Let's see the reaction from this angle.
I like:-
Creating something from junk that can make a good sound.
The amazing creativity of the builders thinking of new methods to achieve this.
Seeing people's reactions when they hear what is possible with something so cheap and simple.
The artistic finished products lovingly created.
How beginner players can get a tune out very quickly with minimal tuition.
I can't think of a better example of rules being made to be broken with such success.
Building is possible by differing abilities, skill sets and budgets.
Any more views very welcome!
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Belfast Guy:
I agree with your list.
I would add:
-- I love stepping up to the mic having people say, "What is that thing?" then playing a chord or a riff and having them say, "What is that thing!"
-- I love playing an instrument in which the worse you play the better it sounds.
-- I love playing just about any genre on three strings.
-- I love the blues! They sound pretty good on three strings!
-- I love talking to 6 string players, "You're cool but your not 'I just played my own song on a guitar I made myself out of a bunch of scrap wood' cool!"
I love the fact that you can literally build a didley bow , with a quick piezo harness and be playing through an amp, in about a half an hour.
I can build a three string slide guitar in a day, no glitz no glam, and get a nice blues sound from it.
I love looking a some piece of junk wood, or an old tin or box and think, I should build a guitar out of that.
I like that fact that it is a functional art form. It can be viewed or played. not a lot of Art that can say that...