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Could we get this pinned so the contestents can find it easier?

Here is a list of the rules for entries.

show us your cigar box guitar in this thread! You've got till noon central time the 19th of January then this thread gets locked and the voting starts!

Any post that is not an entry will be deleted. Feel free to start a new thread to discuss any cigar box guitar entered this month

Please post a maximum of your 4 best pictures per cigar box guitar entered

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THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR...

oh, just kidding...

Well, here is my entry for the CBG build. The supplies I used:

1 Cardboard cigar box

1 poplar maple 1x2 from Home Depot

frets and tuners courtesy of cheap eBay auctions

left over 1/4 round for bracing.

Scale = 25 1/8" (my favorite)

Notice the cut out in the top ... Thanks to Hitone for that tip.

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Neck is carved from that one stick of poplar with a Strat inspired carve on the headstock. Notice the brass "nut" for tone. :D

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And, here's the sound clip. Doubled just because I wanted to. :D

White Owl CBG

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I am dubbing this guitar..."the fuglycaster"

Not that i have a chance with Mr.Jehle's creation lurking around...but here it goes

Nut made of 3 flat head screws

grover tuners (distressed)

ormsby style headstock

4, count em, 4 frets

mystery speaker stand/ply body

newspaper top, it didnt have a top for i while but i thought it needed something.

strings are D,G,e

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the bridge was to be made of 3 bass saddles i had lying around, but i saw this piece of PVC and thought it would work better, it did, that big hole on back was for 2 reasons, so i cold screw it to the body, and i can put a bolt in there to act as a whammy bar.

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I apologize in advance for the sound sample, i dont really know how to play the song so i was improvizing, the guitar isnt in tune really and it not that great of a sound but here it goes

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=418909

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okay I finished JUST in time.

Body/ made out of a maple box thicknessed to .085

Neck and fingerboard/ solid one peice cocobolo

Frets/ wide low frets from stewmac

Tuners/ grover mini locking (diddnt have anything cheap )

The Bridge and tailpeice are made by me

Hey those arn't sound holes, those are "tuned tone ports" :D

Scale is 18"

It's tuned to A C# F A

Hope you like it!

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Wow this forum is having some problems while there upgrading. I can't start a new poll and I can't make another post after this one :D

The contest is officially over. :D

vote here.

B)

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