More Can Guitar Builds...
I built two more can guitars. In a way these were very nice builds. The quality of work was nice. In another way these were failures because I was trying to build a fiddle.I used Cafe Bustelo Coffee as the body and this is good coffee by the way, no affiliation. Necks are ceder. On the right is a one string using a tape wound bass guitar string. On the left is a two string. I tried to play both with a fiddle bow. Let it be said that I am not a fiddle player but I just could not make it work as a bowed instrument. Back to the drawing board on these.
On re-purposing I would have to call these a mini lap steal and a mini string bass. The lap steep sounds dulcimer like and the one string definitely gets a bass sound when plucked.
Live and learn, it's my motto for each day.
Labels: cigar box guitar
posted by Carl at 6:14 AM
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Your hobby seems to be growing... Thinking of expanding it into a business?
BTW, I agree - Cafe Bustelo is very good coffee.
It looks like I will have some of these in an Art show at Stephen F. Austin Sate U. in 2015. People buy art don't they?
If you look around on the internet these days there are a lot of folks building and selling these guitars. There is some fine work out there and some fine prices as well. In this area it's pretty closed musically. Most have not seen one of these guitars even thought Sir Paul played one on Saturday Night Live and they look at me like I am a little crazy.
We will just see what happens.
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