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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 Shawn McConnell on June 30, 2014 at 7:57pm

Here is my first ukulele. It is from a kit I got online, includes everything except the body. The Perdomo box worked well and I was able to have the lid open

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Permalink Reply by Wade on July 1, 2014 at 2:57am

These are great builds and an inspiration to us all. May the Uke Gods be with you!!!

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Permalink Reply by mark68 on July 1, 2014 at 10:28am

I love this build......wonderful

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Permalink Reply by Oak OConnor on July 1, 2014 at 3:45pm

I made this ukulele from a BrickHouse box. These boxes are my favorite because of the detail and of course the name - BRICKHOUSE. Here is my "

Black Brick"

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Permalink Reply by Oak OConnor on July 1, 2014 at 4:09pm

I'll try this again - I have entered a few but then I can't find my entries. This is my RED BRICK.

The interior has pick guard material and it shines and resonates.

My RED BRICK

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Permalink Reply by Oak OConnor on July 1, 2014 at 4:17pm

I found this NRA box and thought it would be very different to have this logo so politics aside and hoping to not offend anyone - check this out. Again I used pick guard material for the interior and a Humbucker pickup mount for the sound hole.

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Permalink Reply by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) on July 3, 2014 at 3:26pm

so......

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Permalink Reply by david kave on July 8, 2014 at 12:25am

And the winner is...

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Permalink Reply by Larry Epstein on July 8, 2014 at 4:00am

Tell you the truth, we are all winners. I have never seen so much skill, talent and enthusiasm with recycled cigar boxes (and a few not-so cigar boxes but really cool metal confabulations) in one place. The contest was a great idea, but to single out one of these marvelous instruments is a shame, Shane. Congratulations to all of us! (And given what we spent at CG Gitty to build most of these, we're all due a discount on our next purchases. Wink! Wink! Nudge! Nudge!)

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Permalink Reply by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) on July 9, 2014 at 10:35am

lol maybe they forgot about it ?

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Permalink Reply by mark68 on July 9, 2014 at 10:38am

Waiting with baited breath

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Permalink Reply by Rob (Uker) Porras on July 9, 2014 at 11:22pm

Excluding my entries, my favorites are
1- Daniel Hulbert's optical for having a unique inovation
2 The Devil Girl Double Neck for straight up being cool fooking.
3 Steve Pollack's Pirate themed uke for having an overall well crafted look to it.
Of course my opinions mean nothing.