DIY 5$ Cardboard Electric Guitar

by Joey Thompson in Living > Music

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DIY 5$ Cardboard Electric Guitar

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Build an electric guitar for no cost except for the app that you use to play!

Materials

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1. Cardboard Box

2. Razor

3. Glue

4. Sharpie

Cut the Tabs Off

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Cut the tabs off so you have two nice rectangles.

Draw Your Outline

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Whatever style you like to play or want your guitar to look like you want to get an outline that fits that.

Cut It Out

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Cut the first side out. Pretty simple.

Trace Your Case

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Trace the case into your guitar and cut it with the razor.

Trace and Cut

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Trace and cut another body of the guitar.

Glue the Pieces Together

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Get some sort of strong glue and put the pieces together. I used hot glue.

Done!

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Once you have glued the pieces together lets them dry and then you will be ready to rock out. To use this guitar you have to install some sort of music app like garage band so that you can strum the guitar.