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"Afterbirth of the Cool" #1

Posted by TIn Monkey Salvage Co. on May 13, 2013 at 8:23pm
Hello fellow builders. This is the first in my series of full-hollow acoustic/electric cannibalized and re-purposed trumpet case guitars. The case is solid and has nice resonance, and I used as much of the trumpet as possible; including the lyre and spit valve.
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  • Dave Lynas May 18, 2013 at 12:55am
    Excellent Tin Monkey! Love the sound and the look of that horn stickin out, spit valve too. Just in case....
  • TIn Monkey Salvage Co. May 17, 2013 at 9:48pm

  • TIn Monkey Salvage Co. May 17, 2013 at 9:45pm

    Thank you all for the kind words!  I appreciate the requests for video... so I have posted a quick demo on youtube that I had recorded before I sold it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJDLhY-ANuA

  • Mort May 14, 2013 at 10:18pm
    Holy crud that's brilliant!!! Really wanna hear what it sounds like too! The name!! So good!!!
  • the anonymous pick May 14, 2013 at 5:32pm

    hella  cool  ..   i  wanna  hear  it       ..  vid vid  vid !!!!!!!!!  ;-)

  • Dave Lynas May 14, 2013 at 7:01am
    Great idea. I've got an old fiddle case with arched wood top and back. I think it's heading for a similar repurpose.
  • Termoking May 14, 2013 at 2:30am

    Kool! *****

  • J. B. May 14, 2013 at 12:17am

    insane! I love it.

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