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Permalink Reply by Mick---The Rag Picker Mojo on December 3, 2011 at 7:18am

How are we adding the 5 photos??

Permalink Reply by Mr.C on December 3, 2011 at 9:11am

Almost done with mine do i post all five prosses pic.and the final cbg all in one post?

Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on December 3, 2011 at 11:22am

The best way is to put them into a message post in this thread, and make sure they are visible like the other ones here. It just makes it easier for the judges if they don't have to click on a bunch of image links.

MickyMojo said:

How are we adding the 5 photos??

Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on December 3, 2011 at 11:22am

Sure.

c storz said:

Almost done with mine do i post all five prosses pic.and the final cbg all in one post?

Permalink Reply by StarrCBGs(Donovan) on December 3, 2011 at 11:30am

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/hook-2-002/next?context=user  http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/sonya-finished/next?context=user

Ok is this right? Im in? Great

Permalink Reply by StarrCBGs(Donovan) on December 3, 2011 at 11:38am

Permalink Reply by StarrCBGs(Donovan) on December 3, 2011 at 11:43am

Hook

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• hook 2 002.jpg, 2.8 MB
• Hook Finished.jpg, 2.9 MB

Permalink Reply by Mick---The Rag Picker Mojo on December 4, 2011 at 1:56am

HERE IS MY ENTRY

 

This was a very neat build to do...

A good friend of mine had this Vega Gold Cigar box that he had from his son's wedding...On night he showed up in my shop with is and said he thought it might make a cool CBG, since he had seen some of my work during Christmas of  2010...I had really just been CBG bug bitten and thought the box would indeed make a fine instrument....It had an odd shape (Like a gold Brick), not really knowing what to do with it.... so it sat and sat for some time...I had a few ideas...but none really seemed to fit...Then I thought of the broom sticks for a neck( on sale a H Dept for 50 cents each) having seen it done many times before thinking that would be cool.   Then the box sat some more evolving more and more in my head

Though the box came together slowly it was worth it at the end...Two piezo pups located in the bridge and where the box meets the neck...Sounds awesome.. The under the strings capo is easy to change keys...opted for it instead of a sharpie pen...

Had to carve out the places where the tuners would go...the Dremel came in handy for that.... 

Permalink Reply by Mick---The Rag Picker Mojo on December 4, 2011 at 1:58am

Added two photos for a total of five

Permalink Reply by Mick---The Rag Picker Mojo on December 4, 2011 at 10:24am

This was a very neat build to do...

A good friend of mine had this Vega Gold Cigar box that he had from his son's wedding...On night he showed up in my shop with is and said he thought it might make a cool CBG, since he had seen some of my work during Christmas of  2010...I had really just been CBG bug bitten and thought the box would indeed make a fine instrument....It had an odd shape (Like a gold Brick), not really knowing what to do with it.... so it sat and sat for some time...I had a few ideas...but none really seemed to fit...Then I thought of the broom sticks for a neck( on sale a H Dept for 50 cents each) having seen it done many times before thinking that would be cool.   Then the box sat some more evolving more and more in my head

Though the box came together slowly it was worth it at the end...Two piezo pups located in the bridge and where the box meets the neck...Sounds awesome.. The under the strings capo is easy to change keys...opted for it instead of a sharpie pen...

Had to carve out the places where the tuners would go...the Dremel came in handy for that....

Permalink Reply by Fran on December 6, 2011 at 8:59am

Well, here is my entry to the Builders Challenge. 

This is my first cigar box 8 string mandolin and I love it.  I carved the neck out of a redwood 2x4. I installed a piece of

the redwood in the box end to end and used a 3" long heavy wood screw to attach the neck to the box.  The fretboard

and wire is from Stewmac and it was really easy to install the wire.  The tension is no problem at all - it is really strong

after installing D'Addario J62 strings.  I am surprised at how good it does sound.  Considering it's a cigar box it does sound really good.   One more thing - I'm a girl - so ladies you can do this too!  I love playing old bowlbacks so this is a treat.

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• Cigar Box Mandolin 1.jpg, 232 KB
• Cigar Box Mandolin 3.jpg, 158 KB

Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on December 6, 2011 at 11:15pm

Like your little mandolin.It just looks right if you know what I mean ?

Fran said:

Well, here is my entry to the Builders Challenge. 

This is my first cigar box 8 string mandolin and I love it.  I carved the neck out of a redwood 2x4. I installed a piece of

the redwood in the box end to end and used a 3" long heavy wood screw to attach the neck to the box.  The fretboard

and wire is from Stewmac and it was really easy to install the wire.  The tension is no problem at all - it is really strong

after installing D'Addario J62 strings.  I am surprised at how good it does sound.  Considering it's a cigar box it does sound really good.   One more thing - I'm a girl - so ladies you can do this too!  I love playing old bowlbacks so this is a treat.

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