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2 thumbs up!

Karyn


2 thumbs up!

Painful

Interesting ideas though Spacey.

That's awesome Mike.

Are you planning on making one like that then?

craigb


That got more interesting the more pics I saw!  Very cool to stare at, but I've gotta wonder if all those gaps hurt the tone.  The one near the bottom was very nice as well!  (Same question though.)

It DID give an idea.  They have this spray which can make anything look like an expensive stone (like marble for example).  I think it might be interesting to make a guitar that looks like it's made out of a heavy stone when it's actually something light like korina (black limba) or even your basic basewood.

Craig when you get into "tone" everything can sure get opinionated. There are things that we
can imagine that will definately question the tonal properties of a guitar- I sure wouldn't think
one with a cement body would have good tone- but the guitar is wood. Wood that has been and
is still considered "tone" wood.
Should a guitar be constructed of material that has a history of being used and is considered a
guitar then usually the major factor in tone is from the player IMO and very many agree to that.
We know that opinion is supported very much by the masses hearing and knowing the sound
of a popular artist such as ______ I'll say Carlos...we know it doesn't matter what electric guitar
he plays...he's going to sound like Carlos and everybody will know it's him...the guitar doesn't
mean anything other than it's what he choose to play. Naturally he needs a "guitar"..you surely
know what I mean.
 
My first considerations for the tonal properties...
Neck- type of wood, type of nut and string angle, type of wood for fretboard. How it's attached or
neck-thru design. Type of head and angle.
Pickups- type and how they are mounted.
Bridge- type and how it is mounted. Angle of strings leaving bridge.
 
How these are answered will be important to how I continue thoughts of body.
 
With that...the layered body effects on tone or resonance compared to solid body "wings"
is definately something I'd like to hear for myself....reason I was thinking about the design
before seeing his build and still - because I'd like to hear for myself to determine the effects
if any.

IMO, the body of the guitar becomes far less important when you use active pickups like EMG's.  So what about making an electric in the style of those new electric acoustics (or violins) which just have basically an outline?

Like this:



Except, I'm thinking of a single frame piece that's only attached on one end so that it has a little bit of spring to it.  Almost a hint of a body outline, yet usable (like when playing sitting down).

That is a fantastic piece of workmanship.

When I saw that guitar it seemed to remind me that there are only a few pieces of quarter sawn plank wood that are sized for a one piece guitar body in each log.

There's a lot of wood left over after the quarter sawn or riff sawn chunks have been picked out and you gotta do something with it.

There's a chunk of swamp ash over at Warmoth that has me drooling. It's routed for some over sized single coils.

I don't want it, or need it... but it's the kind of piece of wood that makes me think "that could be a keeper".

The fancy guitar linked to in the OP doesn't do the same thing for me.


Something for everyone!!!

:-)


best regards,
mike

What do think that wafer design would sound like? I just don't see the vibrations-frequencies joining through those... spacers? A guitar becomes part of you when it's pressed against your body-chakras... soul. I would think it would feel thin.

Neat and Sharp.  I like it!!!