TRI-TAR By: Kevin S. My instrument is called a Tri-Tar. It is called that because it is a triangular guitar. I got the idea when everyone said that they were making maracas and drums. I used… 1)      a big sheet of plywood that was only one layer thick. 2)      a maple two by four 3)      lots of wood glue 4)      and some old moulding. Some tools I used were… 1)   a jig saw 2)      an electric saw 3)      a sander 4)      a belt grinder 5)      and many "umptillion" vices. I got all the materials from my dad and my grandpa.       The steps I used were… 1)      cut off a square of plywood 2)      trace the front and back onto the wood 3)      cut them out with the jig saw 4)      cut out the sides 5)      glue together 6)      install the bridge, supports, and neck with screws 7)      cut a piece of the 2 by 4 and screw it in place 8)      sand down the edges and stain 9)      drill holes for the eye nuts 10)  screw in the eye nuts and knot on the strings. Even though it has strings, it is also a percussion instrument because you strum the strings. It makes 2 different sounds. A sharp whack when you bang on it. Or it can make a subtle strum. The strum is not very loud, but its vibration is much quicker. My dad and my grandpa helped me. My dad used his electric saw and drill. My grandpa used his jigsaw and army of vices to construct my instrument. One problem we had was that the eye nuts kept snapping.