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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on September 12, 2014 at 5:18am

I jealously guard the source of my supplies! But seriously, building up a relationship with a good tobacconist is very useful. Importing in bulk from the USA is good - I've got about 30 boxes in customs at the moment, but it does mean a sizeable outlay, plus shipping and VAT...buying them in ones or twos from overseas is not worth it.

I'm afraid you might have to trawl eBay..but prices get stupid for one-offs, and I won't go there. Beyond that, you just have to get creative.

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on September 12, 2014 at 7:28am

I intend to make my own box etc.

like chick john said to buy 1 or 2 is too costly.

if your making just a few for your own use like me,just make a box,

shouldn't be that difficult to make.

if you can't make a box then no doubt you wont be able to make a cbg .

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on September 13, 2014 at 12:21am

Look for the Walker's Chocolate commemorative boxes as an alternative.

I've used two and have been very pleased with the tone of both guitars.

The Trafalgar Square box is dimensionally close to a cigar box.

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on September 12, 2014 at 7:48am

Here's what you can do...the simplest of self-made boxes ...pine frame with MDF front and back with a pine neck..

It doesn't have to be a cigar box...

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Permalink Reply by Daryl on September 12, 2014 at 12:57pm

I visited there in July and found several like the one pictured! They were "pitching them out". Not cigar boxes but they do work!

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Permalink Reply by Daryl on September 12, 2014 at 1:01pm

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 12, 2014 at 11:24pm

Easiest is to use what's to hand: Whisky boxes, wine boxes, bikkie and chocolate tins. Or "cheat," and build your own boxes, copy cigar box logos and print them off the Internet, then paste em on yer homemades. Or get creative, make your own boxes, and if you are also of an artistic bent, either paint kewl tops on em, or do woodburning (check out Careless John's work here on CBN for top shelf woodburning art) on em.

I just found this UK online supplier with a quick Googling (£4-5 sounds pretty reasonable compared to from-the-States shipping):

http://www.humidorsonline.co.uk/empty-cigar-boxes-c-321_548.html

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on September 13, 2014 at 1:34am

The biggest problem with USA boxes is import duty and shipping, I have suppliers who can do them for 10-15 pounds each and save shipping on twos and threes, or fours, if you're making a guitar for yourself a tenner isn't bad for a beautifully made cigar box, if you're selling just pass the cost on, they're out there if you look  :-)

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Permalink Reply by Wade on September 13, 2014 at 3:09am

I've started selling my own gold foil style pickups and they are quite a hit over in Australia. The post office charges less if I supply my own box for shipping- It is almost $10 more if I use a US postal box. I am wondering if I could use a cigar box as a shipping box for pickups- that way customers would get a little something extra. I would have done this already but I was concerned that the recipient may have to pay extra cash when it arrives. Let me know what your thoughts are.

Wade

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on September 13, 2014 at 4:28am

Use something else or make your own.The red and black ones are 3.6mm ply with wood strips around all the internal edges 

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