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I wonder how they came up with the worm gears for tensioning the strings. They look surprisingly professional.
posted by localroger at 4:48 PM on December 19, 2013
posted by localroger at 4:48 PM on December 19, 2013
That was so good. It was like watching one of those Sesame Street documentary shorts.
It looked like he was making a solid body electric, but at the end, it had a hole in it, and he was playing it unplugged. Is there a name for this kind of guitar?
posted by ignignokt at 5:34 PM on December 19, 2013
It looked like he was making a solid body electric, but at the end, it had a hole in it, and he was playing it unplugged. Is there a name for this kind of guitar?
posted by ignignokt at 5:34 PM on December 19, 2013
I think you're seeing two different guitars. They jump cut from the solid body strategy style, to an acoustic or acoustic electric with a similar shape.
posted by stenseng at 5:45 PM on December 19, 2013
posted by stenseng at 5:45 PM on December 19, 2013
ignignokt it looks like he makes both electric and acoustic guitars. Most of the build was an electric, but in the end they showed him playing an acoustic. Several shots showed for example bodies for both styles in various states of preparation.
posted by localroger at 5:46 PM on December 19, 2013
posted by localroger at 5:46 PM on December 19, 2013
I built a solid body electric guitar last year, and even with all manner of power tools it was a challenge. But I wonder where he got those pickups?
posted by Uncle Grumpy at 5:48 PM on December 19, 2013
posted by Uncle Grumpy at 5:48 PM on December 19, 2013
I wonder where he got those pickups?
If he's near one of the places where the world sends its electronic shit to be buried, there's probably about a billion discarded cell phones waiting to have their microphones and speakers liberated.
posted by localroger at 6:24 PM on December 19, 2013
If he's near one of the places where the world sends its electronic shit to be buried, there's probably about a billion discarded cell phones waiting to have their microphones and speakers liberated.
posted by localroger at 6:24 PM on December 19, 2013
Great great great. And great.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:05 PM on December 19, 2013
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:05 PM on December 19, 2013
I love that sound. Beautiful video, and a prod to finish the dulcitar conversion I have been putting off as "too hard" despite all of my tools and equipment.
posted by curious.jp at 9:12 PM on December 19, 2013
posted by curious.jp at 9:12 PM on December 19, 2013
I think the tuning gears were probably factory made, though they do look like they are a bit of a mis fit, as they are "backwards", meant for the opposite side (like a reverse headstock) and one is missing a bushing. Probably scavenged from a donor somewhere.
The setup is primitive, but not that different from when I visited Paracho, Mexico, over 15 years ago, where there were still plenty of builders cranking out primitive instruments by hand! Surprising amount of hand work going into them, and had no qualms about using what would be considered scrap wood here, for their their beater-level instruments. I've heard that the town has gotten a bit upscale, but for a long time it was a pretty primitive backwater and responsible for almost all the stringed instruments found in Mexico going back to colonial times.
I'd be curious to see what kind of solution he had for that headless BC Rich styled solidbody. I think that one could be conceivably be done without worm gear tuners at all.
posted by 2N2222 at 11:25 PM on December 19, 2013
The setup is primitive, but not that different from when I visited Paracho, Mexico, over 15 years ago, where there were still plenty of builders cranking out primitive instruments by hand! Surprising amount of hand work going into them, and had no qualms about using what would be considered scrap wood here, for their their beater-level instruments. I've heard that the town has gotten a bit upscale, but for a long time it was a pretty primitive backwater and responsible for almost all the stringed instruments found in Mexico going back to colonial times.
I'd be curious to see what kind of solution he had for that headless BC Rich styled solidbody. I think that one could be conceivably be done without worm gear tuners at all.
posted by 2N2222 at 11:25 PM on December 19, 2013
Unexpected choke-up. Thanks, Wolof.
posted by middleclasstool at 6:59 AM on December 20, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by middleclasstool at 6:59 AM on December 20, 2013 [1 favorite]
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