Hollow construction?

Anyone ever build that way? Sort of an all-wood version of those Fouke Industrial designs (rail style)? The Woodcraft store near me has some nice boards on clearance, but they are 1/2 to 3/4 thick.

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on September 20, 2019 at 9:25am

Yes, check out Wiessenborn guitar, not square but hollow? I have also seen lap steels on the market that are hollow under the fretboard or traditionally Guzheng or Shamisen? I have seen some people here put two boxes together to make a lap slide?

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on September 20, 2019 at 11:37am

Hi James, I did not understand your question at first, until I read BrianQ's response and the mention of Weisenborne slide guitars. I have built a few hollow neck acoustic lap slide guitars, pictured here, and a fun build hollow slide using an antique violin case.

The timber you mentioned I would think would need to be thinned a whole lot for a top and back, to work well acoustically.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by James Pobog on September 20, 2019 at 11:50am

That's what I thought about the thickness...

My vision is for something like a Fouke rail but made of wood rather than aluminum...

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on September 20, 2019 at 12:00pm

Hi, if it's got pickups you can use anything you like as a build material.

Here's an idea.....If you have one of those drop side type dining tables, build the pickup into the drop down end and put strings on top. Then just raise it to play and lower it to eat.ha ha.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by A.D.EKER on September 21, 2019 at 7:50am

For Sure its a beauty, but the sound is a big old tubescreamer ,or some other wicket Metal distortion! and the 25 3/4 choice is so your not stuck whit the hawaian scale and rock riff some in a way your use to (for as far as your use to Rocking That is ) Metal on Metal !!

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on September 20, 2019 at 7:54pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHEb42dUqT8

heres one way to hollow out a guitat... its been posted a few years ago but i couldnt find the post here...

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on September 20, 2019 at 7:59pm

Ron Lutz did some, you might want to check out his stuff & ask a few questions?

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