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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on May 20, 2012 at 11:53pm

Are you going to paint the face? How about big floppy ears made out of felt on the sides hanging down too. Enjoy.

 

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on May 21, 2012 at 12:15am

your  ideas sound great ,, i   suggest a   paw print sound hole/s  ;-)  

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Permalink Reply by Paul Marchese on May 21, 2012 at 4:46am

Love the ear idea - may have to explore that one, since the guitar body is the dog's face, and the sound holes are his pupils and nose.  I'm a bit puzzled about the bridge placement, though - I've thought about a bone, but also considering putting it where the tailpiece meets the box so that nothing is marring the face on the box - would this be a bad idea, sound-wise?  Obviously, sound is not the only priority on this guitar, but it'd be nice if it sounded good, too!

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Permalink Reply by Paul Marchese on July 29, 2012 at 2:54pm

UPDATE -

It's done...(been done for a while - just took this long to get pictures up...)  I was pleasantly surprised by the sound of it - something I was not expecting at all.  I was content with this one being primarily a "show piece", since it was for my 4-year-old...

After looking around (A LOT), and considering your replies, I decided to carve out a little bone and paint it for the saddle, then used a piece of brass from the hardware store for the bridge.  Worked out well!

Since I didn't cut back or angle the head, I added 3 small brass eye screws as string guides (after removing the capo, of course!), which worked out well!

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on July 29, 2012 at 4:04pm

nifty  ;-)

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Permalink Reply by SlowHound on July 29, 2012 at 4:00pm

That looks really cool. Very different than most. Great job.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on July 30, 2012 at 12:31am

Very nice! I'm sure you are both happy to play it!

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