Being a personal fan of the Steampunk genre and of industrial/mechanical-themed art in general, scrolling through the list of this year's entries is really a treat. Once again I am blown away by the creativity and ingenuity of the builders who congregate on CBN, and I certainly don't envy the hard choices the judges had to make.

First Place ($250.00 prize pack): Tom Thompson
Second Place: ($125.00 prize pack): Michael Naiman
Third Place: ($75.00 prize pack): Graeme
Fourth Place: ($50.00 prize pack) John Bernyk

Note: Keith Alan, the original first place winner, has chosen to withdraw his entry, so we have bumped everyone up one step.

Click here to see all of the entries

Click here to see the winning entries

As an added bonus this year (see first comment below for reasons) every non-winning entry will get a $25.00 coupon code usable at the Cigar Box Guitar superstore, http://www.cbgitty.com.

Congratulations to the winners, and a hearty "good job" to all of you! In the next week or so, I will be sending messages to the winners and all other entrants via private message here on CBN to provide info on your prize packs and coupon codes.

Thank you,

Ben/C. B. Gitty

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PB, If I'd been a judge, I could not have voted for yours.   If I could choose one for my own.  It would have been yours. 

Thanks ! just wait till you see what im coming up with next . ill send you a link as i finish them up . 1 of these instruments has NEVER been built before and i can say that with complete confidence :)

Piht I missed a couple of names the first time around, you should have your coupon code now.

got it thanks Ben

I agree, Piht...I just joined, and just started building. I had no idea what to do, or how to do it, and fully expected not to place, but it looked like to much fun to pass. I've never entered anything in any kind of contest, never really had any interest in it, till now. I don't care if I build fifteen losers, i hope to enter every contest that comes along!
Well for me the winner was announced yesterday...

PS: A big thanks to Ben.   And the judges.

shame Kieth withdrew his entry. was a friggin awesome guitar

HELLO,And thanks a lot CB,Gitty  for your generous gift! Congrats to all the winners and partisepents from the Nation.

Dit not expected to win anything whit all the great builders in the Nation,for me its the most Fun that i CAN partissepate,for me thats the Main thing.Keep Playing and Building You All !! Greetszzzz A.D. BCB CBG,s Holland. 

I am not clear on what happened here, but screw it!     Great gits and Ben doing his best. to make things right.   There is a saying about no good deed going unpunished.   There is truth in that.   Long live the nation.   Congrats to the builders. 

Keith decided to withdraw his entry and end his membership on CBN. He felt it was the right thing to do. He wasn't asked or pressured to do so, at least not that I know of. So we had to decide what to do about the contest, and we decided to just bump the other winners up a notch, which made Tom Thompson the 1st place winner and brought John Bernyk, who had been #5, into the #4 spot. Everything else, including the $25 coupon for all contestants, still stands.

It's a bit messy, but it wouldn't be an internet contest without at least some shenanigans. 

Well, thanks for the explanation.  Good wishes to Kieth, a great builder and player. 

And Ben, I used to run a lot of events and no matter how hard I tried, too often someone was not happy or felt snubbed.   It sucked, because I sure did my best as it appears you have done.   The best thing to do is look at all the good side (quite a bit here I think) and move on.  

I hope your skin is thicker than mine and that we have more contests and fun events.

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