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  1. No Nylon for this baby, its steel all the way. Classical neck... no truss rod, right? Not a good combination with steel strings.
  2. You don't need bracing. Take a look at the guts of a Danelectro. Just a block for the bridge and neck, bent wood sides... pretty much what you describe. Speaking of non-standard Teles, check out Specimen Products Schnellercaster and Indian Corn guitar. They mention Sears Silvertones, which were made by Danelectro, and masonite, which Danelectro used for the top and backs of their guitars... I got the impression that they're hollow, too.
  3. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=24315
  4. I heard this story on Public Radio. Teens and a preteen from Mississippi perform in a really tight Blues trio. The guitar and bass are made from muffler guitars. Check out the video on the page. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...toryId=92423408
  5. No, this one isn't built differently enough. The problems with the old one was the slop between the plastic carriage and the guide rods, and the overall flexibility of the plastic parts.
  6. Give an industrial designer a 3D printer and he'll reinvent the guitar. There's a video, too. Yeah, it's probably going to look more interesting than it sounds.
  7. National has long been making the Resolectric. One of my favorites of this type of guitar is S.B. MacDonald's. If you'd like to see a resolectric conversion, check this out.
  8. I saw this on the Makezine blog. http://flickr.com/photos/mctracz/
  9. http://www.stewmac.com/tradesecrets/bridge...ts38rorick.html
  10. Lily Afshar plays a classical guitar modified to play 1/4 tones. The whole scale isn't 1/4 tones. It's set up to play a specific ethnic scale. You can hear about it at NPR.
  11. David, Sounds like you've found yourself a nice situation. Georgetown is probably the last enclave left. The other transitional artsy neighborhoods, like Fremont and Belltown have be gentrified, condo-ed, and otherwise made unaffordable. The nice thing about Georgetown is being on the approach to Boeing Field and the port traffic make it a less desireable place to start dropping in condos. We just need to keep the city from siting all the undesireable projects there (sewage processing plants, sex-offender housing, strip clubs, etc.). All the work they're going to do on the Alaskan Way viaduct are going to keep house prices and rents down (relative to the rest of the market) for the next few years. I'll have to check out your shop when you're part of the art walk. Again, welcome back.
  12. Welcome back to the Emerald City. So where in town are you setting up shop? I'm not accustomed to the concept of someone moving to Seattle to set up a business. Outmigration has been the standard response to the high cost of living and traffic.
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