The Sum of All Parts ~ Box Guitar

I need to apologize for the quality of these photos.

 If I find the shots taken with the good camera, I'll either replace these or just put them in another post.

"The whole is more of the sum of all it's parts."

~ Aristotle ~ 

It's much the same with the construction of Blind Buddha Guitars. 

Here's a look at what's inside this particular box. It's a diagram of a guitar. 

Not this one, by any means, but a copy of a patent from long ago.

 Detail of the mother of pearl inlay on the re purposed banjo neck.

 A closer look at the beautiful grain of the wood that was used to make this vintage box.

Any guess as to what kind of wood this might be? Maybe it's Walnut? In any case, it had a good thunk when knocked on and the sound of the end results proved true.

The neck attached or probably just tried out for size at this point in construction.

 The sound hole is covered with a vintage clock gear.

 Bullet casing as bridge and a Victorian age hinge put to new use as the string retainer or tail piece.

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The final product.

This one was made as a gift.

Thanks for taking a look.