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Permalink Reply by Richard White on November 20, 2013 at 7:31am

I've haven't competed in a builders challenge yet, & thought what the hell. There are such great builders out there, & I'm curious to see how I stack up to against them. This is my latest creation, I'm calling it The Robusto Cohib-Uke. Any comments, praises, &/or constructive criticism are always welcomed. Hope you like what you see. Looking forward to the final decisions.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on November 21, 2013 at 2:09am

Permalink Reply by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) on November 23, 2013 at 1:31pm

Permalink Reply by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) on November 23, 2013 at 1:41pm

here is my submission . a Padilla box , The logo was a print off because i liked the lion better(i can prove its a Padilla Box if needed) Hand painted rusted cage , crazy contraption tail piece , brass eyelets hold the strap , Paranormal investigation license and photo from 1800s were distressed by hand using coffee and fire , marble inset in the headstock , bottom of box was cut off then reenforced with oak , fret board is ink stained not painted , magnet on heel to hold slide . tuning pegs patina , 4 string electric .

Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on November 29, 2013 at 5:20am

I probably should have been more clear, but the pics I posted of the Cohiba uke sized instrument were reposts of Richard White's instrument. I merely added them for him because his weren't visible for some reason.

Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on November 30, 2013 at 6:53pm

It started with this strange little "Vudu" box. It's only 4 3/4" x 8" x 3 3/8 deep. Couldn't really figure out what I wanted to do with it and then I dug through the garage and came up with an ammeter from a old military truck and a couple of heat sinks I salvaged from some old computers my son was scrapping. I guess that "steam punk" called me. I named it "Vudu Steam". The neck and fingerboard are oak and the box and neck are finished in a combination of black and clear lacquer. For the size of the box it has good sound acoustically and with the attached hardware and small soundboard it has a nice growl amplified with a dual piezo pickup in the bridge. Old style "chicken head" knob for the volume pot with an ignition switch plate from a military Dodge M-37 3/4 ton truck.

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Permalink Reply by Stevie Miller on December 7, 2013 at 3:17pm

Here's my entry, HATTIE (Hyper Aural Tri Tonal Instrument Enhancer). The neck is black pipe, headstock is the guts of a clock mounted on wood, tuners are remodeled Yamaha tuners with spigot handles replacing the knobs, and the fret markers are fashioned from copper ground wire. The tubes light (leds in the sockets) by a knife switch mounted on the cigar box. Volume knob made from a copper pipe cap. Nut made from a brass bolt. Small gears used as sound hole covers. Tuning is (currently) DDA.

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Permalink Reply by Stevie Miller on December 7, 2013 at 3:18pm

Two additional photos.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on December 11, 2013 at 3:23pm

Here is my submission. The guitar is yet unnamed.  Hope you all like it.

Cohiba Toro box that is a deeper color than what I normally find.

Copper Resonator Cone from Old Lowe

Redwood Burl and Black Walnut Rod Piezo Biscuit Bridge from Mojobone Works

My own design Zero Bone - one-piece zero fret bone nut

Mahogany neck and peg hed.  The wood is leftover from my loft build out in Boston.  Several nice "scraps" were left by the seller and I have claimed them for guitars.  The peg head and neck are a single length of mahogany with glued on wings to resemble a Victorian table leg shape.

Panga Panga fret board, tailpiece and peg head accents

The copper cone is mounted on the bottom side of the box and I applied a raw Redwood Burl Veneer.  I used copper leather rivets to secure the cone to the box.

The guitar frame mostly floats in the box and is secured to Maple blocks inside.  Remove two screws and it can be taken out of the box.

6 strings tuned in unison pairs GG DD gg

22 Frets

On with the pics.

The decorative sprockets in this last pic are inlayed and embedded in epoxy.  A crack in the mahogany opened up when drilling for the tuning machines.  I didn't want to leave it like that so I drilled into the crack and potted the metal sprockets to reinforce the fault.

Permalink Reply by Nathan King on December 13, 2013 at 11:34am

Well, I'm not sure this is as steampunk as some of the other entries already posted (which look AWESOME, might I add)... but what the hell, right?  It feels pretty futuristic in an old-school way when I play it!

3-piece maple neck, Bolivian rosewood fretboard with glow-in-the-dark side position marker inlays, Bolivian rosewood heelcap and faceplate, cocobolo volume knobs, kingwood bridge and bone nut & saddle. The "wing" is made from walnut and mahogany. 3 guitar strings and 1 bass string, each with their own output, powered by Stonehenge pickups made by Ted Crocker. 24 frets on a 29" scale.

Permalink Reply by Primitive Acoustics on December 17, 2013 at 10:18am

 

Introducing SPAWG (Steam Powered Acoustic Wave Generator).

This is my contest entry and it was great fun researching steampunk, sourcing parts and building this mellow sounding guitar.

The cigar box used is a Cuban Rounds, Taste of Havana box, with most of the label still visible on the underside of the lid.  Neck is poplar finished with ebony stain and Tru-Oil and the fret board is red oak.  Neck thru design with 25 inch scale and fretted using a diatonic pattern, tuned Gdg.

The box and fretboard are metal tape wrapped and textured to create an ancient appearing surface.

The finish is multiple coats of hand rubbed Rub ‘an Buff which is a product made from imported carnauba waxes, fine metallic powders, and various pigments that create a reasonably durable finish.

I mixed and layered three different colors to create the surface that I wanted.

The peghead features a glass eye peering through a recycled keyhole, vigilantly keeping watch over wave generator operations.

The string tree tensioner is an antique guitar capo. The bridge-vibrato plate combo is an antique drawer handle made of solid brass, as is the keyhole cover.  A brass clock gear provides the proper support and string height at the bridge.

The copper tubing was found in a box of misc. parts at the Habitat for Humanity Restore and recycled for this guitar.

Watch gears and parts were acquired through a trade of my old pocket watch with a local watchmaker.

The 8 hollow rivets holding the mini light bulbs were found at an auction a couple of months ago and the lights themselves are repurposed battery powered Christmas lights.  The screened sound ports are also lit, providing a total of ten lights for night operations.

The optical loupes provide the aging operator with a lens power boost while monitoring pressure readings.

When up to full power, this baby almost plays itself!

Permalink Reply by james taze bennett on December 17, 2013 at 4:16pm

after building a number of guitars in the past this is my first atempt at a CBG. this is my double neck CBG. 4 string upper neck, 3 string lower neck.has 2 piezo,s.  tone tone and volume and 3 way switch. tunung knobs are beer caps. necks are marked with brass tacks. i  use open G tuning

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