perspex/acrylic

[steve-bbb]

just as a thought .... has anybody any experience of perspex or acrylic bodies?

i recall the dan armstrong thingy from years ago and if i remember correctly was there a bass version as well as the six string?

the idea of a perspex/acrylic bitsa project has just occured to me and requires a modicum of investigation i feel

[Rumple]

I remember they had a sliding pick-up on rails, at the time I thought it rather cool.

[henry norton]

I used to do allot of work with acrylic - it machines nicely and polishes up like glass One issue is the weight though, it weighs much more than wood which is one reason the Armstrong guitars had very small bodies. That said, you could look at fabricating a semi hollow body.

The bass player in Goldfrapp used an an acrylic Precision. The body and headstock were see through but the neck itself looked like wood (I think).

[Rumple]

So he did

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[gilmour]

[quote name='henry norton' timestamp='1321700619' post='1442072']

The bass player in Goldfrapp used an an acrylic Precision. The body and headstock were see through but the neck itself looked like wood (I think).
[/quote]

It was made by Crimson Guitars, there's a very detailed build diary of it on his site, here's one page:
http://crimsonguitars.com/workshop-diary/2008/01/page/11

[BigRedX]

[quote name='henry norton' timestamp='1321700619' post='1442072']
The bass player in Goldfrapp used an an acrylic Precision. The body and headstock were see through but the neck itself looked like wood (I think).
[/quote]
He has several including one which was all-acrylic including the neck. I've played this one and unfortunately it's not a particularly good instrument - extremely heavy and with a massively chunky neck. Also while it looks great at a distance up close you can see every unpolished internal surface which I found detracted massively from the overall look of the instrument.

One for the video only and then only if you can take a decent break between each take!

[steve-bbb]

thanks everyone

[EdwardHimself]

sounds cool but I would hate to make a bass out of one, since it stinks when you work on it!

[tommorichards]

There was a guy building a clear tele on here.

Its a good read and may have some info fo you

[url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2011-tdpri-tele-build-challenge/263778-scatter-lees-2011-tdpri-build-challenge-thread.html"]http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2011-tdpri-tele-build-challenge/263778-scatter-lees-2011-tdpri-build-challenge-thread.html[/url]

[el borracho]

Surprised nobody has mentioned bassassin's rather nice build on this forum

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/100767-i-built-a-precision-and-it-went-wrong/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/100767-i-built-a-precision-and-it-went-wrong/[/url]

[BigRedX]

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1321724821' post='1442479']
There was a guy building a clear tele on here.

Its a good read and may have some info fo you

[url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2011-tdpri-tele-build-challenge/263778-scatter-lees-2011-tdpri-build-challenge-thread.html"]http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2011-tdpri-tele-build-challenge/263778-scatter-lees-2011-tdpri-build-challenge-thread.html[/url]
[/quote]
Now that (apart from the boring telecaster shape) is how to make an acrylic guitar. The attention to detail described in the thread puts the finish of the Crimson bass to shame.