Duff Beer Man Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Anyone work with acrylic or plastic that has good knlowdege on how to make plastic bodys, i know all tone from a plastic would be none, but i still want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 I havn't worked with acrylic/plexi/whatever in a guitar bodie, but I would also like to try it. I have always wanted one of the Armstrong plexi guitars. I've heard that they sound pretty good, and the looks of those guitars...wow. But you need nicer looking pants if playing one of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted January 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 i wanna know cause i want to make a guitar like ESP made for kirk hammett. Its acrylic, but has wave machine fluid inside of it so when the body moves around the fluid moves. It can be seen here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarGuy Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 You can buy lexan that is thick enough but be prepared to re-mortgage the house. Its expensive stuff. I have a 2 part clear polyester resin and have toyed with the idea of making a mold. But thats stuff is friggin expensive too. Enough to make a body would prob set you back 100 bucks provided everything went perfect the first time. Not likely, I did a test slush mold of a 1/32 scale toy car. (for the other hobby, slot cars) I had too much hardener even tho I was following the directions. The casting went tacky untill it eventually hardened. It is extremely brittle as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted January 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 I believe there are glues u can use to glue sheets together, that will actually melt the plastic to join the two together so you dont have any glue lines. Im gonna reseach this a little bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarGuy Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 I believe there are glues u can use to glue sheets together, that will actually melt the plastic to join the two together so you dont have any glue lines. Im gonna reseach this a little bit more. ← well, thats ok for a butt joint but a latge flat area would be visible. Kinda like getting bubbles under a large clear sticker. Hell it may be possible tho, but im skeptical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 This was disscussed several months ago, pretty extensively... Just do a search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 I couldnt find what you were talking about maiden, sorry. Anyway i went and talked to a guy in town about making these, he said it would be easy, there is just a liquid you mix with the glue that gives no glue lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Most of this bodysare made from a mold... not glueing halves together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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