deadmike

the little hammered finishes look great.

wow i love the batocaster! i cant believe how good everyone's first guitars are! this is my first effort: made from parts of dead guitars, im amazed i managed to build it and that it sounds good considering it cost next to nothing! its a copy of Doyles guitar from the misfits. its the only guitar i play now because it plays and sounds so good! could use a better paint job though.

oh wow its like a layer of rippled silk on that body! really nice.

i once played a guitar that had screw like that (smaller) for the nut and when you hit the strings too hard they jumped out of the groves. but like above, some filing to deepen the groves would solve that. looks cool.

thats it, christmas guitar, it has to be done. if its not already been done im doing it. glitter, tinsel, fairy lights, the works. it will sound like crap, but look so festive!

i sort of thought similar, but more steampunk with cogs and all sorts of things going on.

ok, who are you and what have you done with metal matt?

hey tristan, you still not finished that anni yet! it looks mega chunky! hope you get it finished soon!

i know a lot of purists on here will scoff. but i made my first guitar from pine, not even good solid pine. i glued two cubboard doors together. and out of my 7 guitars (varying in expensive and materials) i predominantly play my crappy pine built one because i believe it sounds the best. thats maybe my ears though so dont be put off until you play it and hear it

looks great, you'll need to get a sound sample as well, i want to hear this thing!! (by the by DougK, im a big fan of the nookie broon too!)

tip for anybody else. if you want to get a sticker off try baby oil. rub it in with your fingers, after 30 seconds the sticker *should* just start to come away in your fingers.

i am loving this project so far. excellent work!

i really like this axe. thats a nice piece of wood though... thought about dying it instead of solid black? i also like the fact youve gone without pots. i like to do that too. it gives the guitar a much cleaner look and ive always thought it improves the sound no end!

have you JUST bought it? most places i know of give a years warranty on guitars and would fix a problem like that for free.

WOW that is incredible! id be too scared to play it incase i scratched it! again... WOW !