Shigeru Miyamotörhead

December 18, 2019 3:24 PM

Fuck it, let's just make a Super Mario World guitar out of popsicle sticks.
posted by cortex (10 comments total)

I just watched the whole thing without fast-forwarding because I was in awe of the intricacy and effort involved. It's both inspiring and daunting.
posted by ardgedee at 4:34 PM on December 18, 2019 [1 favorite]

I can't believe how much effort that took.

Re: the neck..."It was so much fun, I made 2 more..." LOL

count me in the nope camp on this project...
posted by Chuffy at 5:08 PM on December 18, 2019

Just unreal.

I'm surprised to find out that he had to go to so much trouble to obtain and dye the wood himself.
posted by Countess Elena at 5:08 PM on December 18, 2019

Veritas low angle jack plane and shooting board...I'm on board for this.
posted by bonobothegreat at 5:59 PM on December 18, 2019 [1 favorite]

Wow!
posted by Secretariat at 8:56 PM on December 18, 2019

Gosh that looks like a lot of work
posted by aubilenon at 10:31 PM on December 18, 2019

Really what gets me with any kind of woodworking project is 3/4 of the way through there's still a lot of things I need to do to it but I'm terrified that I'm going to mess up and ruin the whole thing.
posted by aubilenon at 11:52 PM on December 18, 2019 [2 favorites]

aubilenon, yes! On the flip side, though, when I made a mandolin, I found I learned a lot more about it by messing up details and going back to figure out how to fix them than I would have if I’d just done everything perfectly the first time. That guitar is amazing!
posted by transient at 5:02 AM on December 19, 2019 [1 favorite]

all that work and the creater didn't countersink the jack hole?!
posted by entropone at 7:11 AM on December 19, 2019

This popped up the other day for me. I love "I built a thing. Watch me do it." videos, but this one is not very good. Essentially every shot is a closeup and very little of the overall assembly is shown. The result is cool looking, but as far as the genre goes, I'm much more entertained by others.
posted by humboldt32 at 9:44 AM on December 19, 2019