Some of my "Frankenstein's" guitars built from scrap instruments (modelled by my son who is much better at playing them than me):
Biscuit tin electric slide guitar built in a couple of afternoons - one of which was teaching my son to use a router.
Electric and electro-acoustic "u-basses" built from children's guitars - fantastic sounding instruments, no-one can work out where that deep bass sound is coming from.
Five string fretless bass from a beautiful neck aquired from a well known online auction site, a bass body I had lying around, and my own design of electronics. This is a serious instrument.
Ross, who is heavily into all things medieval, said "can I have a bass shaped like a sword?" As a true engineering dad, I said he could if he made it himself. It's taken a while but we finished it this summer - it's actually remarkably good! As ever, made from pretty much all scrap parts but with some serious woodworking this time.
Some of my "Frankenstein's" guitars built from scrap instruments (modelled by my son who is much better at playing them than me):
Biscuit tin electric slide guitar built in a couple of afternoons - one of which was teaching my son to use a router.
Electric and electro-acoustic "u-basses" built from children's guitars - fantastic sounding instruments, no-one can work out where that deep bass sound is coming from.
Five string fretless bass from a beautiful neck aquired from a well known online auction site, a bass body I had lying around, and my own design of electronics. This is a serious instrument.
Ross, who is heavily into all things medieval, said "can I have a bass shaped like a sword?" As a true engineering dad, I said he could if he made it himself. It's taken a while but we finished it this summer - it's actually remarkably good! As ever, made from pretty much all scrap parts but with some serious woodworking this time.
