I recently scored a bunch of these tobacco tins at a flea market.
I have no idea what to do with them, so I posted a survey on Cigar Box Nation: Facebook for ideas. I'm posting some of them below.
Have you made instruments out of these? Post pics and descriptions in the comments!
Zach Giambalvo - Effects pedals
William Scott - pocket Amps
Dana Weigel - Microphone
Andrew Burick - Make some canjos!
George Brunner - Pedals, or powered pickup battery boxes with treble bass and distortion knobs. Or a bridge for a lap steel.
Zachariah B Adams - Resonators
Darryl Kernaghan - Kalimba
Michael Hutson Baby - ukes
Bob Harrison - I made a reso out of them
David Patterson - Tinkulele...
Jonathan M. Greiner - A box guitar to hold strings,pics,and tip money. Or a belt buckle... amp
Todd Mayo Mini - diddly bow.
Joseph Cerroni - Diddley bow bridge.
Dwane Reese - Ok , cover for your headstock. Done right the tuners would look cool coming through the tins. ?
Adam Wilken - A banjo, a mando and a 3 string slide guitar
Shawn Mattox - Zz top uses those to hold their wireless rigs attached to their guitar straps. Prince Albert brand.
Joey Delgado - Reverb tanks
Chris Schoolcraft - Why not a cigar box harmonica
Allen Scaff - Guitar strap turn buckle
Alex Bartman - 9volt powered belt clip amps.
Jeremy S Huddleston - cow bells!
Brydon Barclay - One of those nail harp things.
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i think that is so cool ukes.out of tobacco tins i might try making tobacco tin banjos 2 strings with a half banjo string. witch is the 5th string all i need to learn is how to make the neck part of the tobacco tin banjo? BigJay can i ask what kind of wood did you use for the neck and head of the instrument? i would like to learn how to make it myself i got tobacco tins couple of them and like to make them into tobacco tin 2 and half string banjos or ukes or when ever. please send me a reply of what you think Tyler Jones
Thanks Tyler, both necks are made from 100 year old barn wood. The Prince Albert one has an oak neck and the bore cleaner can has a pine neck.
Pocket amp
Shielded Amplifiers!
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