Devon Sproule’s 4 string
I had built a very simple cigar box guitar and wanted to push myself. I tend to produce better quality when it’s for someone else, so I offered to build one for my musician friend Devon Sproule.
This project marked the first for many aspects of my building: scarf joint, piezo rod pickup, volume control, strings-through-the-body design, veneer on the head, and inlay dots. I did it in early/mid 2012 and have no idea how long it took me, but a lot of research and trial and error went into the project.
Box: La Aroma de Cuba Monarch
Neck: Maple
Fretboard: Rosewood
Nut: Cow bone cut from my in-law’s dog’s abandoned chew bone
Inlay dots: hardwood dowel (maple?)
Fretwire: I’m not sure. I know it was pretty standard stuff I purchased at a supplier here in Toronto.
Tuners: Standard geared tuners purchased at the Twelfth Fret guitar shop in Toronto.
Saddle: Rosewood
Bridge: ¼-20 bolt
Pickup: Piezo Rod
Pot: 250 K Bourns Audio-Taper Potentiometer
Knob: Used one from Twelfth Fret guitar shop in Toronto.
Jack: Probably from Radio Shack
Jack Plate: Recessed
Sound hole covers: Chrome Screened