weezerboy Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 ello i was laying on my bed thinking how cool it'd be to make a whole guitar (including neck with tiny tiny frets ) that was about 20cm long at the most...would make for a cool GOTM (even though it wouldn't be playable) i was thinking has anyone done this before, any ideas of what would be cool etc?? thanks dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 20 cm, isn't that like almost a foot? I think a whole foot might be better. And it could have a built in speaker, and be fretless to make it actually playable! awesome! -john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted February 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 i don't want playable, because then it just gets stupid...i just think that tiny ornament guitars (but better than the POS that you can buy) would rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickleweaseler Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 This one is a little bit smaller Nano Guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 too much time???? Use your time to build a guitar you can actually play!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted February 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 too little money plus i have two that are either near completion or at the beginning whats a boy to do between coats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 if it's that size, people would pick it up and try to play it. Maybe one that fits in the palm of your hand ? You could use regular thin wire for fret-wire. For stuff like the bridge, you could make a mold in a piece of clay, using whatever to stamp a mold of the saddles and base plate, then pour a little epoxy in there, when hard, pull it out, toothbrush/solvent clean it, sand the bottom flat, then paint it silver. I once made models of all my big workshop tools and tables. Even a detailed wood model of my 'luthiers workstation' workbench/neck jig. It's about 5" long. The drill press is the same scale and looks pretty good. The table even slides up and down the column. Saw an article in 'Fine woodworking' that showed how people made models of their workshops to experiment with how they wanted things arranged. I ended up going a little too far with the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted February 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 i have access to plastic moulding and aluminium casting equipment too, so i can play around with allsorts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moojiefulagin Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 Hey! I did something like that: it was purely decorative. It was about a foot long, but I made the body out of 1/4 inch wood, so it just hangs on the wall. Its like two dimensional, except not... if you know what I mean. Its very artistic- i made an intricately carved bridge, fake pickups.. all the good stuff, out of different exotic woods. And i used wire to look like frets, and nail heads as polepieces. It turned out pretty cool and it cost me approximately... nothing! Sorry i cant post pics, I dont have anywhere to host them. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted February 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 www.photobucket.com dan hater of pic teases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethmetal Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Someone sells the same idea on ebay. There is a Steve Vai Jem and a PAul Gilbert Ibanez, Zakk Wylde Les Paul....etc. Look up mini guitar or something to that effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJohn Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 That would be kinda cool.Post any pics if you do one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 This one is a little bit smaller Nano Guitar Nice! Now my midiclorians can JAM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moojiefulagin Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 photobucket cant upload from a mac. sorry! i hate pic teases as much as anyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 possible to email me the pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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