Candle powered canjo .
Just an idea I had .. based on the christmas windmills and carousels you may have seen .
the candles are on a wire with a pin pivot up top sitting in a little cup .
Small fins are added to the top of the wire ring above the candles to let the heat from the candles push and spin the wire ring .
the heat from the candles is the only thing spinning the ring .
I added 2 little beads on a string hanging from the candle cups to “strum the string as they go by .
Sorry no sound .- done with my kodac camera . basically it just goes
“ting …ting ting …. Ting … ting ting.
I was bored .. so hey .. a fire powered guitar filled the void ;-)

i added a better picture in the comments .

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Comment by the anonymous pick on April 14, 2020 at 9:26am

YEAH NO SOUND ON MY CRAPPY CAMERA  IN 2012 . LOL..  JUST BASICALLY  WENT  "TING TING ...TING TING..............TING TING. " ... ...... 

Comment by Dave Lynas on April 14, 2020 at 8:17am

Looks cool, but I couldn’t hear anything? 

Comment by the anonymous pick on February 19, 2012 at 6:55am

(candle- jo)  lol

Comment by Crimson Toad on February 19, 2012 at 6:54am

BALLAD...BALLAD...BALLAD !!!

Comment by Crimson Toad on February 19, 2012 at 6:53am

Fire powered guitar(aka...canjo)...Must be for doin ballads...lol...nice one Pick...

Comment by James on February 19, 2012 at 6:42am

i stole it from mr bug why not lol

Comment by the anonymous pick on February 19, 2012 at 6:38am

lol   ;-)  im   gonna steal  that  picture .

Comment by James on February 19, 2012 at 6:27am

give me some peter frampton pick!!!..........

Comment by the anonymous pick on February 19, 2012 at 5:48am

thanks  guys ;-)  but  really  it was a result of no  sleep  and 

Boredom . lol

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on February 19, 2012 at 5:29am

I think that the first note of the third bar was a bit flat. Fine other than that. If you do a stomp box based in the same principal, be careful not to burn your toes. What tuning were you using?

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