JOIZE: Music Craft

(Gifted to my lady in 2024: It is now displayed in her steampunk bus.) I bought this old box at a local junk shop, in Sattler, TX, for 2 dollars. The paper was mostly brittle and moth eaten, so I removed most of it, but left the main artwork (I think this may have been the inside of the box lid) The neck is a simple piece of poplar, without a separate fretboard (I didn't start doing that til later). The frets are placed in a  pentatonic scale, just like a dulcimer, but you play it like a guitar. The box is pretty small, so it doesn't produce much volume, but the tone and sustain are surprisingly nice. If I use all metal strings on it, it really has a nice ring to it, which is pleasant to sit and strum, while sitting in my recliner. Though it was my 6th project, I just went back and re-inforced the neck some and added a piezo pickup, so it can be played through an amp  or connected to your computer.