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Transcend Blues License Plate Cigar Box Guitar Jam + My Sculpture Wonderland

Posted by Janis Wilson Hughes on June 30, 2016 at 5:21pm

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I took my Transcend license plate guitar with me to the close of my art exhibition "Potential Energy" and got to play in the gallery surrounded by my ceramic sculptures at the Appalachian Center for Craft. I only had room to bring my 25 year old tape player that I hacked into a guitar amp, so the sound is very lo-fi & gritty. It was a blast playing in that setting! The gitty has an oak neck & fingerboard that I fretted. It has very low action - really I should raise it a bit for slide or just use it for chords. There's a Snake Oil humbucker & a disc piezo under the plate with dual volume controls. I've got electric strings on it with G D G B tuning here. Thanks for listening! If you'd like to see a tour of my sculptures in the gallery I have another video showing that here: https://youtu.be/F15f86Fstyo

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Greg Thompson July 19, 2016 at 5:56pm

Hey Janis,
I just saw this post.
Cool video and I really like the exhibit!
Your hack of the tape deck sounds great.
At first, I thought you would have the ceramic guitar...
Good stuff!
Blues Frog July 10, 2016 at 12:47pm

Nice sounding git. Very raw, gritty sounding amp.
Janis Wilson Hughes July 10, 2016 at 11:06am

A belated thank you to Rooster! :)
Rooster July 5, 2016 at 9:39pm

Great playing Janis.......and I love the sound of the amp ;-)
Derek Rose July 3, 2016 at 10:26am

You are welcome! Nice weekend so far, thanks. Have a great holiday.
Janis Wilson Hughes July 3, 2016 at 10:08am

Thank you Derek! Hope you're having a great weekend. :)
Derek Rose July 2, 2016 at 11:02pm

Very cool, setting, guitar, playing, tone...
Janis Wilson Hughes July 2, 2016 at 10:35am

Thank ya Wolfy! ;) Hope you're having a great weekend.
Clock The Wolf July 1, 2016 at 3:57pm

Neat-O Coooooooooooool………!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Janis Wilson Hughes July 1, 2016 at 3:04pm

Hey Kat, thank you so much! :D