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Playing Multiple CBGs Design Challenge...

Posted by Bill Jehle on March 17, 2012 at 11:01am

Well, it was going to happen eventually... The more I write and play, the more guitars I would want to include in the show. The problem that I have now is the "dead air" between songs feels like forever.

Since I don't have a guitar tech to run one over to me mid-show like the big dogs have, what can I do on the cheap to make that in-between guitar time really short, or mildly entertaining.

I've had some crazy ideas of duct-taping all my guitars together on a hula hoop, or on a gatling gun, to spin them around. Seem impractical, heavy, and a little silly (could be entertaining?) to wield such a thing. If you've got any wild ideas, post 'em.

Thanks!

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  • Clock The Wolf March 24, 2012 at 5:29pm

    Remember, you DID say "any wild ideas."

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague March 21, 2012 at 8:40am

    Rotisserie Guitars:

     

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  • Suspect Device March 20, 2012 at 11:43pm

    Maybe you need to build one that tells jokes between songs.

  • Randy S. Bretz March 20, 2012 at 2:21pm

    http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/coffin-style-dbow  here`s Bri`s 2 in 1 build

  • Randy S. Bretz March 20, 2012 at 1:58pm

    Or build one like the Bairfooit Cajun did a while back...2 guits in one ...he build on on the back. You could have one fretted for finger stlye playing and one for slide work. Maybe different pickups or have a looper handy with some cool backup sounds.

  • The Phrygian Kid March 18, 2012 at 8:54pm
    I'm working on a stand up bass that I can grab and drop a line into the looper and then just let go and it rights itself, like those boxing toys from ur childhood that you can't knock over.. Hope that makes sense..
  • Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny) March 18, 2012 at 8:23pm

    1 word:  "clones"

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague March 18, 2012 at 1:21pm
    Take Clock's little hotel widget below, and hang the clothesline across the stage. Hang all yer CBGs from it at approximately chest height, spaced evenly. Rinse. Repeat.
  • Clock The Wolf March 18, 2012 at 2:19am

     How about one o' them automated clotheslines?

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    Or you could attach little guitar stands to

    remote controlled vehicles...

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague March 17, 2012 at 3:33pm
    Bill,

    Have you seen Matt Schaub's Sith-tar?:

    http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/spin-n-shake

    Why not make a CBG "wagon wheel" - six neck radiating outward, attached to a central box. Just rotate for a different tuning.

    You're gonna hate me for this idea >:-E
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