My new guitar what I have made........

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Re: My new guitar what I have made........

Postby Alan Prudhoe » 30 Oct 2013, 09:36

Obi-Wan: I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn't allow it. He feared you might follow old Obi-Wan on some damn fool idealistic crusade like your father did.

Luke: What is it?

Obi-Wan: Ecca's travel guitar. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times... before the Empire.

One day all guitars will be like this (but wise men will still all play ukuleles)
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Re: My new guitar what I have made........

Postby ecca » 30 Oct 2013, 15:02

Awwww, how sweet !

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Re: My new guitar what I have made........

Postby ecca » 30 Oct 2013, 18:46

Here it is in all its glory, video took by Rog Bayliss.
Walk don't run. ( Very rusty version, haven't played it for yonks )

http://youtu.be/P080PrtsP50
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Re: My new guitar what I have made........

Postby MickB » 12 Nov 2013, 14:20

ecca wrote:Here it is in all its glory, video took by Rog Bayliss.
Walk don't run. ( Very rusty version, haven't played it for yonks )

http://youtu.be/P080PrtsP50

We all have those rusty moments mate,sounds really well and a classic number that one.Mick
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Re: My new guitar what I have made........

Postby ecca » 12 Nov 2013, 14:59

Building on that I'm now making another..... the pick-up next to the bridge and a cutout in front of the tuners so as to lighten it still further.
I'm using a locking nut as the Steinberg end on the end of the cut off neck.
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Re: My new guitar what I have made........

Postby AlanMcKillop » 12 Nov 2013, 15:41

You must have got the idea from the clip of Chet Atkins on Youtube. :D
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Re: My new guitar what I have made........

Postby bob t » 12 Nov 2013, 15:43

ecca wrote:Building on that I'm now making another..... the pick-up next to the bridge and a cutout in front of the tuners so as to lighten it still further.


Try balsa wood !! :lol: :lol:
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Re: My new guitar what I have made........

Postby dave robinson » 12 Nov 2013, 15:48

Great stuff ! :)
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Re: My new guitar what I have made........

Postby ecca » 12 Nov 2013, 15:52

I got the idea about 1986.
This is probably the fifth travel guitar I've had/built or modified but I've never built an electric one before.
Short scale is not good !
it's frustrating.
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