Wokka, I was wonderin if you'd ever thought of building an acrylic guitar?? Sure someone with your skills would be able to master it! :)
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Wokka, I was wonderin if you'd ever thought of building an acrylic guitar?? Sure someone with your skills would be able to master it! :)
Hey Ruben,
yes I've thought about a clear acrylic axe but need to do more research how to shape it and get a smooth surface, think it would take alot of wet sanding to get a smooth surface after its been shaped.
Don't rush the Dingotone coats, remember you should be letting it cure at least 3 days between coats
Best way to do that is with $100k worth of CNC. :P
Acrylic guitars sound stupidly bright and are stupidly heavy.
Possible with hand tools, but not fun. Read this: http://tymguitars.com.au/blogs/blog/...erspex-wosrite
cheers for the link Pabs. I thought wood working tools would have trouble like the router bit melting the edges.
CNC would definitely be the go. Never knew the acrylic chips are highly flammable. Could cause a disaster !
I reckon I could see one of these acrylic Mosrites in DB's collection !
Haha, yeah seems right up his alley. :D
Hey wokka,
yeah I've done only two stain coats of dingotone. last one was on sunday night so not gonna do an intensifier coat until Thursday night.
Pabs, I actually have access to a CNC machine. Gonna try and get that good mate of mine to draw me up a guitar body and try a scratch if this IB-5 works out alright :P At least, its a good thought :)...probly wont ever have the skills for it but would be awesome.
Other thing that i'd like to get old of is a chunk of English willow. Anyone know where I could get hold of some in Australia?
no worries Ruben, funny how a colourless coat is called a stain coat. I know that's what it's called on the label.
No idea where to find English willow, that's what cricket bats are made of. Some timbers might be great for a cricket bat but not necessarily a guitar/bass body. I'd guess it would be hard timber so would be hard to cut/shape and may not have a good resonance.
Yeah I was thinking cricket...we've made bats out of other timbers but trying to find some willow
Talk to your local tree surgeon, you never know what those guys can come up with :)