2011 Cigar Box Guitar Builders Challenge
We are pleased to announce the 2011 Cigar Box Guitar Builders Challenge!
The contest begins immediately. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2011. A winner will be announced the first part of January, 2012.
Unlike previous contests, there is no theme this time. It is simply Cigar Box Guitars. Note that any stringed instrument will qualify as a "guitar", so you can make a uke, dulcimer, lap steel, bass, whatever stringed instrument suits your fancy.
We will have some great prizes too, more to follow...
Contest Rules:
Each submission shall be an instrument of the builder's own construction and overall design.
The instrument shall prominently and visibly feature a cigar box in the design.
Each builder will submit up to five pictures of their creation.
Entries must be submitted no later than December 31, 2011.
Builders will post the pictures of their instruments in the "Contest Submission Thread."
Builders should include descriptions of their work, including any technical details such as features, materials used, or any other information they feel would assist the judges in reviewing the submission.
A panel of judges will review the pictures and select a winner.
The decision of the judges is final.
*** 11/20/11: Please limit your entries to one submission per person. ***
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Ashley is in as well, she just started another build for CBG for soldiers (very old school looking so far)
Sweet!! Tell we all thank her for pitching in and helping us out!
Henry Dervaric said:
Ashley is in as well, she just started another build for CBG for soldiers (very old school looking so far)
i quite agree with you ,did anyone hear last years winner? i'd like to... lovin' your stuff by the way...
bemuzic said:
ah right, well someone else playing it would be fine..or just anything simple just to show what it sounds like. Anyway I think it's just going to be pics needed. It can all get too complicated otherwise : -/
Does a cigar cask (yes, cigars are packaged and sold in them, and have the brand seal in place) qualify as a "cigar box"?
thanks John, was that the one Delvero won with the amazing harp thing? If so I heard it a while later when he put on a video of someone playing it, and it sounded as good as it looked : -)
John Bassett said:
i quite agree with you ,did anyone hear last years winner? i'd like to... lovin' your stuff by the way...
bemuzic said:ah right, well someone else playing it would be fine..or just anything simple just to show what it sounds like. Anyway I think it's just going to be pics needed. It can all get too complicated otherwise : -/
When you have the (up to) 5 final pictures you want to post, put them in the Submission Thread.
The way Ning does picture posting is a pain. The easiest way to do it is click on the Image button, choose From My Computer and upload the picture directly from your computer. When you do that, the picture shows up instead of just a link you have to click on. You can then delete the links to the pictures you already posted.
Or, you can find your pic on the Nation, and use the Embed Code and paste that into your post.
c storz said:
How do i directly a picture
Hello, I'm new to CBG's but I'd like to enter my double neck Arturo Fuente "Double Trouble" in the contest.
I used and extra large cigar box and the necks are made of poplar.
Brass hardware and tuning machines. I tune it to open G and open C.
It has a great tone and each neck sounds different. This is only my 8th build. I have recorded it in the studio on my version of "Blue Christmas" which I'll post on my page. Thanks for checking it out.
"Double Trouble" tune up before recording through my vintage Neve console.
Hi Joe,
Can you post this in the Submission Thread please? We are trying to keep all the entries in the same thread to make it easier on the judges. Thanks
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/submission-thread-for-20...
Joe Clapp said:
Hello, I'm new to CBG's but I'd like to enter my double neck Arturo Fuente "Double Trouble" in the contest.
I used and extra large cigar box and the necks are made of poplar.
Brass hardware and tuning machines. I tune it to open G and open C.
It has a great tone and each neck sounds different. This is only my 8th build. I have recorded it in the studio on my version of "Blue Christmas" which I'll post on my page. Thanks for checking it out."Double Trouble" tune up before recording through my vintage Neve console.
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