These Tabak Cigar Boxes Make Great Double-Neck Instruments
There's something special about the big, boomy Tabak Especial Toro cigar boxes ($9.99). Not only are they sturdy wooden boxes, but they have such a large face, that I was inspired to turn a bunch of them into double neck cigar box guitars.
The process was just as easy as making a conventional neck--through cigar box guitar. The only change was that I notched and installed two parallel necks (each with 3-strings) instead of one. I even installed a piezo disc harness ($13.99) on the underside of the lid, between the bridges, which allowed both necks to sing out at once.
When I made these, I stayed conservative with the strings and opted to stick with identical GDG Low "LMM" acoustic strings ($4.99) on each neck. However, any variety of tunings...and even number of strings can be chosen when making a double neck. Just use your imagination.
Here's how my Tabak double-neck sounded right after I first strung it up. (Forgive the sloppy playing. This was off-the-cuff):
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