krizalid Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 i really mean what i asked, can this be done? holes in front of the guitars? it looks cool you know... how can it be done, if it can be done anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 it looks like they used a top on the guitar, and just drilled a lot of holes throught, after the carved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 swiss cheese anyone?? what kind of sound would you get?!?! Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jabsco Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 seems like a waste of wood ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 just use MDF lol Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jabsco Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 hahah, that would seem like a waste of guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Are you sure that's not one of those aluminum guitars? There was a company trying to make aluminum guitars and they had all those holes to reduce the weight. It was pretty sill in my opinion. You could do it, but I think keeping it clean might be a pain! As for how it's done, just get a drill press and some speed boring bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 swiss cheese anyone?? what kind of sound would you get?!?! Curtis That was my first thought. Google on the Bumblefoot swiss cheese guitar. It looks much worse than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meegs666 Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 didnt steve vai have a guitar with holes in it once? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 didnt steve vai have a guitar with holes in it once? yes, I think it was metallic or candy apple green. Not so many holes, and they were bigger holes, maybe not perfectly round. It might have been stolen when he had almost all his guitars stolen before his 'Performance guitar' and Ibanez deal. I wouldn't advise doing a wood top with so many holes like the one in that pic, unless the back of the guitar was thicker than normal (like double than normal thick) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maher Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 swiss cheese anyone?? what kind of sound would you get?!?! Curtis That was my first thought. Google on the Bumblefoot swiss cheese guitar. It looks much worse than that. http://www.bumblefoot.com/acloserlook/equipment/guitar04.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 thats scary lookin Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krizalid Posted June 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 but surely enough, it grabs your attention to it right? it must help to be noticed sometimes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtailed Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 They're called "tone holes"!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meegs666 Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 if a normal guitar had holes like that i bet it would be more prone to damage and not just regular cracks and stuff, like tearing and splintering. if you dropped it it might shatter into a buttload of wooden splinters and pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 That's pretty cool...too wild for me, but it would make an impact on stage, no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 If you ever heard Ron Thal play, you'd forget about what the guitar looked like. The man is mental. He's been known to play with metal thimbles on his picking hand and to use them for notes that are past the fretboard. Freakin' Genious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 I don't know if I got the same picture but I don't think they are holes... it looks like a carved top with bubbles coming out of it! they can't be holes because the guitar is being pictured in a black backgroung and there is light on the "holes" when it should be blacked out. It is the reflection of the light being used to light up the studio for the shot, like a flash. Like this dragon, only that it's bubbles or balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 It's quite obvious that they are holes. It looks to be a hollowed out body (frame, if you will), with a top over it. You can clearly see the light going through the holes, casting shadows on the inside. Another giveaway is that they used a clear piece of plastic to attach the controls to, as the holes in the body didn't line up properly. Which they could have done, if they wanted to... Now, to call them "soundholes"... I don't think there is much of any kind of sound being generated in that body. Just imagine an acoustic guitar with no top on it, with the bridge attached to a block, which is attached to the sides... If there isn't a "chamber" to really create a sound in, what kind of sound do you end up with...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickleweaseler Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 If you put speedholes in your car it goes faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Ok, I finally got to my house and can look at this better... yeap it look like holes! It really looked like bubbles on the cheap ss-a monitor at work. And they way the over imposse the guitar over the black made the illussion of ball shape more since if the back ground was black it would had shown thru the holes. I DON"T LIKE IT.... Looks way cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 I wanted to make the guitar look like someone took a big bite out of the body. My dad had a bunch of drill bits - I drilled away the wood where ya rest your picking arm, and in the end it looked like ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Jag Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Are you sure that's not one of those aluminum guitars? There was a company trying to make aluminum guitars and they had all those holes to reduce the weight. It was pretty sill in my opinion. You could do it, but I think keeping it clean might be a pain! As for how it's done, just get a drill press and some speed boring bits. I don't think it could be one of those, I remember the Rogue Aluminators all being hardtail, maybe someone took the idea and enhanced it a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTLguitars Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Are those the Fenders made in their new factory in Iraq...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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