Why? I don’t know. I just felt like it. It turns out that it sounds pretty darn good, with a dry and present voice. Cigar box instruments are an old part of American folk art, Sam Kamaka Jr even made some in the 1940-50’s. Instead of an actual cigar box, I used salvaged western red cedar throughout, with some cherry and maple for the hardwoods. It is concert scale, with a flat fret board, geared tuners, bone nut and saddle, brass strap buttons and fluorocarbon strings.
