Acid test.

Things here at the Works have been hectic as of late but I did manage to throw together this latest stringed thing from old bicycle parts and recycled items. It started out with a stick of wood and this limited edition Acid cigars collectors tin.

With a little sand paper and a rasps and a whole lotta' elbow grease, I began shaping and smoothing the neck from that stick of wood.

After a couple of hours working the wood I have something that I can use. Digging around in the paint bins I found an old can of green paint. It wasn't an exact match to the camo on the tin, but I thought that it looked good enough together to pull it off.

Next I needed to come up with some tuners for this little two string chugger. So I riffled through the drawers here at the Works and found this little set of tuners off an old guitar. The only problem was that there were three of them connected together and I already had my mind set on a two string chugger, so I got out the trusty ol' rotary tool and began doing a little modification.

They turned out perfectly! Work with what you got!

 Now it was time to put the box onto the neck. Measuring twice and cutting once, I mounted the neck to the tin.

Next I mounted the bridges, in this case a couple of bolts using some gel glue.

Then I secured them down with these nifty little pieces of hardware I found laying around.

Then I used two old chain links from an unusable bicycle chain to mount the strings.

I like the way this here little two string chugger style Cigar Box Guitar came out looking.

And woah doggy can it ever wail! I made a crappy little video to demonstrate it in action.

As always if you would like to bring this sweet little chugger to your home or check out any of the other things I make you can visit the official WBW Etsy shop HERE! Or by clicking the link at the top of this page. Thanks for visiting, now go RiDe YeR' BiKe!