Hubcap Guitars

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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby Bluesman » Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:32 pm

rik peel wrote:geez I leave fer a day and the place goes to seed! :roll:


I'm not the one postin' pics of young ladies Rik :oops:
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby rik peel » Mon Jun 07, 2010 2:39 pm

Bluesman wrote:
rik peel wrote:geez I leave fer a day and the place goes to seed! :roll:


I'm not the one postin' pics of young ladies Rik :oops:



actually i rather apreciated the young lady bluesman... took me a minute to notice the CBG 8-)
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby RidingWestAndFree » Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:07 pm

rik peel wrote:
Bluesman wrote:
rik peel wrote:geez I leave fer a day and the place goes to seed! :roll:


I'm not the one postin' pics of young ladies Rik :oops:



actually i rather apreciated the young lady bluesman... took me a minute to notice the CBG 8-)



Blimey, I didn't realise how over excited you would all get :lol:

Hang on a mo....... there that's fixed it, go and have another look!
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby rik peel » Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:13 pm

oh thats cruel..... now youll make us look like even older dirty old men!!!! :lol:

what a class pic tho
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby RidingWestAndFree » Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:15 pm

That sure is a mean axe she is playing!
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby Bluesman » Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:46 pm

A man would need a big axe to split that :o :o
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby Chiggers Plays Pop » Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:56 pm

One day I'll make a spade guitar - it's an idea I've had for a while - just need me a spade, and a few bits an bobs.

Just a thought...

"take a wire of an old broom"

What wire, what sort of broom?!?!?!?

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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby rik peel » Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:00 pm

i thinkits the wire thats wound around the sweeping material (straw??) to affix it to the pole.. either way its a heavy gauge wire to make the sound steve makes..

what I'd like to know is what hes done to it between 'save me' and 'diddely bo' cause it sounds epic now and he seems to be playin it thru the same amp as before...

correct me if i'm wrong but didnt he finaly do it in one night... if so its had a serious upgrade..
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby Bluesman » Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:31 pm

Chiggers Plays Pop wrote:One day I'll make a spade guitar - it's an idea I've had for a while - just need me a spade, and a few bits an bobs.

Just a thought...

"take a wire of an old broom"

What wire, what sort of broom?!?!?!?

Chigg

Your a thick as me Chigg, aint ya?? :P
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby Bluesman » Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:27 pm

Heres a project for you budding builders, I'd love to make this but it would be a waste of time for me :cry:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-lap-steel-guitar-out-of-a-pol-cue-case/
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby banjoboog » Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:00 pm

Woah! ... very cool man.
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby rik peel » Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:10 pm

thats nifty... got its own carry case built on..
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby Bluesman » Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:51 pm

rik peel wrote:thats nifty... got its own carry case built on..

YEP, an all-in-one :D
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby john__hayward » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:42 pm

Hi All
this is the 3 string Bo i built from scrap sorry about the picks as they were taken on a camera phone
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Tuned to G, D, G
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Just installed a piezo transducer so i can stick it on my amp. :twisted:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... ffe1327ede
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby davey » Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:49 pm

john__hayward wrote:Hi All
this is the 3 string Bo i built from scrap sorry about the picks as they were taken on a camera phone
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Tuned to G, D, G
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Just installed a piezo transducer so i can stick it on my amp. :twisted:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... ffe1327ede



Very nice indeed - nice work. I bet the JD tin gives it a good accoustic sound too!
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby RidingWestAndFree » Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:05 pm

Great work there John, any video of it being played?

Is it just a coincidence that it has been *exactly* a year since this thread last had a post??? :shock:
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby john__hayward » Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:30 pm

hi Davey

Yeah the tin resonates quite nicely it's not to loud just right for sitting on my decking sippin some of Tennessee's finest and playin some blues SSS style.

As soon as i have time i will do a vid of me playing this
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby john__hayward » Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:13 pm

john__hayward wrote:hi Davey

Yeah the tin resonates quite nicely it's not to loud just right for sitting on my decking sippin some of Tennessee's finest and playin some blues SSS style.

As soon as i have time i will do a vid of me playing this


Here is the video of me playin this 3 string jack daniels diddley bo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLiEBfNzUEQ
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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby Sugarhead » Tue Jun 21, 2011 2:12 pm

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Re: Hubcap Guitars

Postby RidingWestAndFree » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:59 pm

Sugarhead wrote:Davey has started a trend:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/seasick-steve-rep ... 2a119603bc


Hmmm, methinks somebody owes Davey royalties there...
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