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Former pot lid guitar

Posted by Uncle John on October 3, 2016 at 11:35am
The pot lid on this one was too thick and the acoustic volume was lacking. Kind of a rough fix, but I removed the pot lid, cut a ring of wood and put on the bean can reso. The sound is improved, pretty loud and good. It does not look as cool, but now it is a player.My decibel meter shows the volume to be equal to my two six strings.
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  • Uncle John February 9, 2017 at 9:11am

    Thanks, JP. This is one of my 3 maintstays. Big volume, easy play.

  • JP Swenson February 9, 2017 at 5:22am

    Nice git Unc!  This thing sounds great on your Red Hot Woman recording, love it!

  • Uncle John October 3, 2016 at 4:47pm

    Thanks, AGP.

  • AGP # October 3, 2016 at 4:37pm
    "Yeah", nice job of problem solving 'UJ", Bean Cans do have a certain resonance :-)
  • the anonymous pick October 3, 2016 at 1:11pm

    ;-)

  • Jerry Jordan October 3, 2016 at 12:30pm

    xcellent.,.,

  • Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans October 3, 2016 at 12:05pm

    Looks like a CBG-type instrument.  Improvisation required!  Good job, Unc!

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