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:
  1. Build the greatest cigar box ukulele you can
  2. Take THREE pictures of your entry.  Three pictures only (no photoshops of several angles in one pic).
  3. 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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kewl .  ;-)

My next entry is the rusty special...saple neck, 

I tried to post this once but it didn't take. I hope it doesn't post twice.

This is my new Soprano Ukulele that I built specifically for this contest. I know it looks kind of plain but It sounds really good. I normally wouldn't give a box this small a second glance but a good friend of mine gave me the box and was excited at the prospect of me building something with it.

I wanted to keep as much of the sound board as I could, so I cut the sound hole into the side. I worked out great. This baby is pretty loud for a soprano and has a great tone.

I always try to use as much recycled materials as I can. It's a personal challenge.

Specs:

Ashton Cigar box, recycled oak trim for the neck,finger board and bridge, #4 flat head screws for position markers, #2 screws for side markers, 5/16 brass screw for the nut, "0" fret, 10 penny nail for the saddle.

Behold, Dr. Who's TARDIS!                                                                                                                                               I built this for my sons birthday. It was built from a Arturo box, all door trim, caps, windows made from poplar.13 1/2 scale mahogany neck [my second fret job] Lots of hours but worth every one.                                                                                                                                                                            Heatmiser

That is AWESOME! Love the creative work! My geeky wife & daughters would approve, too!

All that work payed off. Great job.

I do not watch doctor who. I still really approve of this build. It looks awesome.

I just built this concert uke for a friend as my first commissioned instrument. The tuning machines are from a broken classical neck I got from a flea market, the bridge and nut are salvaged as well. The neck is red oak and the headstock is red oak and poplar, all stained using several coats of a red wine and red wine vinegar mixture and a final coat of a mixture of white vinegar, steel wool, onion skins, and pennies. I used a gitty fingerboard as I wanted that to be sure that it was right.

Top picture is pre-stain.

This Fairy Dust Uke was built for my Grand-daughter. I removed the back and replaced it with book match maple that was thinned using a hand plane. The neck was cut on a bandsaw and shaped with hand plane, files and sandpaper. The fret board and hardware was from C.B.Gitty. The Faries supplied their own dust. My 9 year old Grand-daughter has been writing her own music which she keeps inside the Uke.

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