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Building odd guitars out of different materials...

Posted by John Sawyer on July 19, 2015 at 11:20am in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

So 99% of our alternative guitars are made of wood.   I recently bought a cheap welder to do some repair work (ok, I really wanted a new toy!)  and found it works great.  My 14 year old son learned to weld as a Boy Scout.

I was inspired by Shane Speal's video of him playing a 2-String Ee contraption that was made of Rebar:

So my son was bored last weekend.  We pulled out some rebar, a cake pan, and stole the case off an old computer. Chris did 95% of the welding...

Here's the result:




Full Size Pics can be found here: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/44-heavy-metal-guitar

Who else has built something unusual?  I am thinking my next one will be copper pipe...

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  • Clarky July 20, 2015 at 8:37am

    Looks great, a bit like something Wall-e would make (if he was into guitar making).

  • darryl kernaghan July 19, 2015 at 9:05pm

    first one is perspex,2nd was a vacuum cleaner306469806?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024306470057?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

  • David L. July 19, 2015 at 6:10pm
    I like the metal guitar - it has a kind of Mad Max feel about it. Am I right in thinking it has excellent sustain?
    • John Sawyer > David L. July 20, 2015 at 1:41am

      The sustain is pretty good...

  • Thumper July 19, 2015 at 5:05pm

    Kool...bet it works real well when you play "heavy metal" on it LOL.

  • the anonymous pick July 19, 2015 at 4:25pm

    ACRYLIC / CRYSTAL 

    306469587?profile=original

    PS.....  PETE  REGAN  ,  makes  rebar  and  metal  guitar   /  instrument  creations  ..  i  think Shane's   was  built  by  him  too  .  i  have   2  of  Petes metal  guits  , 

    here's  his  link  .  he   has  some cool  stuff  in  there  https://www.youtube.com/user/77peteregan

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