How to make a simple DIY box guitar

This is the simplest string instrument I have ever made. I made it mostly out of reclaimed pallet wood.
Tools and materials I propose:
Block plane: amzn.to/2RLiAMf
Coping saw: amzn.to/2A6wBNR
Rotary tool: amzn.to/2IKdUSS
Chisel set: amzn.to/2pILO1B
Mandolin tuning pegs: amzn.to/2XI7Fcp
Cordless drill: amzn.to/2A6fTOy
Flush trim saw: amzn.to/2PnkoJM
Bamboo sticks: amzn.to/2RWjKoH
Miter box: amzn.to/2pIkscc
Hand saw: amzn.to/2Cldl0J
Speed square: amzn.to/2YoU9XE
Cutting board: amzn.to/2yjByBL
Hole saw: amzn.to/2C0WdND
Random orbit sander: amzn.to/2YTKsRm
Clamp:amzn.to/30jmrnx
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#musicalinstruments #DIY #blues

[@JohnMadeit]

crossbreed between a guitar and bird house. I like it 👍

[@ScrapwoodCity]

lol, interesting point of view!

[@yurydobrin2810]

@@ScrapwoodCity О, йес, йес - ,, гёрл"!

[@hewgrebe4771]

Fun how this guy builds a guitar out of wood. Has got to sound good.

[@bakanaman7075]

John Made th-cam.com/video/F5u7XrT-BGo/w-d-xo.html

[@bakanaman7075]

Scrap wood City th-cam.com/video/F5u7XrT-BGo/w-d-xo.html

[@zwykyczowiek7012]

When your wife doesn't want you to buy another guitar:

[@hipis5914]

mm widze że polak XD

[@Clda47]

I'm in this comment and I don't like it

[@vinx5518]

then . Why do u marry . Complete your partial job and goal first😂

[@laurenpinto4471]

Jajaja thats rigth.,

[@KentuckyBullrat32]

*sells wife to some Puerto Rican guy, and buys custom shop strat* 😎

[@aleatronic7845]

Almost no tools, recycled materials… Simply spectacular! I love it!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@bakanaman7075]

Aleatronic th-cam.com/video/F5u7XrT-BGo/w-d-xo.html

[@yago23s17]

I've been watching your channel for 4 years and always find your builds inspiring.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

I am very glad to hear that, thank you very much!

[@bakanaman7075]

Yago 23's th-cam.com/video/F5u7XrT-BGo/w-d-xo.html

[@wavetrav]

That sample play in the end was 🥶🥵🔥🔥

[@eyeswideopeniam8776]

Fantastic of you to show people how to make one! I like the rough-and-ready finish, it's actually looks like it's been made by a resourceful "amateur" rather than a "craftsman".

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thanks. I think I belong to the second category anyway! :)

[@ecalzo]

WOW... after building many Cigar Box Guitars with cigar boxes and with license plate and self built cases this project keeps jumping into my mind.. i think i will do this little guitar my friend because it seems to be so fun to build with ready available wood and fun to play too.. thank you for your inspiration .. Hi from Italy

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Nice to hear that. Thank you

[@ricardomalpica6761]

0:24 Wow, this man is really fast at work

[@78diegox]

Yeah dude, imagine if you speed up the video... Woah it could ve even faster!

[@klarenzcobie6595]

If anyone is gonna comment, its sped up... I'll be saying this in advance
R/whoosh

[@LunaMoonfae]

@@klarenzcobie6595 ha ha brilliant

[@dc-hx5kh]

r/wooooooooooosh

[@fingalandersonedvardsson8905]

Its fake! He cant actually work that fast he just speed it up!

[@ErdriedDeirdre]

It sounds like a shamisen! I love it!

[@mulekickhandmadeguitars8465]

After seeing this, I built a CBG with 1/8th" maple frets. The darn thing actually plays. What fun!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

nice to hear that!

[@nadiadegiorgi6089]

Him: *needing to perfect the frets*
Me: *laughs in fretless*

[@superevan1529]

XD nice comment!

[@SolitudeHill]

Hahah, that's awesome, I'm about to make a fretless guitar

[@hi.imnotafurry.1345]

as a guitar player, this hurts my eyes.
as an artist, this brings joy to my soul.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Lol! Nice

[@karatebuff]

It's now 02:29 in the morning and as soon you started playing this i have a huge beaming smile on my face i am happy!!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@StanCrafted]

That was lovely, Dimitri! I have made a couple of cigar box guitars and three stringed strumsticks, but even if I fret them diatonic I can't play them nearly that well. Sounds very pleasing for being made from such humble materials. Brilliant!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you very much my friend! :)

[@bakanaman7075]

StanCrafted th-cam.com/video/F5u7XrT-BGo/w-d-xo.html

[@colehalford1893]

This instrument should be on a shirt of coffee mug. This video is in your top 10 best. Thank you Sir.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you very much

[@nomey07]

I love how you have the time to build and practice that

[@christofix]

Awsome build! I love the sound of this guitar!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you!

