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Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on November 28, 2012 at 4:50pm

Hi RM,

You can build your own boxes, as I do in China where cigar boxes are rarer than hen's teeth. Here's a link to my CBN discussion group on building sound boxes: Home Made Resonator Boxes 101, v.2.0. I find my home made boxes, which use a 2mm plywood veneer for the soundboard, generally sound better than most cigar boxes. They are not that hard to build. And I more often build what I call "paddle-box" dulcimers because the way I build them, they're even easier to build that a standard six-sided box.

Hope you return to making resonator cones soon. I'm still interested in buying a few.

-Rand.

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Permalink Reply by Sharecropper on November 28, 2012 at 5:56pm

 Have you contacted Cigarbox deals.com ?   Dumb question !?!!   But it's all the help I got .  They have an ad on this site .     

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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on November 28, 2012 at 10:38pm

Thanks guys - I like to use genuine cigar boxes as I fond brighter and more decorative cbgs sell better. I sell around 10 papercovered cbgs for every wood one.
I also like to buy off other nation folk - it helps them clear out the shelf and get in the mrs's good books (at least temporarily) and there tends to be a better mix of boxes. Many of the commercial suppliers only have limited choiuce and are often sold out :(
Plus, it gives you some extra Christmas money :)

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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on November 29, 2012 at 6:27am

Seen the pic, sent you a mail - thanks Wes :)
Anyone else looking to move some stock? I can take another batch if theyre available

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