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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on February 20, 2020 at 4:34pm

Here's over 900  members , https://cigarboxnation.com/profiles/members/search?name=&gender...

 many may not be active at the moment , but i thing  there is an AZ group .. ill look .

here ya go https://cigarboxnation.com/group/australiancbg?

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on February 21, 2020 at 1:26am

im in brisbane..

use mostly recoverd stuff from broken guitars or ebay. unfortunately the shipping from CBGitty to Australia is too prohibitive for small orders.

I find it almost impossible to get actual Cigar boxes here in brisbane. the last couple i bought from a bloke here in brisbane who had bought and paid for freight on a lot of boxes from overseas. i think from now on i ma going to make my own boxes for the bodies ( after i reclaim my work shed) 

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Permalink Reply by Mellowmuso87 on February 21, 2020 at 9:50am

I found this website (haven't used them.yet)

https://cbgemporium.com

And I ordered some cigar boxes from these guys! Really good people at cigar hut! The guy there posted them out to me as well! Decent boxes not crappy ones!

https://www.cigarhut.com.au

That's all the digging I've done so far

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on February 21, 2020 at 11:48am

Hi and welcome, I'm in North Queensland so I buy from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and from USA when the dollar is good. I also have accounts with some importers in Australia. I build my own box's so as to ensure a consistent quality. My wife bought me a stack of proper cigar box's one time, but most were unsuitable for my use.

I Googled music shops in Melbourne and the choice was overwhelming, to me. My nearest music shop is a 270klm round trip.

However for much of my CBG parts I buy from China. 

Cheers Taff

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Permalink Reply by Mellowmuso87 on February 21, 2020 at 3:05pm

Hey Taff! wow that's an epic drive to grab some strings! 

https://cbgemporium.com im gonna do an order from this bloke tonight, ill keep you posted!

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Permalink Reply by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on February 21, 2020 at 1:02pm

Gday Cobba I’m in Hobart welcome to the Nation . If your lucky you can still get old cigar boxes on eBay but it’s slim pickings I use some of the same sites you have and also China , like Taffy said from Gitty Supply’s when the buck is in our favour , I also dumpster dive to fine the odd piece of lumber tossed out making your own boxes is the best way to go I think you have better control on quality as said before , enjoy which ever way you go and remember there’s no rules in CBG building .

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Permalink Reply by Mellowmuso87 on February 21, 2020 at 3:08pm

Cheers Bro! I do love a dumpster dive! got a couple of old smoke alarms for piezos!

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Permalink Reply by Mellowmuso87 on February 21, 2020 at 3:03pm

Thanks Lads! There is heaps of music shops but nothing parts wise in specifics for CBG's. Whats the china sites you guys are using? 

Yeah im making a bit of both, my own boxes and cigar boxes! I kinda like building my own boxes to be honest, but then you kinda want a more trashy traditional look! 

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Permalink Reply by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on February 21, 2020 at 9:30pm

They looking great Mate I’ll go through my history on eBay and shoot you a few links of where I’ve shopped . Thanks for excepting my friend request. I tend to stay away from trad center line builds I prefer off set necks have a bow peep at my pics if you got time . 

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Permalink Reply by Southpaw on February 22, 2020 at 2:52am

i've only got a few boxes i pulled out of a skip, otherwise i source random wooden boxes from op shops and will probably build a few.  shipping from the uk is probably cheaper than US sites for parts.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on February 22, 2020 at 9:48am

Hi again, I use a site called Wish, all you need is there. Those cbgs look good. Taff.

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