New Guitars

I have had a little busy spell in between the commissions I have had. so here's a quick update on the latest instruments from ShonKy.


There's this big ole Box guitar made from an old oak box and a Kay neck and pickup.

There's also this nice little tenor cigar box guitar

And the latest is this smiley little fellow.

You can click on the pictures to be taken to the web album
or go to My Website where you can see the full details and prices.

Fretless Mountain Banjo | eBay

Here's a nice home made scrap wood banjo that I quiet like the look of.

Fretless Mountain Banjo | eBay

New Cigar box tenor guitar

I actually finished this tenor cbg last month.

made with an antique cedar cigar box with a Mahogany neck.
The neck is tenon jointed to the body to maximise the acoustic volume and tone.
It has a wenge fingerboard and aluminium and wenge marker dots.
traditional vintage style machine heads with bone effect buttons.
Walnut floating bridge with a brass string retainer.
Triple piezo pickups.
I have just received a couple of nice boxes one of which I think may become another tenor guitar.
This one will be on sale soon.

 

Shortscale ShonKybox 6 string Cigar box guitar, Cigar box amp and case

I was contacted by a nice chap called Andy who wanted a short scale 6 string cigar box guitar with an amp and also a case.
I've veered away from doing cigar box amps and cases before now but seeing as this was a commission I thought it would be an opportunity to do a whole set.
Andy also wanted an antique rather than beaten up look so after a few communications I set to work and created this for him. (the Tiger fur was Andy's Idea :-) I wasn't sure but I actually really like it and think it looks pretty funky)
I am really super pleased with the finished set. The box for the amp was a good find as it comes from the same era and the same area (Jamaica) as the box used for the guitar. It all goes together really well and I'm really pleased with the case too.
It's probably made from  70-80%% recycled material and parts.
It has 3 Piezo discs stuck to the lid. Volume and tone controls. The neck is permanently bolted on to a Central Mahogany core. I drilled holes into the core to allow for more air movement as Andy wanted it to be able to play acoustic (As much as possible for a cigar box) but with the ability to plug it into an amp.
The amp was made from a 5 watt mini amp that I purchased new from Ebay. Yes you can buy amp kits but they actually cost more. The amp had a 1 watt speaker which I upgraded to a 5 watt speaker..

The case is made from from some pine T&G offcuts for the walls. The front and back panel is Oak laminate panels from an old cabinet which happened to be pretty much the exact same size. Faux tiger fur lining and faux reptile skin covering.