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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on July 17, 2016 at 8:37am

YES! This is Awesome! Just don't get it wet.  : )

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on September 10, 2016 at 3:00pm

saw this a while ago. what they dont tell you is the gallon of resin that it is soaked in to give it structural strength. so you could get it wet no problems.. in the intro they show a surfboard made the same way. the cardboard just gives a skeleton for the resin....

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on September 12, 2016 at 11:53am

So it's basically a glue guitar. 

These kinds of videos pop up all the time on the net of guitars made of everything and anything. I'll stick to the tried and true real wood thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Perlic on September 14, 2016 at 10:59am

C'mon you guys, where is your sense of adventure?  

http://www.jamestrussart.com/

These are not made of wood and it seems that some pretty darn good players like them a lot.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on September 16, 2016 at 6:55am

No problem with metal Reso guitars. They are very nice. When it comes to a guitar, cardboard/glue and plastic will not do.

BTW Look up Rustacaster on Google, He makes some nice metal Teles too.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Perlic on September 16, 2016 at 7:01am

I would love to have a James Trussart guitar, especially a Rustacaster.  One day I will have one!  As soon as I can round up $7,000.  I bet he as sales or coupons though.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on September 16, 2016 at 7:17am

There's a couple of guys over on the TDPRI Guitar forum that have made one out of metal and aluminum. If I had a decent welding machine, I would build one myself. 

It would be easy to do a CBG with some thin sheet material, drill and rivets. Go for it. Jut don't use cardboard for the neck Hahaha.

http://dcsteelbodyguitars.com/

http://www.tdpri.com/threads/jazzmaster-telecaster-hybrid-steel-bod...

A couple of metal guitars to look at.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on September 16, 2016 at 8:04am

Don't waste your money.

I bought a similar one from Tractor Supply Co. a few years ago. It wouldn't weld 1/16ths steel flat stock. Worthless.

If want a good welding machine, you'll need at least 500 bucks.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on October 6, 2016 at 1:47am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYn7ZI2Dyao

custom CNC 5 axis carved aluminium guitar body.... looks very nice!!

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on October 6, 2016 at 5:27am

That's a good looking one. Fender Custom Shop made a few aluminum Strats several years ago that didn't sound good to most people.

People have expectations of how something should be and are often disappointed in the end. Wood is either resonant or not which can be overcome with great pickups. Metal seems to be harder to deal with. I love the sound of a old National Resonator. Some of the pie pan reso's that I've seen and heard sound good, a lot of them leave much to be desired. That undesirable metal tone is hard to mask.

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