This was a fun to make. $5 for a cigar box, $2 for the poplar stick, all the rest of the parts I had laying around, and a high output humbucker so it screams. I was never any good at slide guitar, but this is pretty fun.
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I played a few at one of the guitar shows I went to a couple years ago. It IS cool!"So you will never have to listen to Surf music again" James Marshall Hendrix
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Now all you need to do is get "the look" down and set out front of the local pay 'n pump and pluck away.
Looks pretty cool.Last edited by bluesbend; 05-17-2011, 07:34 AM." you tell it like you're barefoot while you wear those hundred dollar shoes. Yeah, you can shuck and jive me all ya want to but, please please please, don't tell me 'bout the blues!"......Buddy Guy
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Originally posted by bluesbend View PostNow all you need to do is get "the look" down and set out front of the local pay 'n pump and pluck away.
Looks pretty cool.
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Originally posted by cortmarshall View PostThat's really awesome. Crafty.
Whats it sound like?
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Originally posted by TheLivingDead View PostSweet. That an X2N in there?
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i made a 6 string version a few years ago, theyre fun... obviously the one in the middle
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Looks like a ton of fun. Nice.
How do you have it tuned? Like a four string tenor guitar?
You should make a mandolin nextLast edited by guitfiddle; 04-03-2011, 05:56 PM.- Tom
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Originally posted by NoOnesFang13 View Posti made a 6 string version a few years ago, theyre fun... obviously the one in the middle
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Originally posted by guitfiddle View PostLooks like a ton of fun. Nice.
How do you have it tuned? Like a four string tenor guitar?
You should make a mandolin next
Mandolin??? Actually, I'm getting really wierd and crazy with my next attempt. Stay tuned...
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