Stub Mandrel Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) Back in the early 90s I found a no-name neck in a skip. I bought loads of cheap bits my brother gave me his cheap Floyd Rose knock off. I made a super-heavy rough as a badgers bum 'explorer-ish' body from two layers of 3/4" play. Fast forward to this year, got a cheap unfinished strat body off ebay (probably made from balsa wood), got a jack plate and a sheet of scratchplate material. Body came up nice with a sprayed on satin finish, but it was so soft i had to paint with 'diamond hard' varnish so it's a 'deep grain' finish -ah well! Definitely not durable enough to gig but those cheap 80s 'buckers growl! Learnt a lot and might have a go at making a decent guitar or bass one day. What's the dark secret in your collection 🙂 Original body on right of first pic, other pics the 'new' version.... Edited December 17, 2019 by Stub Mandrel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 One of these 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 42 minutes ago, fretmeister said: One of these Someone, somewhere, has the Showaddywaddy Moon Guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Ugh! Too.... many... weedy...strings.... take them away ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I have a Sekrit Projekt to build a bass viola... Not going particularly well at the moment 😦 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 25 minutes ago, alyctes said: I have a Sekrit Projekt to build a bass viola... Not going particularly well at the moment 😦 You must have a big chin 🙂 Any sketches etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 13 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: You must have a big chin 🙂 Any sketches etc? I have a beard No sketches I dare show, sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 It's no secret, but in the early 80s I accidentally murdered my very first guitar, a Columbus SG copy. Undeterred, I murdered it some more until it looked like this: And it still looks like that now. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Bassassin said: And it still looks like that now. Were you expecting it to recover? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Bassassin said: It's no secret, but in the early 80s I accidentally murdered my very first guitar, a Columbus SG copy. Undeterred, I murdered it some more until it looked like this: And it still looks like that now. That's exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 12 hours ago, Bassassin said: Undeterred, I murdered it some more Great contribution to this thread. I love it. We had of course been waiting for this pic from you. 🙂 Can we await more skeletons from your cupboard? You being a pro 'n' all? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Unfortunately the Columbus SG Chop is the only one of my victims to survive! That experiece sort of taught me to look after my gear... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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