Ally Guitar

[PaulThePlug]

Pleasing to watch...

 

[nilorius]

Does it sound like a guitar ?

[msb]

Watch the video and decide.  It sounded like a guitar to me.

[Mykesbass]

5 hours ago, nilorius said:

Does it sound like a guitar ?

It's a bit fizzy and only good for pop 😏

[Ralf1e]

I like the sound of it and with my background in metalwork and furniture manufacturing I spent alot of the time watching thinking about how he could have made it lighter I didn't come up with an obvious solution until just now while writing this.

Honeycomb the core. It worked for racing cars so why not?

Or tig weld the entire thing as a semi hollow.

Lovely guitar anyway and a worthwhile project.

I like it.

Bit cold for this weather though. Brrr

[Mykesbass]

Great video, really well edited. And yes, @niloriusit does indeed sound like a very nice guitar!

[Skybone]

It does beg THE question...

 

Is it good for metal?

[Mykesbass]

28 minutes ago, Ralf1e said:

I like the sound of it and with my background in metalwork and furniture manufacturing I spent alot of the time watching thinking about how he could have made it lighter I didn't come up with an obvious solution until just now while writing this.

Honeycomb the core. It worked for racing cars so why not?

Or tig weld the entire thing as a semi hollow.

Lovely guitar anyway and a worthwhile project.

I like it.

Bit cold for this weather though. Brrr

The semi hollow would also remove another (to me) problem in that the body is too thin. 

[PaulThePlug]

I was listening to music on the headphonrs, and just watched without sound...

Back in my apprenticeship days one of the bosses gathered us round and showed us sand casting a cylinder for an old british motorcycle.

Great use for Ally Cans.

I like seeing Craftsman at work...

Check out https://www.alienalloyguitars.com/

[TheGreek]

One of Gibson's first electric guitars was an ali bodied, uke sized Electro acoustic. 

 

Courtesy of Pawn Stars.

[SH73]

Any good for metal? I'll get my coat

[Ralf1e]

32 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

I was listening to music on the headphonrs, and just watched without sound...

Back in my apprenticeship days one of the bosses gathered us round and showed us sand casting a cylinder for an old british motorcycle.

Great use for Ally Cans.

I like seeing Craftsman at work...

Check out https://www.alienalloyguitars.com/

Wow! They have it covered. What a great design and practical tool that is.

They have basses planned. Let us hope they make a go of it and don't disappear.

 

[fleabag]

2 hours ago, SH73 said:

Any good for metal? I'll get my coat

 

6 hours ago, Skybone said:

It does beg THE question...

 

Is it good for metal?

 

[fleabag]

I like people who try to think in curved lines.  Couldn't live with a 12lb  bass let alone guitar, but i loved the idea.

 

 

His guitar made out of newspapers is just as entertaining, and a little bit lighter  

 

They both sound great IMO

[Waddo Soqable]

I seem to recall a band TAR who had aluminium guitars made for them, a tele & a P bass type spring to mind

[itu]

Aluminium is only good for light metal. Maybe... Babymetal?

 

 

By the way, they are touring this spring. No I am not fan, but a friend of mine is.

[msb]

Trussart have been doing hollow body metal guitars for ages. 
 

Works of art.

 

https://jamestrussart.com

[itu]

alusonic is also using Al in their bass bodies and cabs. Kramer, Travis Bean... but 1000 cans and three months, this guy is really fun!

[Grahambythesea]

I saw a band outside Starbucks in Seattle called Slimpickin’s and their bassist had an aluminium bodied upright bass. Sounded good.

[itu]

26 minutes ago, Grahambythesea said:

...and their bassist had an aluminium bodied upright bass.

 

[Newfoundfreedom]

I almost posted this video myself a couple of days ago, but then I went to the bar and forgot about it. 😆

 

I enjoyed the build, and it looked and sounded pretty decent when it was finished.