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Permalink Reply by heatmisergeorge on December 27, 2012 at 1:33pm

                                                                                              Zombie in a Box

They're coming to get you Barbara. Busting out of his coffin this zombies hungry. Having a dust diet for the last 60 years has him down to the bone. His last bed for a dirt nap is a well made Cohiba Cigar Box. Maple and pinehandles are on both sides for pall bearers to hold while planting this solid cedar box. The skeletal remains are all hand carved from poplar with welding wire joints in the hands. The nut and cross bridge are maple, with a 25" scale arm. Banjo tuners at the top and a maple tailpiece at the end hold his three tendons in place. Tuned to open D(for dead) this reanimated creature screams. (I had 2 ideas so I built both and let the family help me choose which one to enter. I will post the other after the contest ends.)

Permalink Reply by John Peña on December 28, 2012 at 2:42pm

Here is my entry into this Guitar Contest.

" Pale Man " from Pan's Labyrinth is a Monster of Nightmare proportion.

This is a 24 fret Rock Hard Maple Neck 4 string CBG.

The hands are made from white common pine, as is the face.

I used a water slide decal to cover the face, as are the faeries on the back of the

neck.

The Nut and Bridge are made from Elk Antlers.

The Tail piece is cut from a broken cymbal.

Video and music to follow.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Scott Meredith on December 30, 2012 at 1:19pm

 

CBG BUILDERS CHALLENGE

"FAMOUS MONSTERS"

C.B. GUITARSKI

 

I've gotta say I have really enjoyed this build. It has inspired me to try several new things including painting a cbg, using a tuna can for a reso (sounds way cooler than I thought it would), and just going for it when your afraid you will mess it up. So thank you everyone involved for all you have done to make this build off possible.

Unfortunately my camera does not capture the color and detail well but here it is!

Rock Maple Neck

JFR Nice n Deep Box

Starkis Tuna Resonator

Pain I acquired awhile ago (oddly closest match I could find)

Walnut accent pieces

Bone blank nut

Aluminum/Wood bridge

20" short scale sounds awesome with the resonator

Hardware and electronics from  C.B.Gitty Crafter Supply

 

 

Thank You

for this opportunity!

Permalink Reply by Scott Meredith on December 30, 2012 at 7:41pm

I hope you figured this out by now But its Mike Wazowski from Monsters inc Probably should have put that in the text.. 

Permalink Reply by graeme on December 31, 2012 at 7:49am

Entry by Graeme Peatfield, England

My competition CBG is a fretless slide guitar based on the monster shark ‘Jaws’.  Research was via the Cigar Box Nation website.  Resources: a ‘Recuerdo de las Isla Canarias Souvenir’ cigar box for a presentation fourteen inch cigar given by a relative. Original large bass machine heads gave more scope for hand piercing the fish to exaggerate the shark’s size.  Tubular gills cut like organ pipes for sound holes, golf ball eye, four recycled water bottle bases glued for two barrels, oak neck, Martin Strings, tope shark hook, washing line strap, and then there was the nut!!! Three human teeth mounted in a chopstick, flanked by two dog’s teeth (at this point my wife had, yet again, a look of despair tinged with sadness!). 

Attachments:

• PC312926 - Copy.JPG, 1.5 MB
• PC312918.JPG, 2.6 MB
• PC312912.JPG, 2.3 MB

Permalink Reply by Dustin Brown on December 31, 2012 at 3:22pm

2012 MONSTER Contest Entry

Inspired by the Giant Octopus in "20,000 leagues Under The Sea"

A Harp Fiddle designed with treasure chest style cigar box body and a tentacle rising from black waters and lashed to the side as its harp. The instrument is designed to be bowed and plucked as the player sees fit. It rests comfortably from shoulder to elbow when held.

The Harp Tentacle:

A hand carved mahogany arm with 20 poplar suckers. The color comes from applied mahogany oil stain and it's finished with nitrocellulose lacquer that was applied very thick to create layers of bubbly "slime", wet look slick spots, and dimensional drips across the piece. The strings are mounted with Zither pins and attach into a hand carved rosewood bridge on the fiddle body side with ebony pins. The 6 harp strings are tuned (F#, B, C, F, D#, B).

The Fiddle:

A LaSirena King Poseidon Cigar Box shaped like a treasure chest with holes in it the size of the tentacle suckers. It has a rosewood pinned tailpiece, ebony bridge pins, maple bridge, sapele neck, ebony fingerboard, and matched ebony head plate. There are Abalone inlays on the neck, a bone nut, and zither pin tuners. The bow is hand carved from rosewood and strung with natural horsehair. It is notched at the tip and secures with an ebony bridge pin in the handle. The 4 violin strings are tuned (G, D, A, E).

The only wood pieces not hand made on the instrument are the maple bridge and the ebony bridge pins. The whole piece sits on top of a hand carved mahogany base that has black oil stain for the finish.

Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on January 1, 2013 at 2:37am

The contest submission period is now closed!

Good Luck to everyone~~~

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