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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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That's really awesome. Crafty.
Whats it sound like?Comment
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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 GuyComment
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Sweet. That an X2N in there?Comment
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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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Acoustically kinda banjo like. Plugged in on a clean tone with some reverb and tremolo is perfect blues tone. If I crank the gain up, I feel like breaking into Bad Motor Scooter.Originally posted by cortmarshall View PostComment
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Dimarzio Evolution. Had it laying around and it sits lower than the single coil I was going to use. I would have had to cut too much out of the stick going through the body to make that fit and the tension of the strings would have snapped it in two.Originally posted by TheLivingDead View PostComment
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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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Wow, that's awesome, man. Really nice work.
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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 next
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That's awesome! Jackson style neck on a cigar box guitar is too cool. What's the hollowbody next to it? Teisco or Norma? I've been wanting to pick one of those up. How's it sound?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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I switch between D-A-D-A and D-A-D-F#. I've never played much with open tunings or slide guitar, so it's all kinda new to me. Seeing my 3 year old son enjoy trying to play slide on it is even more of a treat.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...Comment
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