Saturday, June 19, 2010
what I've been working on
I'm almost done with this. I was able to string it up and play it today, and I even stuffed a pickup in there and temporarily wired it to my amp. I expected this to be an interesting sound I might use just now and then, but it blew me away. I didn't expect this at all. It might be the best sounding electric guitar I've ever heard. Or I might be overreacting due to my surprise. But I really love this sound, it's amazing. I've never heard something with the attack and character of a hollowbody, yet with this much sustain. It has big bell-like bass, and sweet treble that's not at all harsh like I thought it'd be. It sounds huge. It is huge, I think it's 20 lbs. It's the heaviest guitar I've ever played for sure. The block that the neck bolts to is from 1/4" plates welded into a box and is super heavy duty. I had to use MIG to weld stuff to it just to get decent penetration because it's such a heat sink, but all the other body welds you can see are oxy-ac.
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steampunk Bo Diddley weapon guitar, fucking love it! ANd I can attest to the weight, it's very heavy.
Too cool. Now to weld up a case for it...
I'm afraid if I put it in a case, and accidently drop it, the case will be destroyed.
Nice welds...how thick of steel did you use?
The back and sides are 16 guage, the "top", (front face), is 18 guage with 3/4" deep 18 guage strips forming the ladder bracing to keep it flat under the bridge. This is to make it a better (more resonant) soundboard. The neck block is made from 1/4" plates welded into a 3 3/4" by 2 1/2" by 2 1/4" block. The tailpiece that holds the strings behind the bridge is 12 guage, if I remember right.
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