I was surprised by some great experiments of a craftsmanship self made scene when I heard from the “Frying Pan” 1931, the first electric guitar ever (with “horse shoe magnet” pickup) – made by George Beauchamp, Paul Barth and Harry Watson – now featured in the Rickenbacker Museum, Santa Ana, California
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P.S.:
comment by
thomas lieser / onkel wart, (in German):
sowas find ich klasse. brian eno hat vor unzeiten auch auf selbst gebautem und gefundenem gespielt…. und auch halb kaputte instrumente noch verwendet…
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Frizztext reply: five-string-construction! ja mein freund dirk hat die kaputte gitarre ohne kopf und saiten auf dem müll gefunden und sie wieder zu neuem, eigenen leben erweckt. neben dem keks-dosen-deckel auffällig: 5 saiten nur! wie bei einem echten banjo. dazu musste der hals schmaler gesägt werden. der fehlende kopf wurde aus einem stück holz gefertigt, das ein zirkus beim abbauen liegen gelassen hatte …
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Flickr Comments 
VERY interesting.
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Cool guitar! Very creative recycling!
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hi frizz
fine work
by this way have a look on a cigarbox guitar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigar_box_guitar
:-)) wolfgang
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when I play on my freshly repaired banjo
I will remember you!
actually I try to learn Johann Sebastian BACH on banjo
prelude BWV 999
maybe soon I make a video for youtube with Bach + Bjo.
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thanks for the links:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigar_box_guitar
https://www.cbgitty.com/cubecart/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=166
http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/cigar-box-guitar/
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/cigar-box-guitar-tuning
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another cookie tin self made guitar / banjo:
COOKIE TIN
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order cookie tin banjos / guitars at jagshouse.com
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order via
http://jagshouse.com/cbg_boxes.html
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Very nice idea… and it plays well? 🙂
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you’ve written about ART today and the positive influence for our life.
to make quilts, cigar box guitars or stained glass windows is maybe a fragment of this …
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Wow, this is really awesome. Talented too.
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Reminds me of my dad…. he used to play, not so much now…
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