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2017 "Kick The Can" Build-Off contest - Canjos, Tin Can Guitars

"Come on, brothers and sisters, KICK OUT THE CANS!"

For our final build-off contest of 2017, we're looking for your best canjos, cookie tin banjos and any other playable stringed instrument made from discarded metal containers. It can have one string wired to a tin can or it could be a full size harp made from an outdoor propane tank! The more creative, the better.

Here's the details:

Contest runs Nov. 16 - Dec. 20, 2017

Prizes: $100 C. B. Gitty Gift Certificate for 1st place, $50 Gitty gift certificate for second and $25 gift certificate for third.

Judges: Shane Speal, Ben "Gitty," Glenn Watt and Farley Andresen

How to Enter:

1. In the comments section below, post up to three (3) photos and one (1) video of your entry.

2. Add a one (1) paragraph description with your photo entry.

3. Shake, stir, repeat. (Yes, you can submit more than one entry!)

4. Submissions that won previous Cigar Box Nation contests are ineligible.

Need inspiration? Here's Wesseh to show you how it's done...

Note: This is the official contest entry page. Do not use this page to post comments about other submissions.

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on November 21, 2017 at 12:44pm

Tasty Michael

Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on November 21, 2017 at 4:39pm

Well I'm not a competition guy normally, but what the heck.

My contribution is this Anzac biscuit tin CBG. Pretty self explanatory I think. I pictured it on a big "tin can" to make it eligible.

A tribute to those who died fighting for Australia.

Cheers Taff

Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on November 22, 2017 at 6:16am

Nice, all can types qualify according to rules, but, 3 photos and a video, not 5 photos, no one else has over limit, I'd edit if you can so you don't get disqualified. If they're that picky.

Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on November 22, 2017 at 8:52am

Oops I did not see that......l also did not write a paragraph, send a video or or enter more than once.
Like I said I'm not a competition guy. Thanks for the heads up and good luck to all the others.
Tafff

Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on November 22, 2017 at 12:11pm

I'm sure they will edit it for you, we're not supposed to comment on entries either, but we can't help ourselves lol, but they clean it up at contest end.

Permalink Reply by Milt Haselmire on November 22, 2017 at 5:56am

This guitar is built from an olive oil can. Sprayed white with custom decal. Oak neck and walnut fingerboard. 25" scale GDG. Mini humbucker with volume.

It is set up perfectly and plays like a dream.

Permalink Reply by Diglydog on November 22, 2017 at 7:43am

I made the Tiddley Bow a while ago (2013 ?). Haven't seen it since we moved house, which I suppose is the problem with small things :-)

Permalink Reply by Boxy Music on November 22, 2017 at 12:41pm

This is a soprano uke made from a very old baby blue tin which used to have bandages in it. I've had the rosewood for the fretboard for about six years, waiting for the right project! It's properly tiny.

Permalink Reply by A.D.EKER on November 22, 2017 at 10:10pm

Hi there Shane! This is the BCB Entry for the Compitition!
Its a Original Cigar Tin (1920) from the south of Holland,a city called Valkenswaard.I made a Mahogany Neck on it its got 3 Strings,tuned EBE or GDG,got a Lemon sqeezer for a string holder,a custom made bridge(arched),slotted open tuner Head,and a color wax job,got it ready late last night and like to enter it for the Compitition,kind greeeettssszz A.D.Eker Holland.

Permalink Reply by A.D.EKER on November 22, 2017 at 10:15pm

Forgot to say that the Fretboard is maranti, a hard tropical wood, on the BCB Build Greetssz A.D.

Permalink Reply by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on November 23, 2017 at 3:31pm

The Fisher Boy - made by Jeff Reilly 2017 from a 1950s MacRobinson's Chocolate tin and Tasmanian Oak neck, coffee and tobacco stained, hand-painted and decorated with fishing tackle accents - fishing lure guitar strap holder - mexican blanket sound-hole cover - 25" scale fretted - custom eagle machine heads - 27ml piezo disc - 250k pot - 1/4" jack - tuned to GDG.

https://youtu.be/rtJJq5virSs