[@RetroPlus]

Wow that's so simple but really nice, you played it really well too!

[@kevoke_azad]

I always wanted to do something similar in childhood.

[@anotherstupidhuman]

Same

[@sloppy_porridge]

Tbh I think it’s just cheaper to get a cheap electric

[@CristobalJJunta]

Верни скворечник!
The birdhouse must be returned to the birds!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

lol

[@hewgrebe4771]

Funny. 🤣

[@brandonuebel7486]

If you could tune those dollar store guitars and make them sound good, that's what this sounds like. Super cool! You are great at what you do. Keep it up!

[@PlasticBubbleCosplay]

Love that there aren't any expensive laser-guided or specialty tools being used here.

[@Krzemieniewski1]

This guy actually pay attention to use basic tools in DIY that every one can build stuff. Very often there is DIY in title but build is carried out with proffesional machinery.

[@stevepethel6843]

Great idea skills...love that you got intonation good and that last note of vibrato.

[@obrunoandreoli]

Cool! Even the theme you´re playing in the end is very nice. Congrats!

[@MarkMcCluney]

Hey that was old school SWC - the mitre box, the little plane, geometry. All that missing was the old music! And maybe Scrappy. Great job mate.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thanks Mark, I guess going back to the roots is kind of vital sometimes!

[@eddyyu7091]

A rectangular guitar. Sounds so good !

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@twistedpixel2558]

I know it was supposed to be a low buck build, but some aquila reds are like $8.99 for a four pack. Single most important part of the sound.

[@animeamv5958]

2:30 just casually adds another hole to the table

[@bakanaman7075]

Tony Olajide th-cam.com/video/F5u7XrT-BGo/w-d-xo.html

[@karvast5726]

I don't think he cares..when it gets ruined he biy a new plank and repair it.

[@breakfaith3031]

theres just something deeply entertaining about sped up footage of someone using a hammer

[@ScrapwoodCity]

I hope so. Thank you

[@clintonthe4th245]

I like the chunkyness of this! I am going to make a bombproof box instrument to keep in my gear, I like the way this sounds, and using wood frets is neat-o! Thanks!

[@jsell5150]

H89

[@ΚΑΤΕΡΙΝΑΠΙΤΣΙΟΥ]

Οτι θα έκανες και μουσικό όργανο από παλέτα .... δεν το περίμενα !!!! Εξαιρετικό και πολύ όμορφο !!!!!!!!!! Τελικά είναι το σήμα κατατεθέν για σένα !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Σε ευχαριστώ Κατερίνα!

[@IrishChippy]

It sure plays well. Well done

[@ScrapwoodCity]

I guess it does the job. Thank you

[@aldemarbanguero1690]

Excelente vídeo y una artesanía fenomenal felicitaciones amigo desde Colombia en el sur de América.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@Leadballer4570]

Nice build. Somebody watches DiResta clips. This is a nice weekend project. Thanks for sharing.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@PuckettCigarBoxGuitar]

You make it look so EASY ?!?!?!

[@fredmonroe6042]

Great use of hand tools.

[@lpfrank]

👏👏👏 looked forward to seeing/hearing you play your DIY guitar. 👍 Impressive! I liked the demonstration
. 😀

[@artisimo7967]

it sounds and functions like a shimesen

[@beesong2729]

*shamisen

[@artisimo7967]

@@beesong2729 I refuse . To fix this because I'm just going to sleep it wrong again

[@hexyko4850]

Looks like one too in a way

[@CristovamDias]

Vi com desconfiança o seu método construtivo, mas o resultado foi excelente!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@manuelgarciafranco]

Esta guitarra tiene un sonido mas hermoso que la otra, buen trabajo. Saludos.

[@РадмирТитков]

Hello.
You can ask how the guitar itself is tuned. It's just that you inspired me, what would I do as a project for the school.
So what octaves should you tune your guitar to?
If you reply, thank you very much.

[@ВалерийБеликов-щ1н]

Bravo Mastery...😊😊😊

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@pollastreraul]

Thanks for sharing! Really nice job! 🙂🙂🙂

[@konstantineguruli]

Sounds lovely something like banjo.

