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keeper of the crystal skulls

Here we have my “ keeper of the skulls “ one stringer .
I used and antique 1950’s plexi glass sunburst tissue box as the body ,
The neck is pure Lucite .
The bridge base is real jade with a brass bridge . the large diamond shape cut piece is actually smelted quartz . the faux “pickups” , are aquamarine stone and quartz stone both wound with copper , and the thing in the middle came from a clock .
The cluster on the top is a real amethyst cluster .
And there is a metal skull by the nut .
And the buttons are off my dragon telephone (the one I made the guitar out of ) .
I had to heat up a hole cutter on the stove to melt through the box without cracking it etc ,, to allow the neck to slide in . other than that , it’s a pretty straight forward build .
She sounds better than this recording ,, sorry I have a crapppy set up that needs tweaked every time to record nicely . .. after an hour messing around with it ,, this is what ya get ;-)
I have a rod piezo in it, “adjustable “ ,, and as you can hear when I switched over to distortion .. the rod slipped out a bit and got a bit rattley . .. sorry bout that messiness at the end . ;-/
Sounds way better live ;-)
Hope you like the keeper of the skulls ..
(and yes those are real crystal skulls ,, a small part of my collection )

enjoy .

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Comment by the anonymous pick on December 17, 2011 at 2:50pm: thanx uncle john .. crystal guitars , = the new black ;-) ;-)

Comment by Uncle John on December 17, 2011 at 2:44pm: Sounding good, Pick. And I like Ed Kola's lyrics.

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 17, 2011 at 2:35pm: hey , thanx dewy , glad ya like it ;-)

Comment by steven smith-- dewy on December 17, 2011 at 2:26pm: just too damn cool !!

i love it!

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 17, 2011 at 9:08am: thanx wes .. now i feel flush ;-}

ed ..."sunday blo.... " nah , thats too far ;-}

Comment by eK on December 17, 2011 at 4:27am: No Strings Attached Blues?

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 17, 2011 at 2:56am: ed ... lol, .. good thing i didnt use a tampex box ;-) i can just imajinme THAT song . :-}

Comment by eK on December 17, 2011 at 2:31am: Hey: thank you for the input. It hadn't occurred to me to use hot glue. I'd normally tend to avoid it because of the cushioning it provides and worry it would deaden resonance. But in the case of plastic, it's not really a concern. And any rattling would be far worse that whatever reduction in 'ring' it might cause. Excellent tip!

Thanks again for the suggestion and best of luck with your new creation. Maybe you can treat us to a whole song with it once you get it all sorted out. Tissue Box Blues?

My head is hurtin' badly
My mouth is feelin' dry
Now I got this glass of whiskey
In which I'm gonna cry

It's a really sorry issue
Worth a box of Kleenex tissues

Don't know why...
(Just don't know why...)

My baby gone and left me all alone,
And I think I'm gonna cry....:-))

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Luck! ;-)

(Amazing too how each of these builds is it's own thing with it's own unique quirks and characteristics isn't it? Get a new CBG and it's almost like you get a whole new musical world instead of just a new instrument.)

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 17, 2011 at 2:11am: thanx roadkill ;-) its better than my old motto .." ive tried nothing , and i'm all out of more ideas " ;-)