Comments on: Lunchbox guitar http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 01:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Erik Betti http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1240211 Erik Betti Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1240211 ^ that is a KILLER idea ... maybe a metal lap steel with a reservoir for water?  i like!  nice tone outta that lunchbox, too! ^ that is a KILLER idea … maybe a metal lap steel with a reservoir for water?  i like!  nice tone outta that lunchbox, too!

]]> By: Bryn Davies http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239622 Bryn Davies Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239622 Using toothpicks for frets works really well - to be honest with you, I've had more luck getting a good level action quickly using them (or nails, or whatever) than using my expensive fretsaw and proper fretwire (why is this?  I don't know.)  They don't stand up to the same amount of punishment, but so what?  You can just re-glue them or as @google-aae0aa337d3182aa2bba674fdc056381:disqus mentioned, convert / upgrade to a diatonic fretted instrument. Using toothpicks for frets works really well – to be honest with you, I’ve had more luck getting a good level action quickly using them (or nails, or whatever) than using my expensive fretsaw and proper fretwire (why is this?  I don’t know.)  They don’t stand up to the same amount of punishment, but so what?  You can just re-glue them or as @google-aae0aa337d3182aa2bba674fdc056381:disqus mentioned, convert / upgrade to a diatonic fretted instrument.

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239561 jeligula Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239561 I've heard much worse, Mark.  Not bad at all. - Classical guitarist I’ve heard much worse, Mark.  Not bad at all.

- Classical guitarist

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239544 SamSam Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239544 It sounds great. Instructible, please!  Enquiring minds want to know: does the neck go all the way through the lunch box? Are the strings at the base attached to the south end of the neck's wood? Are there any resonating holes in the lunchbox? It sounds great. Instructible, please!

 Enquiring minds want to know: does the neck go all the way through the lunch box? Are the strings at the base attached to the south end of the neck’s wood? Are there any resonating holes in the lunchbox?

]]> By: Rephlex http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239536 Rephlex Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239536 Very cool! Once again Boing-Boing has resurfaced forgotten T-Shirt silk screening ideas. >.< Very cool!
Once again Boing-Boing has resurfaced forgotten T-Shirt silk screening ideas. >.<

]]> By: Marktech http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239534 Marktech Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239534 <blockquote>Oh Candy get out your cane And I'll put on some silver Oh you're a mean old Candy But I like you fine</blockquote> "We-e-e-ll, I was snacking at the crossroads..."

Oh Candy get out your cane And I’ll put on some silver Oh you’re a mean old Candy But I like you fine

“We-e-e-ll, I was snacking at the crossroads…”

]]> By: Josh Mortenson http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239507 Josh Mortenson Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239507 I love the candy-colored fret markers. If you took away a couple of the toothpicks, you could have a Lunchbox Appalachian Dulcimer and play some Joni Mitchell's "California" or "Carey". Oh Candy get out your caneAnd I'll put on some silverOh you're a mean old Candy But I like you fine I love the candy-colored fret markers. If you took away a couple of the toothpicks, you could have a Lunchbox Appalachian Dulcimer and play some Joni Mitchell’s “California” or “Carey”.
Oh Candy get out your caneAnd I’ll put on some silverOh you’re a mean old Candy
But I like you fine

]]> By: mcscruffington http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239332 mcscruffington Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239332 Nifty. Good to see you're passing along your Elven traditions. Ref: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/311944/june-08-2010/mark-frauenfelder Nifty. Good to see you’re passing along your Elven traditions.

Ref:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/311944/june-08-2010/mark-frauenfelder

]]> By: Jake Spurlock http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239301 Jake Spurlock Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239301 Great guitar Mark! Sounds fantastic. Have you ever added a piezo pickup to a cigar box guitar? Great guitar Mark! Sounds fantastic. Have you ever added a piezo pickup to a cigar box guitar?

