Tin Box Guitar

This is the inside of Boys Fort, which has it's new home with Salvage Works PDX

 Salvage is the key part of the name. Possibilities are everywhere you turn.

The body of the guitar below was found there! 

Wonderfully old and aged guitar neck - not found there.

There's a line in a song by The B52's that is hard to understand.  It took me years to finally know just what the words really happen to be...it's at the very end of LOVE SHACK.

The line Cindy Wilson wails is "Tin Roof Rusted" 

Well, this isn't a tin roof, but rusted, it is.

Bullet casing for bridge.

 The tail piece or retainer for the strings are held in place by a clock part.  I love it's music lyre shape.

Vintage "B" button.

An old metal Fisher stamping.

Blind Buddha added onto the side of the box.

 

This will soon be back for sale at Boys Fort and Salvage Works, completing the circle of salvage.

The weight makes it more of a lap (rusted) steel and yes, it does sound great! 

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.

Red Cross Box Guitar Details

 Up close and personal with this lovely handcrafted guitar.

 It comes with an old brown bottle slide in a handmade leather pouch.

If you are interested in this one of a kind box guitar, drop me an email.

This will soon be up on Etsy - I'll add the link here when that happens!