His what now grip? Oh DONKEY you said, whew!Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Steve Vai has his trademark monkey grip, now Impala has his trademark ‘donkey’ grip.
His what now grip? Oh DONKEY you said, whew!Steve Vai has his trademark monkey grip, now Impala has his trademark ‘donkey’ grip.
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
Oooh Mr Barden!, you are awful 🤨
Everything played in the key of dong I guess, hope the straps don’t bite too much!
So it's a percussion instrument like a piano? Does this mean you play it with a stainless steel franga?
What's the next guitar going to be, a semi?
I’m almost afraid to say!
I have a couple more weird ones to get out of my system, a proper 22.75 scale tenor and a themed one which may or may not reach any level of building.
I would like to make an acoustic telecaster, I shall have to read up on techniques though or maybe just blunder through as usual! I now have a few to finish so maybe I should get on with those, if my lack of patience permits. Just hate waiting for things to dry and such
Heh heh, part of the crew, part of the ship!
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
I have a set of mdf moulds for a true acoustic telecaster. I made a start on what was supposed to be going to be a centreblock semi using them, but for some reason that escapes me I made the ribs 3 inches deep, which really means a true acoustic, which I don't really have the skills and design for. Then I got diverted by lockdown, mandolins and 66 bodies, so its all boxed up in the workshop roof waiting for me to decide whether to proceed with a full acoustic or else start again with a new set of ribs that are centreblock thickness.
Build #1, failed solid body 6 string using neck from a scrapped acoustic (45+ odd years ago as a teenager!)
Build #2, ugly parlour semi with scratch built body and ex Peavey neck
Build #3, Appalachian Dulcimer from EMS kit
Build #4, pre-owned PB ESB-4
Build #5, Lockdown Mandolin
Build #6, Sixty six body for Squier
Build #7, Mini Midi Bass
Taking on board the comments, I am now looking at a slight modification to the offending appendage. A touch of SG maybe, but also going towards the way of the Moderne but without losing the fundamental balance of the soft V or the comfortable waist of the Tele. Not finalised or cut yet and my photo cropping is not on a par with Sonic unfortunately. I have a couple of days in the workshop next week before the in-laws take it over, so hopefully move forward
Before and after pics
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