]]> By: the spacebase http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239263 the spacebase Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239263 Very nice. I think this finally brought cigar box guitars across the "I want to build one of these" threshold. Where should I read up on fret placement? Very nice. I think this finally brought cigar box guitars across the “I want to build one of these” threshold. Where should I read up on fret placement?

]]> By: Dave Pease http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239259 Dave Pease Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239259 Dots are the greatest gumdrops evar invented.  Nice guitar. Dots are the greatest gumdrops evar invented.  Nice guitar.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239252 Stefan Jones Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239252 What size and sort of lunch box is it? Full size metal, or one of those smaller novelty ones? What size and sort of lunch box is it?

Full size metal, or one of those smaller novelty ones?

]]> By: Meadslosh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239247 Meadslosh Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239247 I had to stop to say that I love Dots. I had to stop to say that I love Dots.

]]> By: John Delaney http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239231 John Delaney Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239231 I bet it would sound really cool if you put some water in it.  Like when you strike a metal bowl filled with water... perhaps if you raised the action way up and played it like a lap steel.  Now I want to build a pedal steel out of a mixing bowl. I bet it would sound really cool if you put some water in it.  Like when you strike a metal bowl filled with water… perhaps if you raised the action way up and played it like a lap steel.  Now I want to build a pedal steel out of a mixing bowl.

]]> By: WaylonWillie http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239218 WaylonWillie Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239218 hey, that thing has tone.... nice job! hey, that thing has tone…. nice job!

]]> By: Paul Zorn http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239206 Paul Zorn Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239206 OK you definitely need to make a instructable for this its awesome... OK you definitely need to make a instructable for this its awesome…

]]> By: Tony Hogan http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239192 Tony Hogan Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239192 Oh very nice idea...providing the sandwiches are not too soggy , the sound will probably be pretty much the same.  If there is too much tomato, what you might have to do is put those little silicon gel bags in there like i do to all my acoustics because i live in a very humid enviro.  A great look really Oh very nice idea…providing the sandwiches are not too soggy , the sound will probably be pretty much the same.  If there is too much tomato, what you might have to do is put those little silicon gel bags in there like i do to all my acoustics because i live in a very humid enviro.  A great look really

]]> By: geobarefoot http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239186 geobarefoot Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239186 Way to go, Mark!  Looks and sounds great.  I just finished shaping the necks for a pair of cigar box ukes.  Never played a ukulele, but I will be soon. Way to go, Mark!  Looks and sounds great.  I just finished shaping the necks for a pair of cigar box ukes.  Never played a ukulele, but I will be soon.

]]> By: parker_vmg3 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239180 parker_vmg3 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239180 sooooooooooooo cool. eat your heart out seasick steve. sooooooooooooo cool. eat your heart out seasick steve.

]]> By: Susan Carley Oliver http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239173 Susan Carley Oliver Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239173 I'm going to be envisioning all the container-based objects in my household now as potential guitar resonators. I’m going to be envisioning all the container-based objects in my household now as potential guitar resonators.

]]> By: Darth http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239154 Darth Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239154 That's cool! And I agree with grimc. Sounds like Robert Johnson. That’s cool! And I agree with grimc. Sounds like Robert Johnson.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239149 grimc Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239149 There's something wrong with a lunchbox that's all about a candy. Nothing wrong with that gee-tar, though. Add a lot of noise to the mp3 and it could be a lost Robert Johnson track. Expected some buzzing from the handle/hinges, but I assume you taped them down? And what are the strings tuned to? There’s something wrong with a lunchbox that’s all about a candy.

Nothing wrong with that gee-tar, though. Add a lot of noise to the mp3 and it could be a lost Robert Johnson track. Expected some buzzing from the handle/hinges, but I assume you taped them down? And what are the strings tuned to?

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/lunchbox-guitar.html#comment-1239143 ROSSINDETROIT Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122592#comment-1239143 That is an awesome lunchbox.  Does it still play with a PB&J and some Goldfish Crackers inside? That is an awesome lunchbox.  Does it still play with a PB&J and some Goldfish Crackers inside?

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