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Permalink Reply by Chris Ellbogen on November 20, 2012 at 10:04am

Here is my entry. The resonator is a camshaft degree wheel.

Permalink Reply by Chris Ellbogen on November 20, 2012 at 10:14am

Sorry I didn't read the rules. It's defiantly a tone monster.

Permalink Reply by Cigar Box Strings on November 27, 2012 at 8:05am

Here is the "Black Pearl", a custom baritone resonator uke. The Neck, heal and headstock are carved from a single block of Mahogany with a carbon fiber truss rod installed. Fret board and accent wood is Rosewood. Republic resonator cone and cover plate. The laminate on the headstock was cut from another cigar box and milled down to veneer thickness.

Permalink Reply by Paul Monaco ( Whittling Guy) on December 5, 2012 at 7:41pm

This is my "Mummy" Diddly Bow made from an old pet coffin and some MUMMY bones sticking out of the ends and vertebrae on the top!!.  Steel galvanized wire and eye bolt tuner.  It has a piezo pick up in it for amplification. DIDDLY BOWS WILL NEVER DIE!!

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Permalink Reply by G.S.Monroe on December 9, 2012 at 6:31am

Here is my contest entry - The "Swamp Thing" Six String Guitar.

A Monster 29.5 inch Scale Length, 30 Chromatic Fret, Cigarillo Tin Resonator, Piezoelectric Beast.

The neck is Sinker Cypress, with a Cherry Wormwood Fretboard. The fretboard is sloped to bridge the resonator, mandolin style. The Swamp Thing Figurehead is a modified Swamp Thing action figure holding a swamp thing CBG.

The Audio sound check coming soon...

Permalink Reply by Mike "Katfish" Karash on December 10, 2012 at 6:41am

The Tatiana Flavored Cigar tin says Groovy Blue, but it is PURPLE! And then it hit me. When it comes to music and monsters combined, there is only ONE... The One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater. Sorry if you're too young to remember the song!

I've had the “yard sale found” horn for a while. The gold/purple marble eye, wings and brass spike teeth were in my box of accent goodies. After showing him a CBG I'd made about a year ago, a fellow at a yard sale in the Florida Keys parted with a box of walnut scrap that his father gave him after doing custom cabinetry at Conway Twitty's home. This build is worth a Twitty 24 ¾” scale fretboard and bridge. The volume and tone knobs are from a Farnsworth 1940's portable radio. The neck is poplar with a light purple wash. The headstock and one toed/clawed tailpiece are a purple metal flake finish. Headstock, neck, tin, and tailpiece all have a protective clear lacquer coat. A rod piezo rests under the walnut bridge. I've used a zero fret with s/s screw string guides instead of a nut for a truly comfortable action. An off white corian saddle compliments the walnut and gives great sound transfer. Side marked/burned fret markers leave the walnut fretboard to show off it's beautiful grain. Re-cycled sealed gold tuners donated from a repair job emerge into the Monsters mouth. A through body neck, to string through tailpiece, give it great sustain. The tin gives a nice canjo/banjo flavored sound, and three strings (GDG) are still my favorite...

Remember, it's a build, not a playing contest, when listening to the sound samples, whether on YouTube at http://youtu.be/jcb8A1nj8xs or from my CBN page in MY MUSIC titled OEOHFPPE. There is a PPE intro, acoustic demo, then amped demo with some effects through a VOX VT20+.

Thanks for the opportunity to participate, and good luck to all!

Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 15, 2012 at 6:16am

Here’s my  “ode to leatherface  .  chainsaw blood soaked , cigar box guitar  .

It’s  headless ,  (pun  intended  ).   turners are inside the  box  ,  the quick access  skin flap  closure allows for  easy tuning  on the  fly  .

The pickup   actually  (fittingly )   is an electric / mag  backroom   buzzer   from  the meat packing dept,     of a local  grocery store that was   torn  down .

I  mounted  it  ABOVE  the strings  ,  under the chainsaw  body   wood piece .  it works great  ,   I  added an earth magnet  to  it to give  it  even   more  balls  .

