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Thx for the email matt, I decided it was time I came back for a visit

This is my guitar, awesome clean sound but really heavy!

I lost the url of this site but now im back! hows things?

The body had chips all over it, I sold it for $50

Here are some pics!!

Initial drawings.

Guitar I started with.

logo (blackice).

The finished product!

If you wanna see specific areas just ask and I'll get the camera out!

that was a school project? for high school or college? what class is that for? I NEED to take that class!!

Its a huge project for Design and Technology, its my final year of school! Basically you have to design something innovative or different. It can be anything eg. website, product, system or in my case a guitar !! Basically you have to make a folio aswell, mine was 50 A3 pages . The project is marked 60% folio 40% product!

Cool thats a relief.

thanks for the help!

Yes, more pics please! And two quick questions, if you don't mind - how much does it weigh, and how does it sound?

Im at tafe so I will add some pics when I get home!!

It weighs 3.5kg, which I guess is kind of heavy for a guitar, eg my ibanez weighs 2.5kg!

As for sound, brilliant.

The resonance is greater then the old wooden body. I think it has to do with the weight. My guitar teacher thinks it sounds way better then my old guitar, he also wants me to make him one!!!!!

Just a quick question... My mate wants me to make him a Gibson SG with an acrylic body! For me too sell this to him how much do I need to change the design etc., so that I dont get in any legal trouble? Take into consideration the acrylic body!

My bro wants me to build him an acrylic body.  Anything I should keep an eye on, or more accurately, how easy is it to screw up?

Any problems likely to arrise, you know that sort of thing.

Cheers dude.  Nice axe by the way.

Basically it depends on the shape, money you got, time and tools available. Screwing into is quite difficult. I think its because when you drill it heats up and you can see it go frosty, I think its called crystallisation. That makes it go extremely hard, when I was screwing in it made all weird noises like screeches also a couple of screws sheared off at the head ( nightmare to get out ). I found that use the closest drill bit you can find and if you have too much trouble use the next one up, I did that with the next bolts and it still grabed really well.

The thickest arcylic I could find was 38mm. I didn't allow for the switch selector so I ended up having the route more out and as a consequence there is a small rectangle on the back about 20mmx40mm that is less then 1mm from the outside edge ( no joke, its pretty crazy ). So just make sure your design is spot on, its expensive stuff you'll be playing with.

did you bought the body made or cut it yourself? acrylik needs to be tapped to get screws on it, if not and your not careful it will shatter, hapen to me a few times when I didn't had acces to taps. I plan on working on one, but it wont happen until about Feb next year, but I will make a mold and then mix my own acrylic, sheets tend to be incredibly expensive.

I didn't tap it but for the bridge ( schaller roller bridge, sits ont top - strings go through the back of it! ) I used this cutting fluid that kind of made the screws self tapping. Sheets are very expensive, I live in Australia and to get a sheet ( 1.5mx3m ) is around $2000 (dont quote me on prices ). I got it cut with computer driven router. I had to draw very precise drawings on CAD, especially of the neck joint as 1mm at the joint is 10-15mm at the top. But making a mould is a very good idea.

I hope you got an A+ on the project.

Thanks, me too

P.S ill take some more pics if you want to see an area close up or the back or what not!!!!

I wish the school paid for it!!!!!!!

If anyway has any questions I would be happy to answer.

The body by itself was $500 ( ) but so worth it.

I Finished this today, its for a school project.

I started with the neck and pickups and yeah thats the finished product, total cost was around $800