Popular Post soapbarstrat Posted November 6, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 YouTube Demo Tele built from old Hollow Core Door. Neck is off a Behringer Strat. The sound exceeds my expectations 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 Wow that's very rustic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 It's also very inspiring. And based on the video the sound is airy in a good way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted November 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Bizman62 said: It's also very inspiring. And based on the video the sound is airy in a good way. Thanks . My solid bodies just can’t get the old bluesy tone like this thing can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted November 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Crusader said: Wow that's very rustic! Yeah, had to keep it minimalistic ‘cause it was uncharted territory for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodfab Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 That's pretty wild. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted November 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 13 hours ago, woodfab said: That's pretty wild. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 That thing does sound great! BTW, I love the big middle clamp on you body glue up. I love to see ingenuity using common objects like that. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iommichild Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 Love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted November 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 18 hours ago, ScottR said: That thing does sound great! BTW, I love the big middle clamp on you body glue up. I love to see ingenuity using common objects like that. SR Thanks I’m not sure I’d consider it common. It’s a section of one of those gymnastic things that they walk on. Someone cut it up into three sections and put it out for the trash. Probably was several hundred dollars new. So, that middle section has a big height adjustable foot that can really put the squeeze on things I don’t know why the one photo is upside down here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted November 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 12 hours ago, iommichild said: Love it! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 1 hour ago, soapbarstrat said: I don’t know why the one photo is upside down here I can assure it's not your fault! It has happened to me in various places. The only workaround I've found for such mishaps is to make a copy of the image. For some reason the copy works just right. Or in this case upright. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ScottR Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 8 hours ago, soapbarstrat said: ’m not sure I’d consider it common. It’s a section of one of those gymnastic things that they walk on. Someone cut it up into three sections and put it out for the trash. Probably was several hundred dollars new. So, that middle section has a big height adjustable foot that can really put the squeeze on things Not common, but even better than I thought! I thought it was a 4x4 and a flange, using bar clamps and the table for the squeeze. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 I like the idea of using reclaimed wood. And in your case the door it came from was not repairable anymore so I think it was perfect idea to give it a new life in a guitar body. The texture on the top/back is really nice. I like your guitar as you built it with all the tin can stuff and mismatched hardware. I have seen a lot of reclaimed wood guitar builds lately, and not all of them achieve the balanced mismatch look as well. Personally I would like to build something with old beaten up reclaimed wood. I guess my approach would to just use the rustic texture on the top of the guitar. Kinda like as an alternative to a quilted/flamed top. Then bind the edges and use pristine hardware. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 36 minutes ago, henrim said: I like your guitar as you built it with all the tin can stuff and mismatched hardware. I have seen a lot of reclaimed wood guitar builds lately, and not all of them achieve the balanced mismatch look as well. . Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 21 hours ago, ScottR said: Not common, but even better than I thought! I thought it was a 4x4 and a flange, using bar clamps and the table for the squeeze. SR Thanks . The frame glue up was a bit more clumsy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 What do those chunks of iron weigh? I used to have access to a 6" chunk of train rail memory tells me went 60 or 70 lbs. The memory is 30 years old so it may be exaggerated....like things tend to do with the passage of time. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted November 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 34 minutes ago, ScottR said: What do those chunks of iron weigh? Not sure. I would guess about 35 pounds each 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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