"Hard times make great music." Ain't that th' truth?!
While e'rrybody is stuck at home, we're gonna get y'all building the coolest stringed instruments ever. There's over $1000 in prizes, too!
Unlike our contests of the past, this build-off has no limits on whether it's made from cigar boxes, cans or old guitar parts. It can have one string wired to a fence post or it could be a full size harp made from a station wagon! The more creative, the better. It just has to be a stringed instrument that you built. That's it!
Here's the details:
Contest runs March 17-April 30, 2020
Judging based on artistry, originality, overall wow factor (and whether it makes Shane want to steal it for his own collection)!
Stringed instruments can be: cigar box guitars, folk instruments, conventional guitars/banjos/basses/etc, experimental instruments, found object instruments, world instruments.
Prizes:
Unlike past contests, no entries will be accepted on the CigarBoxNation.com main website. This is simply due to a glitch in the comments section. You can enter via Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or email.
1. In your Instagram feed, post up to three (3) photos and one (1) video of your entry.
2. Add a one (1) paragraph description with your photo entry.
3. You must include the following in your post: CigarBoxNation.com Build Off Contest #cigarboxnationcontest #cbgitty #poormansguitar
1. In your TikTok feed, post one (1) video of your entry.
2. Add a short description with your photo entry.
3. You must include the following hashtags in your post: #cigarboxnationcontest #cbgitty #poormansguitar
How to Enter Via Friends of C. B. Gitty Facebook page:
1. On the Friends of C. B. Gitty Facebook page, post up to three (3) photos and one (1) video of your entry.
2. Add a one (1) paragraph description with your photo entry.
3. Direct links from Cigar Box Nation and Instagram are ineligible. You must have an original post on the page.
1. Email Shane at sspeal@cbgitty.com
2. Attach up to three (3) photos and one (1) video link of your entry.
2. Add a one (1) paragraph description with your photo entry.
Judges: Shane Speal, Ben "Gitty," Baker
NOTE: IN ALL SUBMISSIONS, INSTRUMENTS THAT WON PREVIOUS CIGAR BOX NATION CONTESTS ARE INELIGIBLE.
By entering the contest, you give Cigar Box Nation, C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply, Cigar Box Nation and PoorMansGuitar.com the permission to reprint your photos, descriptions and videos in social media.
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