Can Guitar Playing ...

[uwe]

No, the grammar of the thread title is quite alright, it's not pidgin English at all, look here ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nELHGaUsPFQ&feature=youtu.be

Also tells you what eventually happens when your son first gets started with name and even custom shop guitars and then takes a trip to Africa ...

http://www.townshipguitars.com/gallery.htm

[westen44]

That's cool.  Pretty novel.  Reminds me of Bo Diddley. 

[uwe]

The Afri-Can guitar actually sounds surprisingly nice and even mellow, not Dobronesque or harsh at all. They do basses too, at special order (they need to find larger cans for a bass), I'm considering to get one.

[Nocturnal]

They have an exhibit of these guitars at the Music Instrument Museum in Scottsdale. They seem pretty cool and would fit in alongside cigar box guitars.

[westen44]

On a related note, an American bassist friend in Denmark just happened to send me this video tonight of a cigar box-shaped bass.  I'm intrigued.  I know I'd like the light weight, too.

[nofi]

there are a bunch of these on youtube.

[westen44]

there are a bunch of these on youtube.

I'm not very familiar with them.  It's really more of a novelty or toy I suppose.  He makes 3 and 4 string guitars using maple, oak, and something else and can make a six string on request.  I'm not sure what they would be called--not an actual guitar or bass, either. 

[Highlander]

Be careful what you Wish for...

[westen44]

Be careful what you Wish for...

Very valid point and one which can extend to all areas of life.  I've learned that enough the hard way to try the best I can to be careful.