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Topic: Georgia Swamp Thang Slide guitar |
Ken Fox
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Nashville GA USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2009 2:00 pm |
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My buddy up in Tifton builds these as a novelty, never sold one yet.
By golly they sound pretty awesome. This one was built from fine oak pew wood from the old Tifton First Baptist Church.
Though everyone would enjoy taking a look at this one:
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Dave Bader
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2009 3:08 pm
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I can hear the swamp from here. Wonder how it would sound through that little BR-9.  Are the strings sitting on the can like a bridge or is the bridge in the can?
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2009 4:05 pm
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Andy Warhol would not play one __ unless, you use a tomato soup can.  |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2009 4:35 pm
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The can is the bridge as I recall. Sounds great acoustically. Like Dave said, you can smell the soup when you drill the holes!
He is doing one for John Fogerty, should be a hoot. Will post pictures when he gets it done! I gave him some gator hide for the headstock.
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Gary Stevenson
From:
Northern New York,USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2009 7:14 pm
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| Now this gives me a host of ideas!Its amazing the inventiveness of some people.If I send a can,pickup and tuners would he build me one? |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 4:20 am
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I bet he would be glad to do one for you! Give Dave a call and tell him you saw it on the forum. He loves building these things. Done them with cigar boxes, frying psns, wsffle irons and a host of other goodies!
Email me from the forum and I will give you his contact info. |
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 5:22 am
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I wonder what Beef Barley sounds like.
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AJ Azure
From:
Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 9:17 am
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| mmm mmm soup is good..eer steel? lol |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 9:26 am
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I want one made from a "Wolf Brand Chile"can,That's too cool! 
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 9:34 am
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| It should really be a can of peaches since it's Georgia |
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John Subik
From:
Sun City, California, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 11:11 am
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Hmm, I was thinking more along a can of baked beans, maybe add some more firepower to the sound
These things are way cool! |
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 12:55 pm
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Dibs on clam chowder.  |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 5:04 pm
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If anybody wants Dave to build you one just email me via the forum I will give you his phone number and or email. He is a cool guy and will do these at a great price! He would be thrilled to hear from any of you!!
Dave is a fellow musician who owns a small music store in Tifton and works installing sound systems and such.
He does these in his spare time and has never sold the first one yet! They are very unique and sound really great to boot. He is building one for me to take to steel shows in the future. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 6:08 pm
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| Stephan - Did you mean to say clam "chowda"? |
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 1:44 pm
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Lee-- dang, did I forget my fake New England accent? Oh, well...a clam is a clam, no matter where you're from.
If Fogerty thought of it first, I'm gonna be ticked!  |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2009 3:04 pm
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Cousin Dave done got mine ready! Tone to the bone thru my 1946 Bogen Challenger!
Gonna premier it at the Alabama Show this weekend, Ya'll come!
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2009 10:44 am
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Dave's latest:
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 22 Nov 2009 11:33 am
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Reminds me of this from an earlier thread...
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You mean like this....?
These cigar-box steels sound a lot better than they look. Cheap and nasty, but they work, and they have a long tradition amongst blues players. Notice the socket wrench bit for a tone bar.  |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Gary Stevenson
From:
Northern New York,USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2009 8:04 pm
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| Ken does the tube on yours serve a function? |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2009 8:19 pm
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| No it just has a flashing bulb inside. Looks way cool!! |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2009 8:15 am
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Finally! A use for this can I've been saving!
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