[@liam3044]

A cigar box guitar without the cigar box. Neat.

[@hewgrebe4771]

Looked good while being made. Sounds great! 👍

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@clemmcguinness1087]

That's very good. Excellent work

[@sapelesteve]

Nice build & it has an interesting sound to boot! Well done SWC.............. :)

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@jeanroseira5128]

Magnífic. The house of world. 👏👏👏👏😎🎸🎶🎶🎶

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@SMee67]

Awesome job, mate. 👍
And a nice little sample at the end. 👌
Sounds great.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@boseifrit5480]

Interesting choice of frets

[@vxĸ]

GOOD WORK

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@vxĸ]

❤

[@MarkFromTaiwan]

wow nice job man

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Nice work on the box guitar Friend! Thanks for sharing the video with us.👌👍😎JP

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you very much JP

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Your very welcome Friend! Have a great week!😎

[@MsRouder]

A man can work with his hands!

[@MsRouder]

Three pegs like a balalaika, very interesting!

[@kewlbns69]

the video you did a while ago that was basically this is the thing that got me here. neat to see you do something different with it. i'm kinda blown away that wood frets actually work! :o

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you. Yes they seem to work fine with nylon strings

[@jolox.]

Very nice! Thanks for the fun video!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@74dartman13]

Awesome! Sounds good too!👍😎🎸🎶

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@74dartman13]

@@ScrapwoodCity yep!☺

[@ellaking3745]

this is the only guitar that works i could find on the internet lol

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Lol. Well, it definitely works

[@mulekickhandmadeguitars8465]

I actually do like this.

[@VivikaVika]

Μια κιθάρα καθαρά από scrap wood. Πολύ σε χαίρομαι όταν παίζεις με τις δημιουργίες σου !

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Σε ευχαριστώ Βιβή

[@estradacommusica2413]

Tu desempeño es muy bueno. Agradecemos sus explicaciones. abrazos...

[@tracymcdougal6381]

Sounds great

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@andrewooddotcom]

Sweet instrument :) Congrats!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@imortal_nomad]

Best hand make guitar

[@5688gamble]

Guitar? Seems like some sort of mutant ukulele/sitar hybrid! Nice! I like it, cool!

[@LunaMoonfae]

Excellent dude

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@josephleister9198]

Nice...very nice, thank you.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Most welcome

[@alanm3438]

It is ok to use a power saw. How nice to recycle the wood. I use to make a lot of things from scrap. Wow, sounds nice. Sounds a little Japanese. I was stationed in Japan in 1985.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@MW-iz8wz]

i made one as "solid body" looking like this one, got same sound :x

[@джонсильвер-м7д]

Руки у тебя золотые.Мастер!

[@charlesharper7292]

Interesting sound, thanks!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Glad you like it!

[@edinburghtumuran916]

Perfect. So Nice!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@SoggySandwich80]

Was anyone else shocked when he actually played it

[@sargentr.a.t5468]

This is very cool good job

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you very much

[@delamerressac1067]

He has no chance to become a luthier.he's the antithese.😄

[@ScrapwoodCity]

True!

[@CoffinKid1]

I agree as well!

[@bush4057]

Единственная гитара которую я могу себе позволить)

[@Vanir1337]

Super nice!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@ad2309]

Surprising goog sound.
Cheers!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@nj4x4fever2]

Nice project thanks for sharing.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@guillermopokoracky1847]

Estupendo,magnifico trabajo...!!"👏👏👍

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@Uam242]

Very nice!

[@jeffwarner4225]

that mafker sounded dope!

[@johnkostakis4973]

Καλό σχεδιο και για τζουρα πολύ καλη δουλεια!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Ευχαριστώ

[@americancigarboxguitarsass855]

Great Video!!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@Bubbin]

Nice work.

[@marksadventures3889]

Cool now you can play Scrap-wood City Limits on your new guitar

[@TONDANO-09]

Wow, Amazing, 👍👍🙏

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

Very simple HAHA . Congratularions man

[@schubertjorg7428]

Großartig.

[@sabrinaschantz]

wow that actually sounds decent.

[@romanbouchouiev]

Good job and nice tune ;)

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@rodneyvincents.ramirez7405]

Ill do this right away and checkmate Davie 504!

[@hassanal-mosawi6049]

Nice, Thanks for sharing that

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@kebab3301]

amazing

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@francoromero9955]

very impresionant!!!! Saludos de Argentina

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you, greetings from Greece

[@saadachab8425]

You are the best maaan

[@antubasak2719]

now that was a very rectangular music!