall in line.