bibleboy3 Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Hi all, does any body know where I can get the acrylic material to make a body??? thanx in advance for all your help May Jesus bless you all Sincerely, Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68 lost souls Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Someones selling it in the classifieds, its realy expensive though I think. Doubt youll buy it, have a look on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Before you go spending money on acrylic, do you have the proper tools to work plastic? You can't just treat it like wood, it takes a bit of specialty tools to work it, and they can be pretty expensive. I built an acrylic guitar once long ago, but I was working at a plastics fabrication shop that had every plastics tool known to man and all the shop machinery were set up to deal with plastics. I wouldn't want to try making one at home with regular tools, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Drak is right on. I have used acrylic many times (not for a guitar). Honestly, I don't really see the wow factor in an acrylic guitar...sure its clear, but your controls and pickups and everything else wont be... Anyway, you will want special bits to work with and you will need to polish forever to get some of the edges crystal clear (otherwise they will be a dull white). Luckily, you can fix screw ups a bit better than wood, but of course they will look terrible which pretty much makes that a moot point. Not to mention the stuff has a very low melting temp, is really heavy, and is not very strong. Last I recall, a 4x8 foot sheet of 1" thick was around 350-450 dollars...the price gets exponential the thicker you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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