https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/ 2026-05-11T23:18:18+0000 https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/ https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/lib/tpl/default/images/favicon.ico text/html 2020-06-01T22:53:41+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/guitars:2x4_guitar?rev=1591052021&do=diff Homemade 2x4 Guitar This is a 2-string guitar that I've built from a pine 2×4 stud and a 2×2 piece of redwood. Each fret is a power chord, so it's very easy to play. The 2×4 I used was recovered from a weathered pallet but any cheap pine stud will work. The text/html 2020-06-01T22:53:41+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/guitars:2x4_pop_can_reso?rev=1591052021&do=diff 2x4 Pop Can Reso I saw a homeless man playing a dumpster dived guitar. It made me wonder how inexpensively I could build a guitar. I started thinking about designs that I could build out of a single 2×4 stud. They cost around $2.50 and are readily available. text/html 2020-06-01T22:53:41+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/guitars:my_first_homemade_guitar?rev=1591052021&do=diff Homemade Guitar This is my first homemade guitar. Inspired by other builders including those building Cigar Box Guitars. Below is an Instagram photo of the finished product. I started with a simple design, which I sketched in OpenOffice Draw. text/html 2020-06-01T22:53:41+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/guitars:pop_can_reso?rev=1591052021&do=diff Pop Can Reso During a discussion on Gigar Box Nation, I came up with this idea for a pop can reso for some simple acoustics. My first build was an electric guitar using a rod piezo for sound. That was pretty easy to accomplish but I'd like to build an acoustic now. That seems a lot more difficult. text/html 2020-06-01T22:53:41+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/guitars:start?rev=1591052021&do=diff Homemade Guitars I've built several cigar box style guitars. I didn't use a cigar box, but it's more in the spirit of the cigar box than the box itself. Successfully building my first made me want to build others. It's also got me interested in all kinds of guitar design.