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BUILD OFF!!! 2014 Cigar Box Ukulele Contest submission thread

Cigar Box Ukulele Contest!

Cigar Box Nation is looking for the most artistic, wildest, most radical or most visionary cigar box ukulele. Do you think your creations are the best? Show them to us. The rules are simple:

1. The instrument must be made from a real cigar box.

2. It must fit within the classification of a ukulele (Uke soprano, concert, tenor or baritone scale + 4 nylon strings).

3. Instruments made from cigar box ukulele kits or from dismantled old ukes are acceptable as well as instruments fully made in your own workshop.

4. Instrument must be built by you.

Two prizes will be awarded from C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply.

Grand prize: $50 C. B. Gitty prize pack + $50 C. B. Gitty gift certificate

Runner up: $25 C. B. Gitty prize pack + $25 C. B. Gitty gift certificate

How to submit your entry:

Build the greatest cigar box ukulele you can
Take THREE pictures of your entry. Three pictures only (no photoshops of several angles in one pic).
Post your pictures in this submission thread along with any fun details about your instrument.

Contest runs from May 9, 2014 - June 30, 2014. Enter as many instruments as you wish.

In any case of changes to these rules will be posted on the home page of Cigar Box Nation and also in this group.

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Permalink Reply by H P Magee on June 4, 2014 at 7:35am

Thanks for the nice comment Mom!

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Permalink Reply by H P Magee on June 4, 2014 at 7:40am

......I mean "thanks for the nice comment sAM "! (darn auto correct) And cool profile pic! Is that a 64 Falcon in the background?

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Permalink Reply by Richard White on June 2, 2014 at 5:35pm

So, I've made a 2nd attempt at making this one sing. I originally built her late last year. She's made with a vintage Quintero box & a vintage Buckeye Brand neck. When I finished & strung her up, the wooden nut posed some seriously unplayable issues. The nut grooves were very thin, so thin that they buzzed the hell out of the strings. At that point she became a wall hanger. Fast forward 3 days ago...I'd been watching too many CBU Youtube videos, & got an itching to build something. One video I watched showed a guy & his soprano uke, converting it into a resonator uke. After viewing it I ran to Lowes, purchased a set of needle files, came home, filed the nut, cut a hole into the body, slapped a paint can lid inside & voilà....The Quinter-Reso Uke! I'm happy to say, this time, she sounds sweet!

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Permalink Reply by Dan Trommater on June 3, 2014 at 3:57am

My friend Shawn was going through a rough time, so I made him a ukulele to take his mind off the heavy stuff. I did my best to bring our friendship into the build. The cigar bands on the headstock are from the cigars we smoked together via FaceTime on my birthday. I got a kick out of using an "It's a Boy!" cigar box because he has 2 daughters and no sons.

Box: Romeo Y Julieta Reserva Real It’s a Boy

Neck: Maple

Neck spacer: Yellowheart

Fretboard: Padouk

Nut: Mule deer antler from my Dad’s 1984 hunting trip to Wyoming

Fret Inlay dots on side of neck: brass rod

Fretwire: Jescar Medium/Medium Gold EVO

Tuners: Gold sealed gear

Saddle: Padouk

Bridge: Yellowheart

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on June 4, 2014 at 9:46am

Travel Uke...I fogot to use the Cigarbox... oops!

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Hulbert on June 4, 2014 at 9:50am

I like it. :)

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on June 4, 2014 at 9:50am

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on June 4, 2014 at 9:54am

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/phono-travel-uke

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on June 4, 2014 at 9:58am

Uses Bugs easy frets, half split pins and thick super glue! and the horn works as amplification! via the sounds generated inside the brass tube bridge.. a handy travel size uke with a difference !

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on June 4, 2014 at 10:07am

:-D

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Permalink Reply by mark68 on June 5, 2014 at 12:17am

My entry my 5th build. Plinky Plonk 4. The Samedi. Has rum hip flask inner. Oak neck, saple and ply trim, and Manuel cigarbox, all laqured to within an inch of its life. Features free hand pyography pictures and logos...enjoy...

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