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VIDEO FEATURE: Skateboard Guitars

There's a growing movement of people transforming old skateboards into guitars and basses. Like cigar box guitars, there are no rules to these creations and designs vary wildly, from freakish lap slide beast to traditional looking instruments.

One company making a lot of waves in the scene is Argentinian based Skate Guitar Project:

The Skate Guitar Project operates a Facebook page, featuring many pictures, videos and ideas.

One of the earliest skate guitars documented appears on the cover Surf Punks 1980 album release, My Beach. It was built by Drew Steel with help from Randy Zacuto of Mighty Mite in California. (See full info below). But first, we've actually found (lip synched) live footage of them performing with it!

Other styles of skateboard guitars include lap steels...even very primal ones such as the "Skiddley Bow" performed by Joe Bent of Left Lane Cruiser:

Have you built a skateboard guitar? Got pics or videos? Post them in comments below!

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Permalink Reply by Evgeny Shpak on December 9, 2015 at 3:46am

Yes it was, I made a guitar out of a skateboard.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqUOxNcQ2JY

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Permalink Reply by Brian Revels on December 23, 2015 at 5:07am

Here is a Skateboard Guitar I made this time last year. I would love to make another like it. We will just have to see (please excuse the playing).

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Hulbert on February 1, 2017 at 11:31am

I made a skateboard ukulele.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on February 8, 2017 at 6:14am

Very cool... what strings did you use?

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Permalink Reply by Peter Teede on February 6, 2017 at 9:17pm

Build #8 : This one I made for my nephew Angus for Christmas, from his old damaged long board Skateboard, cut down and reshaped into a 4 string guitar GDGB, with volume and tone. Tassie Oak fret board with Jumbo frets and screws for position markers, neck made from off cut from Ikea benchtop. All in all very proud of this one and it plays and sounds fantastic.

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