Please post pictures of your contest submissions here. Be sure to include any pertinent information about your instrument that you think others, including the judges, would enjoy knowing.

 

Good luck and good building!!!

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Roosterman said:

Daft question alert....

When is the deadline for submissions? Iv just finished one that I thought wouldnt be done for another week - can I put it in?

Cheers  yep rooster dude you got till serdey night

Midnight on the 31st Sir.



Roosterman said:

Daft question alert....

When is the deadline for submissions? Iv just finished one that I thought wouldnt be done for another week - can I put it in?

Cheers

I've gotta fire in one more photo since I'm under 5 photos just to prove that I am not a complete chump and I know that guitar strings should be parallel!  $5 and 20 minutes of digging in the guitar shop's parts bin coughed up the Tele string retainer.  Oh and the neck is Maple, can't believe I said it was pine!

Trevor Bohay said:

Some great stuff entered and Iv already picked my winner, but I'll add this into the mix just for fun.

Purposefully rustic, the box is a square 'Kristoff' from good friend Hal Spalter (cheers Hal). It has a through neck design of Meranti with a Rosewood fingerboard, and is fretless - the frets are marked using veneers stripped off old piano keys.

The main feature I guess is the overlapping fretboard as shown in the second pic. I used my 'standard' 45mm wide 3 string neck, but left the 'board proud on the top edge to allow space for the bass string. Why? I have always wondered why the back of guitar necks are not scalloped to give somewhere to locate ones thumb, so that those of us who are 'talent challenged' are less tempted to hang the thumb over the top of the fretboard (c'mon.... we all do it!). Leaving the top edge sqaure gives better purchase, and the overlap stops the thumb going over it. It works a treat. It also allows the guitar strings and bass string to diverge, which gives more playing space up the neck for runs.

You'll notice it also has seperate bass and guitar jacks, each with its own circuitry - a pup, tone and volume pot for each. Man it sounds big hooked up to a bass amp and a guitar amp together.

Other stuff: Guitar strings are tuned D A D, bass string is an A. 660mm scale, sealed tuners (3 guitar, 1 bass), bone nut, brass tailpiece and whammy bar bridge.

Oh, and its left handed.... hence no demo!!

Cheers Ben, and thanks for the kudos!  Great looking build, my friend, and a neat solution to the "thumb problem" for us ham-handed players!  I was wondering when we'd see some of those boxes, the Kristoff really struck me when I found it, you did it justice.  Happy New Year!
Roosterman said:

Some great stuff entered and Iv already picked my winner, but I'll add this into the mix just for fun.

Purposefully rustic, the box is a square 'Kristoff' from good friend Hal Spalter (cheers Hal). It has a through neck design of Meranti with a Rosewood fingerboard, and is fretless - the frets are marked using veneers stripped off old piano keys.

The main feature I guess is the overlapping fretboard as shown in the second pic. I used my 'standard' 45mm wide 3 string neck, but left the 'board proud on the top edge to allow space for the bass string. Why? I have always wondered why the back of guitar necks are not scalloped to give somewhere to locate ones thumb, so that those of us who are 'talent challenged' are less tempted to hang the thumb over the top of the fretboard (c'mon.... we all do it!). Leaving the top edge sqaure gives better purchase, and the overlap stops the thumb going over it. It works a treat. It also allows the guitar strings and bass string to diverge, which gives more playing space up the neck for runs.

You'll notice it also has seperate bass and guitar jacks, each with its own circuitry - a pup, tone and volume pot for each. Man it sounds big hooked up to a bass amp and a guitar amp together.

Other stuff: Guitar strings are tuned D A D, bass string is an A. 660mm scale, sealed tuners (3 guitar, 1 bass), bone nut, brass tailpiece and whammy bar bridge.

Oh, and its left handed.... hence no demo!!

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mike anderson Blues Box Guitars said:

This build is by J. Robinson. I just reposted it for him due to some technical difficulties.

Spidey box was salvaged from a jack in the box. Take notice on the third pic there is the red crank handle the runs the spiderman jack in the box themesong  from back in the day.

I thought the "Punch" box was most fitting for our masked crime fighting friend.

Oak through neck design with a unique sound hole being in the upper right corner.You will notice the illumination in the picture due to the fact the back of the hole is lined with high grade reflective tape. You may also notice on the tape just a glimpse of a spidey leg That is a kids temp tattoo over top of the reflective tape. Spidey in 3d on the top plus notice the bridge area where it tells the tale of Peter Parker after getting bit feeling a little funny. 

 

Thanks for checking it out!!!!

 

J. Robinson

Presenting, for your approval...

My first ever cigar box banjo!

I wanted to really go for an "old timey" look, feel and sound for this creation.

My initial inspiration was the old gourd banjos.  Hence, on this build, the really exaggerated "frailing scoop" (where the neck comes off the box; this scoop aids in clawhammer playing, but like I said it's really exaggerated here).

I also wanted to keep it fairly low tech.  In that regard, it's pretty simple: fretless rosewood neck, nylgut strings, leather tailpiece... all materials that would fit a "throw back" instrument like this one.

However, as you can see, I did put a pickup in it.  While I wanted to go for the look & sound of an old fashioned instrument, we do live in (almost) 2012, so I put some modern touches into it, including: an active preamp with piezo pickup, geared tuning pegs (as opposed to the difficult to stay in tune friction style), and nylgut strings (which supposedly keep the tone of catgut strings, without being as subject to changes in humidity and cost).

This cigar box banjo is made from a CAO "La Traviata" cigar box, and features a quarter-sawn African mahogany neck, Bolivian rosewood fingerboard, leather tailpiece, and a maple/rosewood bridge.  Strung with nylgut strings on a 26.25" scale.  Sorry the pictures aren't too great, but I'll get some new ones posted (eventually) on my profile here at the nation, as well as some audio and/or video. 

This little instrument sounds pretty good acoustically, if a tad on the quiet side... but plugged in, I couldn't ask for a better sounding instrument!

Happy new year to all here on the Nation!

-Nate

Nice looking build Mike.  True Black Beauty.  I'd have to say it's about the prettiest Bass CBGs I've seen on the Nation's pages.  I think you should throw in a couple more photos to showcase your outstanding craftsmanship....maybe a sound file or video too.  Good luck and Happy New Year my friend!

Nice looking build Mike.  True Black Beauty.  I'd have to say it's about the prettiest Bass CBGs I've seen on the Nation's pages.  I think you should throw in a couple more photos to showcase your outstanding craftsmanship....maybe a sound file or video too.  Good luck and Happy New Year my friend!

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