The  sound  hole  is made to look like  a broken window  ,  with     metal  mesh  screen from a jewelry box door   .  and  clear  hard   plastic  cut  up  like    glass shards .  there are  tools   hanging on the wall inside  ..  (a wooden    bloody sledge hammer  I  made  , and a   mini  hack saw ( I  have no  idea   where I  got that .  weird  doll house    stuff I  guess )

I  glued   images  to  pieces  of  wood , then cut them out  and applied to   top  of  the  box to  get the 3d effect  .

The skin  is pieces  of the  rubber hand  I   trimmed   off  when  making my  Halloween   build  .   ..  the mask  is actually 3 pieces    and actually sewn together  with   real  thread  .    then applied   with   staples  ,  and  it is  raised  as a  mask  would  look  .

 I  actually   drilled   holes  into  the  front  of the  box and   used  jute  to   sew   actual  large  stitches   in the box .

Chainsaw  blade  is   a bmx  bike  chain , and actually  does  not really   impair  playing  , nor  hurt   you  hand at all  . it  is stepped  back   and     out of the way  ,,  any  riding along  it  with   your  hand  is   smooth  . if  it  happens  .

Ebony  bridge , -  drywall   screw nut  , -  poplar neck .-  rocky patel  cigar box body .

Strap  buttons are  “bloody  painted    meat hooks “  (eye screws  )   that actually  hook into  the   bloody  apron  guitar strap     that goes with it  ..

(funny story  .. I  actually    was   questioned  by   the police   after  I  splashed red  paint  on the  apron        and  hung  it  on the clothes line to  dry  ..     it seems a    passer-by-er    saw  it , and  raised   enough suspicion  to   alert  police about  it  ..  they  came to  my  door    with a funny  look  on their face …  after  explaining everything  ..   they  left   looking at me  even  weirder.   lol 

Anyway  ,, I hope   I  get a  better reaction   from you  guys then I  did from  them  ;-) 

Permalink Reply by David "Gitz" O'Corley on December 22, 2012 at 6:16pm

Hey Guys... Ok here is my entry...The Wolfman... It is my first bass cigarbox guitar...34" scale with two jazz pickups...control panel with glow in the dark indicators... sticker made fret markers with a wolfman for the 12th fret... The box is a Undercrown cigar box... glow in the dark side markers... Copper frets with one silver... The lid is turned over to place the wolf head in center... String holder/Tailpiece is a polished piece of bent galvanized steel... Bridge and pickup bezels and faux truss rod cover made from a dark green poplar and stained with red mahogany... Bridge nut made from solid brass round stock 

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Permalink Reply by David "Gitz" O'Corley on December 22, 2012 at 6:19pm

I wonder who the wolfman is here??

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Permalink Reply by David "Gitz" O'Corley on December 22, 2012 at 6:21pm

LOL...It's me..... Gitz Ooooorrrrrrrrrrr Corley

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Permalink Reply by Craig Mayhem on December 24, 2012 at 5:45pm

I give you GOSSAMER! From Looney Tunes. Famous enough for ya?

19" scale, tuned DAd.

Check out the toothy grin, evil eyes and sneakers! Decals and painted Mr. Potato Head shoes.

Poplar neck with red oak fingerboard. Red lacquer on the neck...

The business side. There ARE soundholes but all that fuzz deadens the sound. pickup isn't fully wired yet. A buddy of mine who does that kind of thing is helping with that on Wednesday. Then I'll post a video.

Googly eyes make plants less threatening, and the same goes for CBGs! Red-headed screws for fret markers.

Yes, Virginia., it IS a cigar box. A little Ashton Panatela box.

Permalink Reply by KOMING SOON ! on December 25, 2012 at 11:09am

Hi !

Let me show you ....

....

" RACULA T'MAN "

My new three string CIGAR BOX friend.

She is very happy to participe the 2012 CONTEST !!

She was born on 2012 November, somewhere near PARIS in FRANCE.

She sounds very good and I am very happy to show her to you ...

......

My dog is very pleasure with this new sound at home !

She was born one night on a shit of paper,......after reading the CIGAR BOX NATION.

 

Some plywood, aluminium and CIGAR BOX later ....

Three weeks later, she is able to speak !

And now, SHE IS LOOKING at you  !

RACULA T'MAN is now with us.

It was a very great pleasure to build her,

It was a very great pleasure to spend time with her in my mind

It was a very great plaesure to read CIGAR BOX NATION from FRANCE every nights

Very, very Great pleasure 

...

A lot of good things for 2013 !

KOMING SOON !

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