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Permalink Reply by Paul Doug on September 18, 2009 at 4:22pm

Never seen them before. They are pretty. Let's see some results, Can't wait! Some people on here will tell you they are no good and send them to them to get rid of. Don't listen to them. They be shady characters.

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Permalink Reply by Al Allen (Hangten) on September 18, 2009 at 6:13pm

I've seen the Carlos Torano boxes but not that design. The ones I have are all very dark with gold lettering and they are beautiful also. Interesting and lovely.

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on September 19, 2009 at 1:33am

Those boxes are no good and send them to me to get rid of them.

(I saw some of those on Ebay I think and did not go for them. Now I am regretting that!)

Paul Doug said:

Never seen them before. They are pretty. Let's see some results, Can't wait! Some people on here will tell you they are no good and send them to them to get rid of. Don't listen to them. They be shady characters.

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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on September 19, 2009 at 6:52am

Nice boxes!

I wont tell you they are no good... but they do look like those special 'UK climate' boxes to me - ya know, the ones that need to be kept at a certain humidy so they dont move... in fact, exactly the climate we have here in Scotland!

My address is.....

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Permalink Reply by Stacey on September 19, 2009 at 10:42am

Beautiful boxes, be sure and check their glueing before using. The bottom pic shows what looks to be glue missing in some areas.

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Permalink Reply by Diydc on September 19, 2009 at 1:01pm

Very nice looking objects you have there, but I never saw them before.
Looks more made for a Backgammon set.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Manno on November 11, 2009 at 11:38am

Cool boxes! Can't wait to see them in action.

I haven't seen those, but I started a CBG using a Toraño box. I cut out the inside of that logo, trying to carve out all the insides to leave the outline. It's a PITA, but it should look cool as a soundhole.

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Permalink Reply by Lou on November 11, 2009 at 12:41pm

Nice box's, saw two like that listed on ebay awhile back and I didn't bid on them because the shipping cost was like $19.00 + something on top of the winning bid.

Those are good looking so your off to a great start, can't wait to see what you turn them into. (:>}

Lou.

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Permalink Reply by Nathan King on November 11, 2009 at 12:50pm

It'll be a while yet... I think I've got at least 4 or 5 builds before I start on these, just cuz I have to do these boxes justice, ya know?

I did find another one of these 2008 tribute series, plus a 2004 series... the 2004 has inlays too, although not quiet as elaborate as the 2008 ones.

But I can't wait to see what they turn into either! I've got some plans already in mind for them.

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Permalink Reply by Lewis Lee on November 12, 2009 at 11:43am

If the inlays are made of standard veneer it is usually about .3 mm to .8 mm thick. Compare it to construction paper, maybe a little thicker.

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Permalink Reply by Lewis Lee on November 12, 2009 at 12:12pm

I meant to add that with big open seams like that I'd put a seal coat of lacquer on then wax the seams and scrape off the excess with an olfa blade; scuff sand with 220 grit and apply your finish coats and the seams all but disappear. It lools like you might want to key those out first, though, to get rid of the lacquer that didn't fill the seam properly.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Martin on November 12, 2009 at 6:09pm

I have tried to use boxes with velvet or something similar before and each time I had to go back and pull the velvet lining off the inside of the top due to it sucking up too much sound.After that the CBG's played fine.
They ought to be awsome looking CBG's when ya get em down. Dont forget to post pics.

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