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Cigar Box Nation 2011 Builder's Contest Results

First, a big thank you and congratulations to everyone who took part in this builder's challenge. There were so many GREAT builds submitted that I really did not envy the judges their jobs of having to pick their favorites! Also, a big Thank You to Dan Sleep for organizing and moderating the contest. He really did all the work on this, all I had to do was figure out prizes, flip a coin and write this post!

About the Judging

Instead of just picking their favorite 4, we had each of the judges assign a score to each entry on a scale of 1 to 10. We then tallied the scores to arrive at the top 4 entries. Many thanks to our judges! Click here to review who the judges for the contest were.

And of course, there was a tie...

Dan Sleep kept asking me what we'd do if there was a tie, and I kept saying "there won't be a tie, what are the chances?" So of course, there was a tie for first place. What I decided to do was flip a coin to determine the #1 and #2 spots. Here's the video of the coin toss and result:

So without further ado, here are the winners (click the name to view a picture of their winning build:

Click here to see the prize packs they'll be receiving!

First Place ($250 prize pack): Nathan King

Second Place ($125 prize pack): Frederic Thorner

Third Place ($75 prize pack): K-Dawg

Fourth Place ($50 prize pack): Tom Bingham

Congratulations to the four of you on your great work! I will be sending each of you a direct message to get delivery info for your prize packs.

Once again thanks to everyone who took part in this contest. It was a great success and all of your participation is what really makes CBN a great community to be a part of!

Ben / C. B. Gitty

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Comment by Nemo on May 10, 2012 at 12:03pm: wow, that sets a pretty high bar for what there is to do with a box some tools and good old fashion human ingenuity... awsome builds guys.

Comment by Curt on March 8, 2012 at 6:16pm: Some day I hope I am up to the par of these guys to enter a CBG of my own

Comment by ANDOMANDO,,also known as ANDY on February 15, 2012 at 9:49am: Well done builders..

Comment by Uncle John on February 11, 2012 at 10:33am: Hey Ben. Well done and cool to kind of meet you this way. Look at all the parts behind you! Thanks bunches for all you do for the nation and builders.

Comment by Patrick H. Dubreuil on February 6, 2012 at 5:58pm: Just joined CB Nation today. Some pretty cool Box's, well done. Assuming there is another build contest this year, these fine examples set the bar pretty high for my next build.

Comment by tony poalucci on January 29, 2012 at 1:10pm: the title is 2001 results of contest are there any new er updated contest?

Comment by Tom Bingham on January 27, 2012 at 6:04am: My prizes arrived today, the strings just in time for my next biuld, thank you very much Ben great book, and I look forward to the next build competition. Thank you very much Tom bingham .

Comment by Rian Kemp on January 21, 2012 at 2:39am: Inspirational.

Every build in the competition had something to add to the community.... and thats gotta be good.

The level of craftsmanship here is amazing.

Comment by Trevor Bohay on January 20, 2012 at 11:27pm: great job all!

Comment by George Ricehouse on January 19, 2012 at 11:26am: PHENOMENAL CRAFTMANSHIP TO ALL 4 OF YOU. VERY ENVIOUS.

Comment by Tom Leemans on January 18, 2012 at 1:13pm: Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone who entered. This was cool!

Comment by Nathan King on January 16, 2012 at 12:07pm: I am deeply honored to have been considered, and I can't even tell you how amazing it is to have my instrument sitting next to all those truly incredible instruments (especially those in the top three: Frederic, K-Dawg and Tom, you have got it going on!). Thanks to the judges, C.B. Gitty, Dan, and other organizers for making this happen, and thanks to the Nation for continuing to be a constant source of inspiration! Here's to 2012!

Comment by Tom Caneschi aka TC on January 16, 2012 at 11:03am: All were very impressive builds I had to pass on this one but I'll be ready next time, congratulations to everyone that took part !!!

Comment by K-Dawg on January 15, 2012 at 10:09am: I'd like to say Thank You to the judges, organizers, C.B. Gitty, Cigar Box Nation, and all the contributors that I was able to learn from in completing my first build. As a first time builder I submitted mostly for the fun of it without high expectations. When I discovered my guitar had been chosen 3rd place I was stunned. There are a number of other builds that I might have chosen even over my own. Congratulations to Nathan, Frederic, and Tom on their prize-winning entries.

Thanks again to everyone involved, I am deeply honored.

Comment by Chris Thomas on January 14, 2012 at 3:41am: Well done to everyone who took part with a very special WELL DONE to the organisers!

Comment by blufloyd on January 13, 2012 at 5:57pm: 353 days to figure something out. Seems like enough time. I could even smoke the cigars.

Pretty kewl all round.

Comment by Hippy Chip on January 13, 2012 at 11:12am: There was some pretty stiff competition for this years contest---my first year on the nation---great job everyone!!!

looking forward to the next one

Comment by Careless John on January 13, 2012 at 2:37am: Congratulations to veryone that took part in the comp, but a very big well done to the top 4.

Comment by Bear on January 12, 2012 at 9:30pm: It was fun to participate in this! Thanks to everybody involved!

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on January 12, 2012 at 6:28pm: That contest really did bring out some great making and very imaginative and elegant instruments. I am going to program my sat-nat with some of your addresses and come visiting - when you are out.