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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on September 19, 2009 at 4:18pm

this is a "just for me" curiousity build... if it doesn't work, all I loose is some strings.... I can always go the "SeaSickSteve" route... ahh I probably would have if it and been a hollow body...
tinyguitars said:

Sounds great Sam. I did a similar tuning with the guitar pictured below, of course it had only 4 strings. I used the G and B strings from a light bass set and E and A from standard elec guitar set and wow what a unique sound! I've been itching to do something similar when I can get caught up. God bless you young man! :)

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on September 19, 2009 at 4:19pm

No... everything fit without any modifications... . ah, the strings are riding high in the nut... have to address that if I decide to keep it...

Ted Crocker said:

Great Sam, did you just drill out the holes in the guitar tuners for the bass strings?

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny) on September 19, 2009 at 5:21pm

ahhh! It's FRANKENCASTER!!!

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Permalink Reply by HENRY LOWMAN on September 19, 2009 at 6:50pm

Kinda like an Idea on the guitar I posted pics of, the fretless headless one. It becomes a combo 2 stringer and three (or, in MY case, four) stringer on one neck. I really do like yours, wonder how it sounds? COOOOOOL!!

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Permalink Reply by Will Carter on September 19, 2009 at 9:26pm

WS, love the tape mate. Agreed with Knotlenny - Van halen would be proud!

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on September 20, 2009 at 2:51am

Henry,

I messed with it enough last night that I'm sure I like it. I'm going to recut the nut to get proper/workable spacing on the bass strings....
thanks,

Sam


HENRY LOWMAN said:

Kinda like an Idea on the guitar I posted pics of, the fretless headless one. It becomes a combo 2 stringer and three (or, in MY case, four) stringer on one neck. I really do like yours, wonder how it sounds? COOOOOOL!!

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on September 20, 2009 at 2:52am

DuctTape to rule the world.... it's hiding a dual rail humbucker, but the string spacing was perfect as it was, so....

Will Carter said:

WS, love the tape mate. Agreed with Knotlenny - Van halen would be proud!

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Permalink Reply by HOGS GRUNT on September 20, 2009 at 4:06am

I love beaten up guitars with tape on. It means they have been USED.
I wouldn't mind a couple to play around with!

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on September 20, 2009 at 4:30am

one word.... Craigs List... seriously, you can pickup strat clones for $30-50 if you keep watch... that red one I got for $ 40 with a mini amp and a high hat cymbal..... So I resell the high hat for $ 50 and have the guitar and amp for free... no guilt about scavenging parts off a perfectly playable guitar....

HOGS GRUNT said:

I love beaten up guitars with tape on. It means they have been USED.
I wouldn't mind a couple to play around with!

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Permalink Reply by HENRY LOWMAN on September 20, 2009 at 4:32am

YUP!II THERE you go! That one also was one of the inspirations for my 10 stringer, among others! I've thought about trying fanned frets, but am not quite sure how to do it properly.
Fernando Amorim (SmokeBoxBlues) said:

...something like this:

Carlie Hunter's guitar!

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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on September 20, 2009 at 5:30am

Awesome piece of kit - Both Hunters and yours Sam!

I tried swapping the low E for a phat bass string on my lil b*****d build - so it was 1 bass and 3 guitar strings. I thought it sounded cool, but I had real trouble playing it! I think with a little practice though it could be really interesting.

Keep the mojo tape too!!

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on September 20, 2009 at 9:12am

UPDATE: This afternoon in the shop to do surgery on the ducttape hybrid.... plugged three tuner peg holes with dowel rod, redrilled for two bass tuners, recut nut and removed on bridge and move another to an intermediate postion... Works good... give me a week and I'll post some music...

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