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One Man's Garbage......

Posted by Blues Frog on July 29, 2017 at 9:57pm

9353914052?profile=originalWent to the transfer station today and this is what I found! A pile of cigar boxes just sitting there!

I couldn't just leave them there! There's too much potential.

What do you think?

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  • Grandpa August 10, 2017 at 5:17pm

    Too true, Frog. Anything can and will. I saw that microwave git last year, and when it came time to replace our refrigerator, I told Mrs. Grandpa that the old one could be a heck of a stand-up bass. She asked where I'd stand to play it, and where the hell would I store it? Well, as usual she was correct, and that was that! If you still have the blade from that mower, you could bolt on a neck, a single coil, and use it as "cutting edge" instrument. Wait a minute....inspiration strikes! Yeah, junk stuff can make a one-off git, for sure! Rarely have had as much fun as buildin' gits.

  • Blues Frog August 9, 2017 at 10:19pm

    Grandpa,

    (Funny, I no share that name)

    I have the back guard off of an old lawn mower that is going to be a new guitar. This addiction is crazy. Anything can, and will, become a guitar someday. That's why i couldn't leave them there. 

    Just ask bigmdgiv, he saw the potential, now he gets to make it a reality.

    I love this hobby!

  • bigmcgiv August 9, 2017 at 2:11pm

    I got the box Monday thanks so much

  • Grandpa August 9, 2017 at 2:09pm

    Nice catch, BF. I reckon that many, if not most members herein are always looking around for discarded "building materials". Just the other day, Mrs. Grandpa's waffle iron ate it, and a new one was ordered. I gutted the old thing, cleaned off the remnants of batter and grease, and now have a set of chrome "clamshells" waiting to be recycled into a metal-bodied git. I wonder if the removable cast metal griddles can be cut down into resonators? We'll see. So much broken stuff, so many opportunities!

  • bigmcgiv July 31, 2017 at 10:53pm
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  • Blues Frog July 31, 2017 at 8:23pm

    Bigmc, where would I be sending it to?

  • Paul Craig July 31, 2017 at 4:21pm

    Nice score.

  • Jeff 'Bones' Reilly July 31, 2017 at 3:56pm
    Nice pick up mate .
  • bigmcgiv July 31, 2017 at 3:49pm

    liking the second on the left

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