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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on January 28, 2011 at 5:08am

Go for it!!!

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Permalink Reply by Rand Moore on January 29, 2011 at 1:09am

Hi Thirstin.

Building and decorating your own boxes is cool! You can call 'em box guitars. Making them look like cigar boxes is up to you.  Why not document your process of building boxes, then submit the photos with a writeup on the CBN group called Home Made Resonator Boxes 101. In fact, the group might have some useful info for you. And don't be put off by the word "Resonator" in the group name. The group is primarily about building your on sound boxes, not Reso-CBGs (although I try to accommodate them as well). Good luck with your builds.

-Rand.

 

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Permalink Reply by herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com on January 29, 2011 at 2:10am

I have a small version in my organ...it is just a shaped piece of foam driven from a motor located over a speaker..simple.

you can always build a box and put cb labels and lids all over it for that natural look.

 

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Permalink Reply by Justice Crafted on January 29, 2011 at 3:13am

I thought homemade reso boxes was all about that and nothing else, I'm going there now!

Rand Moore said:

Hi Thirstin.

Building and decorating your own boxes is cool! You can call 'em box guitars. Making them look like cigar boxes is up to you.  Why not document your process of building boxes, then submit the photos with a writeup on the CBN group called Home Made Resonator Boxes 101. In fact, the group might have some useful info for you. And don't be put off by the word "Resonator" in the group name. The group is primarily about building your on sound boxes, not Reso-CBGs (although I try to accommodate them as well). Good luck with your builds.

-Rand.

 

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Permalink Reply by Justice Crafted on January 29, 2011 at 3:15am

It is simple, that's what I like most about it. I do have some pictures posted now in another discusson(Everything else?) I posted here by mistake.

herb Berwald WWW.CigarGuitar.com said:

I have a small version in my organ...it is just a shaped piece of foam driven from a motor located over a speaker..simple.

you can always build a box and put cb labels and lids all over it for that natural look.

 

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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on January 29, 2011 at 5:43pm

Dude, if you made one that worked well I think that all sorts of players would want one.  People love a rotating speaker.

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Permalink Reply by Justice Crafted on January 29, 2011 at 5:48pm

It works, I've made others but not this compact. It's based on the lower half of an actual Leslie speaker that contains a baffle that rotates over a speaker and throws the sound around as it spins. This little cbg Leslie sounds great! I'll post a video when I get my camera back (never lend yours out)

Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:

Dude, if you made one that worked well I think that all sorts of players would want one.  People love a rotating speaker.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on January 29, 2011 at 5:52pm

If you want to start making them and selling them on a regular basis let me know.  I'll set you up with space on my site.

Thirstn Howl said:

It works, I've made others but not this compact. It's based on the lower half of an actual Leslie speaker that contains a baffle that rotates over a speaker and throws the sound around as it spins. This little cbg Leslie sounds great! I'll post a video when I get my camera back (never lend yours out)

Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:

Dude, if you made one that worked well I think that all sorts of players would want one.  People love a rotating speaker.

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Permalink Reply by Justice Crafted on January 29, 2011 at 6:19pm

Thanks I appreciate that.

Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:

If you want to start making them and selling them on a regular basis let me know.  I'll set you up with space on my site.

Thirstn Howl said:

It works, I've made others but not this compact. It's based on the lower half of an actual Leslie speaker that contains a baffle that rotates over a speaker and throws the sound around as it spins. This little cbg Leslie sounds great! I'll post a video when I get my camera back (never lend yours out)

Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:

Dude, if you made one that worked well I think that all sorts of players would want one.  People love a rotating speaker.

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Permalink Reply by Mister Scott on January 30, 2011 at 11:21am

I'd have to see the price, but just the idea of owning a Leslie-style CB amp makes me salivate...

Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:

If you want to start making them and selling them on a regular basis let me know.  I'll set you up with space on my site.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on January 30, 2011 at 3:45pm

That's what I'm saying.  There's definitely a market.  A lot of the nicer amps today have an emulation effect for this but we're kind of an analog crowd, you know?

 

By the way, I don't know if you know this or not but I don't take a % for stuff that I host on my site.  It's always a no charge to the seller.

Scotty C. said:

I'd have to see the price, but just the idea of owning a Leslie-style CB amp makes me salivate...

Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:

If you want to start making them and selling them on a regular basis let me know.  I'll set you up with space on my site.

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Permalink Reply by Justice Crafted on January 31, 2011 at 3:17am

Almost completeI still need to put rubber hard rubber legs on the bottom and a handle on top.

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