lettsguitars Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 [quote name='Bassassin' post='1108196' date='Jan 30 2011, 02:58 PM']I've got two placcy basses - an Ibanez EDA900: [attachment=70417:EDA900.jpg] And a see-through P wot I made: [attachment=70418:pink800.jpg] Makes a change from plywood... Jon.[/quote] did you make the perspex body yourself? if so how? is it just like working with wood (generally speaking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 [quote name='lettsguitars' post='1108293' date='Jan 30 2011, 04:43 PM']did you make the perspex body yourself? if so how? is it just like working with wood (generally speaking)[/quote] Nah - I just bolted the bits together, plus a bit of painting & headstock-reshaping! Having said that, I have worked with Perspex, not on that scale, just scratchplates, truss rod covers, ramps & such. If you're conscious of the fact it's a fairly brittle material, it's actually very easy to cut, shape and achieve a good finish. With the right tools I think making a body would be quite straightforward. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryLeroyMcBassbass Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I thought it would have been made of wood. It was a dreadful plank of a bass that i could fit my hand between the fretboard and strings! A pink Marlin Sidewinder. Wounder!! And it sounded like poop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Your not on your own Wayne. When i was a kid i used to think all electric guitars were plastic. Right up until i was maybe 14 or 15. I cant recall seeing any varnished/oiled ones back then? I never even handled one till i picked up my mates Woolies special with cheesegrater action when i was 14 or so. But I took no notice of any guitars at all as I came from a non musical family and never had any in the house when i were a whipper snapper. I do remember seeing plenty of those awfull Beatle type placcy acoustic things in Woolworths and Kays Catalogues etc. NB: Plastic has been around longer than most people realize, with an early plastic making its debut at the Victorian Great International Exhibition at London in 1860 something. Edited January 31, 2011 by daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I thought they were plastic until I bought one, then I realised it was too heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I would have preferred a plastic one, anyway. My mate had a lead guitar ... it weighed a ton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Well, I knew mine was plastic because it is! It's an Ibanez Ergodyne EDB600 with a luthite body... light as a feather and it sounds great :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 [quote name='cheddatom' post='1109249' date='Jan 31 2011, 11:47 AM']I thought they were plastic until I bought one, then I realised it was too heavy.[/quote] My perspex P is about 14lbs. I can't play it for more than 10 minutes standing up! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 My first bass might as well have been plastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Bassassin' post='1109601' date='Jan 31 2011, 03:45 PM']My perspex P is about 14lbs. I can't play it for more than 10 minutes standing up! J.[/quote] ah, but Perspex is not plastic, in fact its more akin to glass. One of its trade marked names is [i]PlexiGlass[/i] Unfortunatley though it is easily scratched and likely to become brittle and shatter under stress (It is also sometimes called simply [i]acrylic[/i]) Edited January 31, 2011 by daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 [quote name='daz' post='1109862' date='Jan 31 2011, 07:01 PM']ah, but Perspex is not plastic[/quote] I beg to differ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Outstanding! Just as the topic was about to run out of steam, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Wilson Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1107390' date='Jan 29 2011, 05:26 PM']When you first started playing did you realise the body was made out of wood?[/quote] Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4-string-thing Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 [quote name='skankdelvar' post='1107433' date='Jan 29 2011, 06:04 PM']No. Because I was 4 years old, it was one of these and it [i]was [/i]made out of plastic. Probably from recycled Maccaferris: [size=1]NB: Tuner placement requires semi-reverse post-winding technique[/size][/quote] I had one of these too.... boy, do I regret moving that one on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMX Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Nope, but I thought the machine heads/tuners on my first bass were plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) [quote name='daz' post='1109862' date='Jan 31 2011, 07:01 PM']ah, but Perspex is not plastic, in fact its more akin to glass. One of its trade marked names is [i]PlexiGlass[/i][/quote] True dat. Perspex is a mixture of aluminium powder, tiny glass tetrahedrons and ketchup. OTOH, Lucite (as used in Dan Armstrong instruments) was a form of laminated cellophane invented by Ernesto Arnaz (father of Desi Arnaz) and named after his son's bride - the 50's comedienne Lucille Ball - hence Lucite. Edited January 31, 2011 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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