BUSKER HOBO

Guide Price £381

Something new from Busker Guitars - The Hobo is a travel squareneck single-cone guitar designed for lapstyle players on the move!

I've wanted to produce a little resonator lap guitar for a long time - something I could take with me anywhere - and the Hobo is just perfect.  It has that blues voice of a biscuit-bridge 9.5" cone and we have been able to make the most of the internal space to ramp up the bass on what is essentially a travel guitar.  Sweet lead lines or growling rhythm - playing solo or adding fills - this little guitar has it all.  And, of course, it is great fun!

There are a few sound clips below - simple one-take clean recordings to give you an idea of the remarkable voice of this little guitar.

Sound Clips - Busker Hobo open D and open G

Niall O'Driscoll playing Celtic Busker Blues

The more we play this little guitar in different situations, the more its potential opens up.  It can be loud and punchy or sweet and lyrical.  The Hobo has the volume to work excellently in a "session" situation and has proved to be an outstanding "pub" lap guitar, where it will hold its own in the mix with banjos, guitars, bass, mandolins, harps etc.  And it is just so easy to transport and such a comfortable joy to play.

If you want a magical instrument for blues, Celtic, bluegrass or for literally wherever you want to take your slide playing, take a Hobo.

Specification

Wood laminate body - for strength (this is a travel guitar!)

Squareneck - 23" scale

Bone nut - 47mm

Continental style 9.5" cone

Stewart-Macdonald Golden Age tuners (not pictured)

Michael Messer Newtones 16-59 or D'Addario EJ42 16-56

Tough padded gig bag