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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 15, 2011 at 8:12pm

J.D.,

 

Interesting! I've got a Paulaner Munchen mini keg that I've been trying to figure out what to do with. Part of me wants to build a tube amp in it, another part wonders how it would sound as a guitar / bass, and perhaps the largest part of me wonders how to get it refilled!;-) 

 

Anyhoo, try the following CBN groups / individuals for advice / suggestions on how you might proceed:

 

Cigar Box Basses ( I seem to remember seeing a pic of a 5L plastic water bottle bass there)

Can Jo Consortium (what is a mini keg but a scaled-up can?)

bairfoot cajun

 

I'd bet bairfoot can get you started, as he seems to be able to make a variety of stringed instruments out of virtually anything.

 

Hope this helps,

Oily

 

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 15, 2011 at 8:41pm

J.D.,

 

Some follow-up to my suggestions:

Contact Eric at www.knotafish.com

info@knotafish.com

 

He's actually built stand up, halfscale basses out of 15.5 gal beer kegs.

 

Oily

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Permalink Reply by colin mcgrath on August 16, 2011 at 6:48am

I posed this querry a while back, I personally contacted the can jo guy himself. If you build fast I am sure he will work with you, I just take to long and have not gotten around to modifying the keg like I want. I did reference the Can Jo group for ideas. But, you might find better ideas in a  broader scope. Happy building.

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