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What to do with odd-sized boxes?

I just dropped off a guitar at a cigar shop today, and the owner of the shop gave me a bunch of boxes in trade. There's a few nice ones, but there's also several that are just the wrong size. There's one huge one that I'm sure would sound fine, but I think it's just too big to hold comfortably. And there's a couple of small Romeo y Julietta boxes that are about 5-3/4" square. They're tiny. My friend's interested in building amps, and I'm not, so that works out, but they're nice looking boxes, and I'd like to find something to do with them too. Are there any instruments that could be made with very small or very large boxes, or by putting multiple boxes together?

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Permalink Reply by David Tutterrow GutBucketGuitars on May 19, 2011 at 7:42am

Small ones, 5" or less along one side can be made into fiddles or violins.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Rose on May 19, 2011 at 9:34am

I'm not real sure off the top of my head, but they're pretty big. My friend wants to use those for amps, so I'm not really worried about them. My main concern was that they were so deep that they'd be uncomfortable to hold, but on reflection, they're not any deeper than a regular guitar, so I guess that's not really an issue. If I get another one, I just may do a bass.

Josef Kanak said:

How large are the big ones you mentioned? You may want to build a bass...

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on May 19, 2011 at 12:19pm

Amps, parts boxes, wall decor. Nothing is finer decor than cbgs and cigar boxes. Tasteful~!

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Rose on May 19, 2011 at 1:21pm

Roger that. Hell, they even look good sitting in a pile on the floor.

Uncle John said:

Amps, parts boxes, wall decor. Nothing is finer decor than cbgs and cigar boxes. Tasteful~!

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Permalink Reply by Craig Cox on May 19, 2011 at 2:21pm

Hi Michael,

how do you turn cbs into cbg stands?

MichaelS Country Boy Guitars said:

All my square ones go to the amp pile, rectangular ones, even the really thin ones go to the guitar pile. Some of them with wood so thick it won't make a good guitar my wife takes and puts bead making supplies in them. The really odd shaped ones go in the what do I do with these pile, octagon and barrel shapes, hmm. The biggest ones are made into cbg stands.

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Permalink Reply by Paul H (PRH) on May 20, 2011 at 1:55am

Finding a way to store and display your work has been a bit of an issue.

Someone on the network has made small boxes into wall hangers for their CBDs that look pretty sharp (to me). Cut a notch/hole for the headstock and mount the box so it'll open. Put the head in and close it for your display.

PRH

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on May 20, 2011 at 4:30am

If you look on my page there are some in the picks. I had a few big ones and I propped the lid so it stays open and lean the cbg in the box against the open lid. I may need to take a better pic of it.

Craig Cox said:

Hi Michael,

how do you turn cbs into cbg stands?

MichaelS Country Boy Guitars said:

All my square ones go to the amp pile, rectangular ones, even the really thin ones go to the guitar pile. Some of them with wood so thick it won't make a good guitar my wife takes and puts bead making supplies in them. The really odd shaped ones go in the what do I do with these pile, octagon and barrel shapes, hmm. The biggest ones are made into cbg stands.