Waaayyy off topic: Afri-can guitars

[javacody]

These look cool and I have to have one, or maybe make one?

http://www.africanguitars.com/index.htm

[Hal]

hahahhahaha thats great!!!!

[Peter Snowberg]

I love it!

Thanks for the link!

Take care,
-Peter

[Tim Escobedo]

Pretty easy to shield, I'd guess.

Looks like they've revamped the idea a bit. I actually thought of buying one. Unfortunately, I recall them being rather expensive initially. Seems the price may have fallen if I did the rand-dollar exchange rate right. Another interesting thing is that the necks seem to be aluminum or something unconventional. I don't recall that before.

Pretty cool all the same.

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

If it was water-tight, you could half fill it & put a metal plate inside so the resistance changed as you sloshed it around, as a fx control.

[Gilles C]

I love it.

Just what I need to play slide.

I want one...

Gilles

[Joep]

I wonder if it a neck-through-body design? Will the can be stong enough to hold the string tension?

That look absolutely cool!

Joep

[Nasse]

:shock: I see a big box for onboard effects. Wonder if you can apply dark T_shirt transfer on this. Maybe a cheap tele or strat neck could be utilised...

[javacody]

It is neck through (aluminum neck through). It is kind of like a metal semi-acoustic with no soundholes.  

[MarkB]

I did the conversion - and it's about 450 for the top-of-the-line model...

unfortunately, the US site has NOTHING on it but a picture and description, not even contact info..
"-)

[Ge_Whiz]

I'm sorry, I just don't get the 'cool' aspect here, but then, I don't get the 'coolness' of cardboard guitars with 'Danelectro' written on them, either.

I've tried these Afri-can guitars. They're cheap (in all but price), gimmicky, awkward to hold and play, and sound crappy. If I thought that the enormous profit on these really WAS benefitting some poor guy in the third world, I might buy one as a charitable action - but I'm unconvinced.

Buy a Squier instead, and saw the body into a crude rectangle. You'll get as many laughs and a better sound.