Surf’s Up

I have just completed this Cigar Box Guitar today. It was made for a gentleman in Sydney NSW. He asked for a Lefty 4 Stringer tuned Open E. He loves to surf. So here is what he got.

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Kingborough Art Prize 2014 Winner

Imagine my surprise and delight at being awarded as the winner of the Design Category at the Kingborough Art Prize 2014! I built two box guitars as my entries. The first one is called the “Sassy Californian Three Stringer”. 3 Strings. Tuning DAd. Sassafras sides, Californian Redwood back and top and Huon Pine edging. Single…

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Spiderman Canjo

This was built for one of my son’s school mates. It is just 2 strings. Dd tuning. Simple strumming, good sound. Spiderman. My City. My Responsibility.

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Olivia’s Box Bukey

Olivia’s Box Bukey was designed to look rustic. It certainly fits the idea. Olivia stained it a deepish brown and then burnt around the edges, left nail heads showing and burnt around them too. I had some rough sawn, undressed blackwood that we fitted as the fret board. We used epoxy resin to fill this…

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Sophie’s Box Bukey

Sophie chose to go the natural look, so we tried to highlight the beauty of the different timber used. Hardwood neck, radiata pine body, cedar triangle decorations. Sophie also used a very cool idea for the back of her bukey. We used a bamboo place mat which we poured epoxy resin over. This both stuck…

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Katie’s Box Bukey

This is a very nice Box Bukey. Hot pink checker board design with hot pink fur back. Katie is a leftie, so this Bukey is strung up to suit, with Savarez plastic wound strings. Tuned to DGBE.  

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Ben’s Box Bukey

Ben had great fun making his Box Bukey. He did most of it, with a helping hand when needed. We watched a video on Youtube which showed the paint swirling effect. After a few messy attempts and experimentation, we nailed it and produced this cool design. Ben also wanted some fur for the back. We…

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New designs

Wow, these have been a hectic few months. I have been busy building a lot of Bukey’s. Together with my two sons, (8 and 10) and nieces (10,13,14) we made 4 Box Bukeys. This started as a nice family workshop. But we got word of a Salvaged Art Competition running in the local area and…

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Box Bukey Updates

Box Bukeys are making progress. They are all looking awesome. Planning on finishing them for an upcoming recycled art competition.  

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Box Bukeys

I like the ideas behind the cigar box guitar. they fit in well with what I have been doing so far. But I do not smoke, or believe in supporting the habit, even by buying emptied cigar boxes. So I thought I would just build my own boxes. My 8yr old son and 3 of…

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