We are pleased to announce the
2012 Cigar Box Guitar Builders Challenge!
The contest begins immediately. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2012.
A winner will be announced the first part of January, 2012.
Last year, we didn't have a theme, but this year the theme will be:
Famous Monsters
This can be anything from Dracula, Frankenstein, or The Wolfman, to Predator, Alien, Leatherface, Godzilla, the list goes on. Pictures, images, scales, talons, teeth, all would be good components for a monstrous build! The monster does not necessarily have to be in a movie, but most likely will. If you have a subject monster that was in a book instead, feel free to use that.
We will have some great prizes too, more to follow...
Contest Rules:
The judges will review the pictures and select a winner. The decision of the judges is final.
We will notify everyone of who the judges will be once we get that list finalized. We try to have 3-5 judges on the panel.
Do NOT post your entries or pictures in this thread!
There will be a separate thread for submissions so we can keep all the entries in one place.
Good luck and have fun!!
Here is a link to last year's contest in case you have not seen it yet.
PRIZE LIST
First Prize - $250 value
A pack of prize items from C. B. Gitty's Store worth at least $250
Second Prize - $125 value
A pack of prize items from C. B. Gitty's Store worth at least $125 in value
Third Prize - $75 value
A pack of prize items from C. B. Gitty's Store worth at least $75 in value
Fourth Prize - $50 value
A pack of prize items from C. B. Gitty's Store worth at least $50 in value
The Judges
JP Soars
JP Soars is an accomplished, award winning blues guitarist. JP along with his band, the Red Hots, has won the International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennessee, as well as the Albert King award for most promising guitarist. His most recent album, More Bees With Honey was named the 2nd coolest CD of the year by Little Steven and his Underground Garage on XM Radio, and was in the top 5 click to pick on BB King's Bluesville on XM also. On stage, JP plays a 2 string slide CBG he made himself.
Tony Steidler-Dennison
Tony Steidler-Dennison returns again this year to help us judge. Tony is the creator and host of the free, long running Roadhouse Podcast. Tony has completed over 400 one hour shows of the Finest Blues You've Never Heard, and is a veritable encyclopedia of the blues.
Thomas Boatwright
Thomas Boatwright should be familar to most of you as the amazingly talented artist who has created the cover art for our CBN Christmas albums. Thomas is also a cigar box guitar enthusiast. Thomas specializes in monster related art projects, with many zombies and ghouls in his inventory. It is his artwork that adorns my Zeke Deadwood, Zombie Lawman guitar.
Thanks to these gentlemen for helping us out!!
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I you think you can get the judges to buy off on it, knock your socks off. :-)
Somebody should build one using the turkey from the movie Thankskilling as the theme for the "monster". Famous? Maybe not, but very scary stuff indeed ;)
Just curios, as it wasn't mentioned, but is there a prize for winning? I mean besides the admiration and acclaim from fellow CBG builders. And, will you show the top three builds? Makes it more fun to have the chance to get into the top three considering all the entries that fellow builders will be submitting. Just asking.... Thanks.
Thanks for the reminder, I am checking on this...
The prize list has been added to this thread. Good luck!!
I don't know when this was announced, but I think I missed the original announcement. I wanted to build a guitar for this contest, but just not enough time with rush cbg Christmas builds and spending time with family for the holidays. Why don't you guys do a summer contest? Please
Sorry you guys missed it. We announced it on October 27th, and we had an announcement on the front page the entire time.
The information is in the judge's hands now, it shouldn't be long.
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