Hotrock Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 You know the guitars that you can see through, like the geezer out the Foo Fighters, what the hell are they made from? Casting resin? Perspex? Glass? Thin air? Never had chance to see one (if you know what I mean) and I'm curious. Have any of you made one? I'm sure one of you has! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 acrylic,aren't they?someone once posted a site that custom built acrylic bodies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roli Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 They're made of ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 The guitar that Dave Grohl (of Foo Fighters Fame) uses has a green perspex body. from what ive heard they sound ok but they are really just for good looks since the tone isnt that wonderful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLW Guitarz Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 I used to have a perspex Aria Legend solid electric guitar, based loosely on the stylings of the now legendary Fender Jazzmaster guitar. It had two powerful humbucking pickups, 1 volume, 1 tone and 3-way pickup selector, a 22-fret neck with rosewood fingerboard, and body and headstock made from clear perspex making it look ultra cool. The perspex headstock was scarfed onto a wooden neck (which looked like maple) and the joint was absolutely seamless. I certainly had no complaints about the tone. Indeed, the perspex body gave the guitar quite incredible sustain, although I did wonder about how the "swimming pool" pickup cavity - surely, the sustain would have been better individual cavities had been routed for each pickup? Only problem here would be that it'd have been even heavier. The beast weighed a ton as it was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted November 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 While I was just looking at a few on the net I found this which you all may like to have a look at! http://www.guitarsite.com/ads/musicyo/p4.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLW Guitarz Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Some links for you: Crystal Guitars B.C. Rich acrylic Warlock B.C. Rich acrylic Mockingbird Unfortunately I can't find any links for the original see-thru Ampeg / Dan Armstrong guitars and basses, but a picture search on Google will find you a few examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted November 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Nice one GLW. You're a font of information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YDoesGodMockMeSo Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 kramer also has a line of acrylic guitars. http://www.musicyo.com/product_specs.asp?pf_id=350 http://www.musicyo.com/product_specs.asp?pf_id=484 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 acrylic guitars a freaking heavy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratDudeDan Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 i only have one question: why? they don't look good, they're heavy as f*ck, and they don't sound any better than a wood guitar. so we have 2 cons and one neutral...is there any point? is it cheaper? is it keeping our endangered trees protected from the evil woodworking companies like fender, gibson, prs, ibanez? i just don't like them, to be frank. sorry if i am out of place here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLW Guitarz Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 they don't look good, they're heavy as f*ck, and they don't sound any better than a wood guitar. so we have 2 cons and one neutral...is there any point? "They don't look good" ... well that's a matter of opinion. I personally dislike Stratocasters, but that's my opinion. "they're heavy as f*ck" ... yeah, so is a Les Paul. "they don't sound any better than a wood guitar" ... my Aria pictured above sounded better than the Strat I used to have (and the dealer I sold THAT to said it was the best sounding Strat he'd ever played). Yeah, it all boils down to personal taste. Me, I think they are well cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 a link that brian gave me a while ago was for a website that sells just the bodies and they were extremely pricey cos no one wants to buy them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 Anyone seen these? http://www.totemguitars.com/archive.html -Sven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DividedByJames Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 whoah those guitars are cool! Coming from an art background and a family that has an art background I appreciate the art of those guitars. Not sure what they sound like, but they look cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 I don't know if they sounded good or not, but the original Dan Armstrong Lucites definitely had a unique sound! You either loved 'em or hated 'em, but they were absolutley inimitable. Very cool slide guitar, especially open-tuned, but they had to be your second axe cuz there's no way you could play one for more than one or two songs, they were just too heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 whoah those guitars are cool! Coming from an art background and a family that has an art background I appreciate the art of those guitars. Not sure what they sound like, but they look cool. They do look really cool. I want to buy one and hang it on my wall. They actually sound, and play great. They had a booth at a guitar show, and I tried them out. The mahogany back is responsible for the great sound. He uses rosewood necks with a tung oil finish - this was the best feeling neck I ever felt. -Sven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoryKer Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 Anyone seen these? http://www.totemguitars.com/archive.html -Sven "G0013 Weathersquare" looks incredible! There's some really cool stuff there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 Anyone seen these? http://www.totemguitars.com/archive.html -Sven "G0013 Weathersquare" looks incredible! There's some really cool stuff there. The web site doesn't explain this very well - The bodies are actually 3D objects cast in resin on a mahogany back. Sorry to get so far off topic here, but these are the basses made by the same guy: http://www.spaltbasses.com/ And these are his conventional guitars: http://www.garageguitars.com/sandshome.html They are chambered construction with a deep penetrating tung oil finish. -Sven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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