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bonehead guitar build challenge

anybody is welcome to try this challenge and we encourage you to participate, if not for any other reason except to see what you are capable of. there is no set style of guitar in this challenge, it could have as many strings as you want it to.as long as it has a string that vibrates and you can play a tune on it, it qualifies for this build. every body have a fun time. you should have plenty time to get your build completed. we are looking for most unusual if you can build it. but 1st place and 2nd place will be decided by the members.if we can do it we should put pictures or videos of each individual participants build on a page in itself for the challengers to enjoy. thanks everybody.

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Permalink Reply by Rinnie Stokley on March 2, 2009 at 5:20am

Ok I'm in. my the best man or woman win....

Permalink Reply by THE FADER on March 2, 2009 at 6:05am

Count me in on the challenge, should be fun!

Permalink Reply by bairfoot cajun on March 2, 2009 at 12:14pm

thanks rinnie for being here,hope you have as much fun as everybody else is planning to. may the best man or woman win yep.

Rinnie Stokley said:

Ok I'm in. my the best man or woman win....

Permalink Reply by bairfoot cajun on March 2, 2009 at 12:18pm

hey fader man glad you could be here hope you have a good one,everybody seems to have unusual ideas for the challenge so we will have some interesting builds going on yep.have a look around and have a good time.

THE FADER said:

Count me in on the challenge, should be fun!

Permalink Reply by David Fultz on March 5, 2009 at 3:16pm

I'll give it a shot . Count me in.

Permalink Reply by bairfoot cajun on March 5, 2009 at 4:06pm

blues 2 paint by.thanks for being in the challenge,it should be interesting to say the least, and it should be a good learning experience,not hardly any thing to lose,and it seems like there will be something to gain.

blues2paintby said:

I'll give it a shot . Count me in.

Permalink Reply by Delta Blues Classics - JStoltz on March 7, 2009 at 8:33am

Brian and Bone, I just posted some pics of my entry into the unusual guitar challenge. It's called the Harley Bow, Hope you find it interesting. It can be played as an electric Diddley bow or as a wind instrument. Has a swivel/tilt mic mount that can be removed and replaced with a mouthpiece. The instrument is made from a Harley-Davidson Exhaust that has already seen many miles of use. The Harmonica/Vocal Mic is made from a 1961 Bell Telephone Reciever. The Swivel/Tilt Mic mount is made from a Shower head swivel and a cell phone holder. The Single-coil pick-up is made from and Alnico Cow Magnet and a coil from a set of hair trimmers. It's definitely not made of wood. I guess I could have waited longer to post, but maybe this will jog loose some ideas for somebody. Jeff

Permalink Reply by Delta Blues Classics - JStoltz on March 7, 2009 at 8:42am

Here's a different pic of the Harley Bow. Jeff

Permalink Reply by Delvero on March 8, 2009 at 12:40pm

Very cool Jeff, how does it sound?
Delta Blues Classics - JStoltz said:

Brian and Bone, I just posted some pics of my entry into the unusual guitar challenge. It's called the Harley Bow, Hope you find it interesting. It can be played as an electric Diddley bow or as a wind instrument. Has a swivel/tilt mic mount that can be removed and replaced with a mouthpiece. The instrument is made from a Harley-Davidson Exhaust that has already seen many miles of use. The Harmonica/Vocal Mic is made from a 1961 Bell Telephone Reciever. The Swivel/Tilt Mic mount is made from a Shower head swivel and a cell phone holder. The Single-coil pick-up is made from and Alnico Cow Magnet and a coil from a set of hair trimmers. It's definitely not made of wood. I guess I could have waited longer to post, but maybe this will jog loose some ideas for somebody.

Jeff

Permalink Reply by Delta Blues Classics - JStoltz on March 8, 2009 at 1:00pm

Delvero,

With this pick-up is has a very clean sound and the Harmonica mic works very well also. It's not he greatest wind instrument, but it does work. I'll probably post a vid before the end of the month to prove that it all works.

Jeff

Permalink Reply by bairfoot cajun on March 15, 2009 at 2:41pm

ok randy that is awesome looking bro i,m glad you did this it looks better than what i expected a fiberglass rake handle guitar to look like.it may have been difficult to get done but look at what you have accomplished. you should be proud of this one.
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