-CB- Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Guys, thanks for the warm welcome. I'm EXTREMELY envious of all you totally build from scratch types, whereas, guitar hacks like me get dangerous when trying to combine and massage ideas into reality. Mostly what I do is find instruments that give me some sort of inspiration, then rework them accordingly... routing, refinishing, rewiring, changing things around. And of course, if you want a good Tele, ya just have to bolt it together yerself. That goes without saying.<ggg>. However, I thought y'all might get a chuckle out of this, which I built after I saw "Jammin Johns" online a few years back. I said, hey if he can do guitar shaped toilet seats, I can do a toilet seat into a guitar. So without further pontification: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubab0y Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwdotcomdotnet Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 youre the man, thats the best thing, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTU 7's. Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 LOL here some guys called "Les luthiers" made some strange instruments and play them live on the shows, they have a guitar like that. Check them out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=W4h7-ltMo8w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrentis Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Very cool. The only problem is that I started using the nice padded seats now instead of the wood ones. So that one you made wouldn't have the comfort I'm looking for, lol, jk. You got any progress pics of that guitar, Id' love to see how you made it. Is the seat and lid glued shut or latched or what, lol funny guitar. Nice stuff. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-CB- Posted June 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 The lid is screwed to the seat. The neck is inletted into the lid. There is also a 1/8 thick aluminum plate inletted under the lid in the neck area. That plate is screwed to the lid from the underside. The neck rests on the plate, and two screws go through the plate and into the neck, and two go through the seat and plate then into the neck. The plate, being fastened to the lid and spanning the inletted area is very rigid, and supports the neck very well. There is a 5/16 birch plywood back on the underside of the seat. The bridge is hardtail strat, and the pickup is a no-name ubber death metal/mondo-distorto type. And, amazingly it don't play half bad (sounds like .. well it sounds really harsh). The neck is a no-name fender clone, and it had the decal on it when I got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrentis Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 I know it might be stupid, a waste of money and time, but I think it would look sooo very cool to add a real crazy burl back, I guess it would somewhat ruin the whole idea of using a seat theme, but I think it would look cool anyway. Sounds like the neck attachment was creative and solid. I can imagine it took some planning to make sure the neck wouldn't jump out under string pressure. The one thing you need to do is throw in another pup then add a switch that looks like a toilet handle flusher thingy, lol just joking but I think that would add to the theme. Good stuff anyhow. Hope to see you start on a from scratch build sounds like it would turn out great if you did. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 man i would have been cool if u didnt srew it down and cut the top away around the neck so u could pull its back like a wammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 LOL, the whammy lid. That'd be wicked-hilarious. Good job as it stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 i seriously think it would work......you'd need to cut away near the neck as i said and also maybe the strings to get ultimate wammy action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-CB- Posted June 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Ya know a bigsby arm kinda sorta looks like a flush handle... I wish I could get another pickup in there and "maybe" a dogear at the neck, surface mounted, or barely inlaid. The aluminum plate extends a little past the end of the neck and prohibits getting anything set into the "body" (lid). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheIRS Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Wow! I love this guitar, I'd play that all day long if it was mine. Any chance we can see a picture of the back? I'd like to see the plate. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Bet you can blast out some wicked runs on that thing! Sorry, just had to! Anyways, awsome build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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