I went for making the bolts rusty on this one. Soaked them in vinegar for about 5 days, then sprayed them with salty water and let them dry several times.
The knobs and speaker cloth are from an old radio. The strap is from a cheek strap from a horse's bridle (99p from eBay!)

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Comment by bemuzic on January 20, 2011 at 12:00pm
cheers Tom!... wish I'd found it in an old barn, would have saved me a lot of trouble : -)
Comment by Tom Caneschi aka cbg tom on January 20, 2011 at 11:20am
Really cool !!! Love it !!! looks like you found it in an old barn ....
Comment by bemuzic on January 8, 2011 at 9:29am

cheers Joker!...it sounds pretty much like the last one I made as it's the same amp module. Here's a vid of that one : -)

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/2nd-home-made-cigar-box-amp

Comment by Joker on January 8, 2011 at 5:50am
Love this! Looks like it was made 50 years ago.  how's it sound?
Comment by bemuzic on January 7, 2011 at 7:02am
thanks Mike, yeah that's what I was going for : -)
Comment by Mark Lillo on January 7, 2011 at 4:26am

Looks vintage, nice job!

 

Comment by bemuzic on January 7, 2011 at 4:00am
cheers Olds : -)
Comment by olds sleeper on January 7, 2011 at 3:52am
looks killer...
Comment by bemuzic on January 3, 2011 at 4:12am
thanks Hogs and Termoking : -)
Comment by Termoking on January 2, 2011 at 11:18pm

Damn cool!

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