Township Guitars

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The Township Oilcan Guitar was engineered on the original Khoi "ramkietjie" guitar developed by early Khoisan African tribes. After careful component selection and tuning the Township Oilcan guitar has taken it's place on the world stages including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Hall, and The Royal Albert Hall plus others. The guitar offers a unique African Township sound.

Each guitar is handmade from an oilcan and hand tuned to exacting musical standards.

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Made in Japan models may lack serial number stickers and have different headstock logos over the years, indicating production changes.
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Owners note the "Vintage Metallic Blue" color often appears differently in photographs due to lighting and photography variations.
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Older models, like those branded as H-65, often have script logos on the headstock, while later versions use block letters.
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Differences between H-65 and Vertigo models include branding shifts and production locations, with MIJ models indicating a higher build quality.
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sonnysoul

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about 9 years ago

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Great guitars. Sounds good and can be used to many types of music :)

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David Gilmour

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Ever wondered what the most bizzare guitar has David Gilmour got in his collection? Well, this "afri-can" guitar could easily be the winner of this competition. A South African company called Township Guitars is crafting their instruments out of old oil cans. They are inspired by the traditional can instruments that have long been played by the poorest in Africa.

Each guitar consist of a five-liter oil can body, a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard, a single or double coil pick-up as well as volume and tone controls, a truss rod and a fully adjustable bridge.

On the picture below, Gilmour plays two single coil version through his small Fender Super Champ combo. (Introduced in 1982, the Fender Super Champ combo was co-designed by Rivera Amplifiers to help Fender with a modern sound. It featured 18 Watts of RMS, 10" speaker, clean and overdrive channel, and spring reverb.)