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Bohemian Guitars Lets You Twang Out On A Real Oil-Can Gitfiddle

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 16:11

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As the site’s resident guitar shredder, I have a soft spot for musical instruments on Kickstarter. While these Bohemian Guitars don’t have the same features as a GTar or a Jamstik, they’re still a pretty cool little instruments.

The bodies are made of repurposed oil cans and they include a single coil pickup and come in three styles, honey, motor oil, and moonshine. The guitars are handmade in Georgia.

The creators, Josh Kirsch, Adam Lee, Shaun Lee, Mark Friedman, found inspiration in their creations through a childhood spent in South Africa.

The inspiration behind the oil can guitar comes from the resourceful residents of the townships in South Africa who re-purpose used materials into playable instruments. Through Bohemian Guitars, brothers, Adam and Shaun Lee, who spent their childhood growing up in Johannesburg, South Africa, are able to share a piece of their homeland and spread the joy created by the beautiful sounds of oil can guitars with musicians all over the world.

You can get a guitar for a pledge of $270 for early birds or $285 for folks who are lolly-gagging. They are looking for funding of $32,000.

While it doesn’t connect to an iPhone or use cloud computing to calculate Black Keys tablature, it’s a cool little crowdsourced project for fans of artisinal hardware.

2013-01-15 16:01:32

Source: http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/15/bohemian-guitars-lets-you-twang-out-on-a-real-oil-can-gitfiddle/

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