monkey69962000 Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 ok well i herd tha some of you dont like the design. What design would you like. I want to make a new style body. I dont want to make an sg or and lp or even a strat. I want to do something completely different. Im going to have my friend help with drwing the inlays. Maybe i can change your minds about the design after you see the inlay CAD. Well this is actually my second build. First time inlay though. But for all of you who just noticed this post, here is the body design. Please post comments and ideas. If you dont like the body tell me what to change or what to make to make this guitar look cool. Oh and by the way i made the template of it and it feels relativly good to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Hmm.... seems that between the neck and bridge pickup the body would be weaker and much more likely to snap. Also, that is gonna be a b!tch to sand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke_998 Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 I'll throw this in for inspiration HERE how about making a normal solid body guitar and carving the spidy into the wood (or would that be too hard) you can even carve a net between it!! anyways I like the idea.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtommyb Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 to me the spidey legs towards the neck are just going to get in the way when playing! unless u have hands/fingers the thickness of paper u arnt gonna be able to play from the 17th fret up with out having to move your hand back and around the legs. why not make the legs go out slighly further? will steal the pic and do a lil variation on it 2 show whats in my head atm with that design. appart from that its pretty kool very original (i think) ive never seen a spider guitar before (and the KH-3 doesnt count) Big T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted August 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 the space there is actually a half an inch. Its stuff like that that helps me thanks.to me the spidey legs towards the neck are just going to get in the way when playing! unless u have hands/fingers the thickness of paper u arnt gonna be able to play from the 17th fret up with out having to move your hand back and around the legs. and the legs snapping off im going to put a coast of epoxy all over this thing then paint over the epoxy. Or something like that. The head stock is going to be the shape of a spider web and the neck will have an inlay of a web shot like when spiderman is swingging from buildings, the rope web hes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtommyb Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 why not reinforce the legs with strips of carbon fiber or something? surly this will make them alot stonger and shouldnt break. (correct me if im wrong) Just finished my drawing of how i would do it. will post in a few mins Big T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 ok thanks for the tip. I just dont get why people dont like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jabsco Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 I like hte way it looks, but think of how you are going to make the cuts in the legs, thier is no way you can get a bandsaw to do that on your second build, if you were much more experienced maybe. But you would be likley to break a blade trying to back track. I think you should try the carving idea, use a router to get most of it out and then clean up with chisel. but it really dosnt look very safe at that pickup area and lower fret acess is nill. but if you can pull it off, you have my vote for guitar of the month good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 well i might not cut the body. I might take it to my OSH where they will cut it. But i am thinking about the guitar's pickups. I think im going to change things to i so it will fit better. Oh and if you said that you hate the design then why vote for it. Just cuirous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jabsco Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 I like hte way it looks, I do like the design, the way it looks anyways. But its not quite practical. The inpractacially isnt in playing it, but its in building it. So if you can overcome that it shows true talent. hencefourth you would have my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 ok well the guitar im planning is to be ready by march i start in like january or december After my LP project is done. It will take time because of school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonessuckbutigotone Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 I just dont get why people dont like it. it doesnt seam feesable because it will be impossible to create a guitar with those thin points, etc. and still be able to use it without getting tired of it, and the spider wouldnt be like a guitar, the batman thing is actually like a guitar, but yours is just a little radical, but hey, like jabsco said, if you can pull it off, its got my vote (unless of course my gutiars in that month) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 well. Its playable. You also have to realize that thats a small look at the guitar. The real model the edges are wider. And the guitar will have a carved look so its not really as hard. The guitar is going to play, and i might get tired of it but im tired of my strat for having it 7 years(even though im just learning to play), i still love to play it. The LP will fill my need of playing a guitar i like for a long time. As long as dont play the guitar 24 7 i think i would love this guitar. And litterally 24 hours. I pulled one yesterday if anyone noticed. But who cares about that. So the guitar will be liked for a while. The Cad will look like the Guitar but the guitar wont look like the cad if you know what im talking about. Like a shadow looks like you, but you dont look like the shadow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtommyb Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 this is wat i would do with it. spidy thing Still the legs are the weak point and will be pretty hard to do but if u can! go 4 it! Big T EDIT: The pickups on that pic are too small i kno! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 well i think those legs would be weaker. Plus i made mine so you can play it sitting down. Ill start customizing right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtommyb Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 with the design its always gonna b hard to get the legs strong. You can still play that sat down just might not be as comfortable as the original. but i think it looks better than the original, but i think a gutiar like that its more important to look kool than have amazin playability otherwise u might as well just build a practical guitar. BigT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Well your guitar design is good. I mean i love it too, but i think mine looks just as good and is more comfortable now the new body with cotomizations. Allows more comfort sitting playing. And allows eaiser access to the registers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonessuckbutigotone Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 i think your trying to go for comfort too much, like tommy said you dont have to make it comfortable, its a concept gutiar, what i think you should do is just make a guitar out of the spiderman logo, seriously, your trying to make it too practical and with a practical and concept guitar, it wont work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 well im making it work right now. I mean why cant you. Comfort can look good sometimes cant it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 the "head" of the spider is too weak, judging by your cad the join to the torso is too small, thinner then the width of the pickup, chances are that if you drop it (even on the neck), it will snap at that join, also the position of the lower pickup is too close to the body-thorax (or was it abdomen) join, thus making the thorax, (where the bridge is i might add) very weak of course what i see is possible to do, is to make the whole central body 9or most of it), part of the neck (thus making it a neckthrough), with carbon stiffening rods for the legs to make it stronger. i seee the problem, is in building (like someone said, backing out of there with a bandsaw would be impossible) though if you use a jigsaw (or other cutting device where you move the saw, not the object) it could be much easier. also it would be a pain in the butt to sand, especially if you have to sand out bandsaw or jigsaw marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonessuckbutigotone Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 well im making it work right now. I mean why cant you. Comfort can look good sometimes cant it comfort only looks good if your doing a traditional type guitar, like an sg, or a strat, etc. but when your doing an exotic gitar like that, it really wouldnt matter for comfort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 those guitars had to start somewhere. Well Russian, thank you very much. Im making a less indent in the neck of the spider, so it will beable to hold more weight. Now the pickups will fit most likely. It fit on the last. Well if the dont fit i will move the legs a little more out and extend the body. The pickup in the head part will be changed if nesisary<< spelled wrong i know ok well thanks. Im looking for tips like what Russian did so please tell me. OH and jigsaw is what i use anyways, but i might have someone else cut it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonessuckbutigotone Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 those guitars had to start somewhere look dude, i know im starting to sound like a prick, but your guitar is supposed to look like a spider, and the comfort issue makes for a crappy looking spider, now do u get it? im not trying to say your idea sucks, cuz ur idea is a great idea, but those other guitars werent supposed to look like anything (unless your getting technical, cuz originally guitars were shaped like a woman's body), other than a traditional guitar withc more edge, what your trying to do is a guitar with a lot of edge, but with comfort, and that doesnt work either, so what i would do is go straight for looks and guitar durability, like russian said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted August 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 ok the guitar i have there. Do you think it looks good. Yes or no. Im not looking for ok or Great or Horrible. Just yes or no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonessuckbutigotone Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 ok the guitar i have there. Do you think it looks good. Yes or no. Im not looking for ok or Great or Horrible. Just yes or no. no it doesnt, because it looks like you tried to make a spider but you messed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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