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Homemade Guitars

This is the group for homemade instruments that venture out from the standard cigar box guitar.

Post photos of your oil can guitars, broomstick banjos and just whatever you are working on in your shop.

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Comment by Andy Stone on November 26, 2014 at 7:07am

Comment by AGP # on September 16, 2014 at 10:22am

2 Battered Vintage Beauties yet to be used

Comment by AGP # on September 16, 2014 at 9:59am

4 Oil Can builds so far, the Bundaberg Rum can is best described as "Neck Oil"

Comment by bairfoot cajun on October 11, 2010 at 5:13pm

kinda mysterious
Comment by bairfoot cajun on October 11, 2010 at 5:11pm

Marvel Mystery Oil can 3 stringer--bass side of neck dowel is aluminum--treble side of neck dowel is wood.
Comment by bairfoot cajun on September 22, 2010 at 4:51pm
i got a marvel mystery oil can today--gonna build something with it.maybe something kinda unusual.
Comment by Mike Bingham on August 22, 2010 at 2:45am

Well,it's not exactly a guitar, and not exactly an oil can, but I wanted to post it anyway.
Comment by Naz Nomad on August 21, 2010 at 7:46am
Massive d-bow (neat shoe-polish tin slide too) accompanied by a Gas Can Guitar

Comment by bairfoot cajun on August 20, 2010 at 12:34pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3k2cAQfRDE&feature=related this is the video that made me decide i wanted to build an oil can guitar. its short but powerful.
Comment by bairfoot cajun on August 20, 2010 at 12:32pm
i like the tone you can get from a can,my first one but not my last--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcJY0gL7K9w this one is a 3 stringer and now belongs to Eric Baker.
 

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