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Bill Benson
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Post subject: 5 Gallon Guitar  Posted: Jul Sun 08, 2012 6:17 pm |
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Pbpix
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Post subject: Re: 5 Gallon Guitar Posted: Jul Sun 08, 2012 6:54 pm |
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I really don't understand.
Since most electronic guitars are made on a slab of solid wood and if the pick-ups are responsible for "getting" the string's sound... what's the difference what the body is made of?
I've even seen some electric guitars with no body at all ....just a neck with pick-ups... right?
So what role does the 5 gal can have in the overall scheme of the sound creation?
Now if that gas-can had a sound hole opening and it could be played as an acoustic... with a mic pic-up I could maybe understand it more.
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Post subject: Re: 5 Gallon Guitar Posted: Jul Sun 08, 2012 7:01 pm |
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Post subject: Re: 5 Gallon Guitar Posted: Jul Sun 08, 2012 7:13 pm |
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If I remember right Les Pauls first Electric Guitar was made out of a piece of 4x4.
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Post subject: Re: 5 Gallon Guitar Posted: Jul Sun 08, 2012 7:57 pm |
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Peter--The material the guitar is made of determines how the string vibrates, sustains that vibration and also influences the harmonic vibrations of the string. The pickup's job is to translate the vibration of the metal string into a signal.
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Post subject: Re: 5 Gallon Guitar Posted: Jul Sun 08, 2012 8:21 pm |
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The reason that Les used the log was to reduce feedback. The hollow body electric picked the sound from the speakers and cause lots of howling. Funny it turned out that's what the rockers of the late 60's and 70's wanted, with plenty of distortion thrown in. 
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Post subject: Re: 5 Gallon Guitar Posted: Jul Sun 08, 2012 8:24 pm |
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This guy played at my museum's MicroBrewFest. His cigar box guitar was great sounding. If you closed your eyes, it could have been George Thorogood playing. http://www.spealstavern.com/fr_home.cfm
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Bill Benson
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Post subject: Re: 5 Gallon Guitar Posted: Jul Sun 08, 2012 9:48 pm |
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Pbpix wrote: I really don't understand.
Since most electronic guitars are made on a slab of solid wood and if the pick-ups are responsible for "getting" the string's sound... what's the difference what the body is made of?
I've even seen some electric guitars with no body at all ....just a neck with pick-ups... right?
So what role does the 5 gal can have in the overall scheme of the sound creation?
Now if that gas-can had a sound hole opening and it could be played as an acoustic... with a mic pic-up I could maybe understand it more. I you watch his other videos with him using that guitar maybe you will understand, he DOES play it without an amp. I think it is cool a real hillbilly way of doing things. If you watch his videos that guy can build a car from the ground up, GREAT talent, love watching those guys rebuild old cars.
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Post subject: Re: 5 Gallon Guitar Posted: Jul Mon 09, 2012 4:24 am |
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We spotted this one Memorial Day weekend at a flea market in Kentucky: 
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Post subject: Re: 5 Gallon Guitar Posted: Jul Mon 09, 2012 6:20 am |
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What people think up to have some fun in life!!!  Lynn
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Post subject: Re: 5 Gallon Guitar Posted: Jul Mon 09, 2012 11:38 pm |
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Pbpix wrote: I really don't understand.
Since most electronic guitars are made on a slab of solid wood and if the pick-ups are responsible for "getting" the string's sound... what's the difference what the body is made of?
The differance in how the body of the guitar will resonate.If you have a guitar that's solid walnut the bass frequancies will stand out more than the treble, likewise if you had one made out of maple the bass would be somewhat lacking. Nick
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Post subject: Re: 5 Gallon Guitar Posted: Jul Tue 10, 2012 2:57 pm |
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Pbpix wrote: I really don't understand.
Since most electronic guitars are made on a slab of solid wood and if the pick-ups are responsible for "getting" the string's sound... what's the difference what the body is made of?
I've even seen some electric guitars with no body at all ....just a neck with pick-ups... right?
The body material interacts with the bridge, the neck, and with the strings. When you hit the strings on an electric guitar, the entire guitar, and all of its components -- the strings, bridge, body, and neck -- are all vibrating also. Different materials vibrate differently. Put your ear to the back of a couple different electric guitars and you'll hear the difference in sound.
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