JeikSkuur

Yeah, I didn't mean to get an acoustic sound, I just meant that it might be loud enough to be picked up well on a mic. But I definitely agree with ya on the peizo bridge. Should work out perfectly

Yeah, that was another worry that I had with the absence of sound holes, so I had considered drilling a large one, or maybe multiple small sound holes on the rear plexiglass piece. And I chose to do a wooden frame for a few reasons, one being that I'm far more comfortable working with wood. Plus if I were to paint the wood a nice dark shiny black, I think it would blend well with the look of the clear plexiglass. Plus, as one might expect, I have full intentions on loading this thing with multi-setting LEDs, and I think having the emitting light come to a dead stop at a black frame would kinda neat. And I'm diggin' your point #4, which is probably what I'll ultimately end up doing. Especially since I could pretty much go ahead with slapping on a couple pickups, and if I really felt like I needed it, I could easily do some re-wiring later and throw a mic into the mix. It'd just be a nice touch to give the guitar some form of uniqueness beyond its looks.

Okay, so I just started work towards making a see-through, semi-hollow electric guitar. The plan is to take a piece of strong wood, shape it to the desired body shape, then cut out everything from the middle to about an inch from the edge of the body. Sort of like making a "frame". Then I'd use two pieces of plexi glass - one in front, one in back - to cover up each side of the frame, essentially creating a see-through guitar body. For pickups, I was going to use a couple of humbuckers, but then I remembered that the guitar will be mostly hollow, so it might have more of an acoustic sound in terms of volume. Then I came up with the crazy idea to use a microphone+preamp setup instead of pickups. This would either make it sound absolutely horrible, or it'd make it sound incredibly unique. At the same time, it would make it more aesthetically pleasing, and would probably confuse the hell out of people when they see my guitar making sound without pickups. So, my main question is: is this a horrible idea? Is there any possibility in this sounding any good, or is it bound to ruin the whole project? Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!