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thorpe

2023-01-28 12:38:28 AM

Velvet Guitar

LewDux

2023-01-28 6:48:13 AM

For then you need that bubbly, fuzzy tone

moku9

2023-01-28 7:42:11 AM

thank you subby, that was fun and thank you fark overlords for green lighting this one. sincerely

My Sober Alt

2023-01-28 8:03:32 AM

That's amazing and also seems like a lot of work, but he's recycling.

It made me think of this thing I saw recently on PBS. This seems a little easier. Let nature do most of the work.

Guitar maker uses unique materials to lower environmental impact

dryknife

2023-01-28 8:35:54 AM

Pretty sure I saw some beer cans

dionysusaur

2023-01-28 8:38:52 AM

I remember a couple of brands in the '70s and '80s that hal aluminum necks. This was new.

MythDragon

2023-01-28 8:47:27 AM

I once melted 365 used condoms down and made a blimp. It was a Good Year.

AnotherBluesStringer

2023-01-28 9:14:30 AM

MythDragon: I once melted 365 used condoms down and made a blimp. It was a Good Year.

That's a solid pun, but I just can't respect someone that steals from their mother.

Tanqueray

2023-01-28 9:23:13 AM

Impressive.

MythDragon

2023-01-28 9:31:49 AM

AnotherBluesStringer: MythDragon: I once melted 365 used condoms down and made a blimp. It was a Good Year.

That's a solid pun, but I just can't respect someone that steals from their mother.

Okay, that was a good one

Russ1642

2023-01-28 9:39:20 AM

You can do one of check, call, or raise.

drewogatory

2023-01-28 9:51:46 AM

Russ1642: You can do one of check, call, or raise.

Poker is for nerds.

Lamberts Ho Man

2023-01-28 10:07:38 AM

Nicely done, and it's great to see someone actually using appropriate safety gear & practices in a metal casting video. There's a lot of stupid stuff out there.

He'd have saved a lot of time and fuel, and probably getting a better result if he hadn't started with soda cans though. Terrible alloy for casting, and you get a ton of dross (as he showed) because much of the thin metal oxidizes before it melts.

Best to start with a casting alloy - old car wheels work well in my experience.

Stig2112

2023-01-28 10:08:08 AM

dionysusaur: I remember a couple of brands in the '70s and '80s that hal aluminum necks. This was new.

My first guitar was an Applause from the early 70's that had an aluminum neck. It sounded pretty good but the strings wore the frets down rather quickly.

FlippityFlap

2023-01-28 10:12:55 AM

I watched this video the other day, cool to see it here. The final product has a very interesting tone, almost like an electric dobro. Not a swiss-army knife guitar, but would be nice to have in your arsenal...

Tyrone Slothrop

2023-01-28 11:12:41 AM

They Might Be Giants-The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)

LurkerSupreme

2023-01-28 11:21:54 AM

Sounds kinda tinny.

dionysusaur

2023-01-28 11:53:38 AM

Stig2112: dionysusaur: I remember a couple of brands in the '70s and '80s that hal aluminum necks. This was new.

My first guitar was an Applause from the early 70's that had an aluminum neck. It sounded pretty good but the strings wore the frets down rather quickly.

The ones I'm remembering were solidbody electrics with traditional fretboard materials, though.

Muso

2023-01-28 11:56:17 AM

LurkerSupreme: Sounds kinda tinny.

scanman61

2023-01-28 12:18:54 PM

Lamberts Ho Man: Nicely done, and it's great to see someone actually using appropriate safety gear & practices in a metal casting video. There's a lot of stupid stuff out there.

He'd have saved a lot of time and fuel, and probably getting a better result if he hadn't started with soda cans though. Terrible alloy for casting, and you get a ton of dross (as he showed) because much of the thin metal oxidizes before it melts.

Best to start with a casting alloy - old car wheels work well in my experience.

Go by any auto shop and ask if they have any scrap control arms that they replaced, a lot easier to find than a busted wheel.. They're cast from structural grade aluminum.

Knock out or cut off the bushings and ball joint and you've got a couple of kilos of project metal.

drewogatory

2023-01-28 12:38:46 PM

scanman61: Lamberts Ho Man: Nicely done, and it's great to see someone actually using appropriate safety gear & practices in a metal casting video. There's a lot of stupid stuff out there.

He'd have saved a lot of time and fuel, and probably getting a better result if he hadn't started with soda cans though. Terrible alloy for casting, and you get a ton of dross (as he showed) because much of the thin metal oxidizes before it melts.

Best to start with a casting alloy - old car wheels work well in my experience.

Go by any auto shop and ask if they have any scrap control arms that they replaced, a lot easier to find than a busted wheel.. They're cast from structural grade aluminum.

Knock out or cut off the bushings and ball joint and you've got a couple of kilos of project metal.

LOL, you know a shop that will give away money? Everyone I know actively recycles everything worth a penny.

scanman61

2023-01-28 12:45:37 PM

drewogatory: scanman61: Lamberts Ho Man: Nicely done, and it's great to see someone actually using appropriate safety gear & practices in a metal casting video. There's a lot of stupid stuff out there.

He'd have saved a lot of time and fuel, and probably getting a better result if he hadn't started with soda cans though. Terrible alloy for casting, and you get a ton of dross (as he showed) because much of the thin metal oxidizes before it melts.

Best to start with a casting alloy - old car wheels work well in my experience.

Go by any auto shop and ask if they have any scrap control arms that they replaced, a lot easier to find than a busted wheel.. They're cast from structural grade aluminum.

Knock out or cut off the bushings and ball joint and you've got a couple of kilos of project metal.

LOL, you know a shop that will give away money? Everyone I know actively recycles everything worth a penny.

I used to collect scrap from shops I service for a kid in my son's Scout troop who was into casting and blacksmithing. I became his hero when I brought him a broken leaf spring because he wanted to make a sword.

As long as you aren't trying to scoop up the whole scrap bin they're cool about it. Worst case, toss 'em $5 and they'll be happy.

Lamberts Ho Man

2023-01-28 12:47:20 PM

I don't mind paying scrap rates for decent material. I've gotten wheels for free from friends or trolling craigslist - when someone is selling three wheels, I just ask if they still have the broken one.

But wheels are a PITA to break up. Will see about the control arm thing. Pistons are good too.

Telephone Sanitizer Second Class

2023-01-28 12:55:35 PM

A while back I built this ukulele out of New Belgium beer cans and an old cigar box. Ended up selling it to a rep from the brewery.

scanman61

2023-01-28 1:07:46 PM

Lamberts Ho Man: drewogatory: scanman61: Lamberts Ho Man: Nicely done, and it's great to see someone actually using appropriate safety gear & practices in a metal casting video. There's a lot of stupid stuff out there.

He'd have saved a lot of time and fuel, and probably getting a better result if he hadn't started with soda cans though. Terrible alloy for casting, and you get a ton of dross (as he showed) because much of the thin metal oxidizes before it melts.

Best to start with a casting alloy - old car wheels work well in my experience.

Go by any auto shop and ask if they have any scrap control arms that they replaced, a lot easier to find than a busted wheel.. They're cast from structural grade aluminum.

Knock out or cut off the bushings and ball joint and you've got a couple of kilos of project metal.

LOL, you know a shop that will give away money? Everyone I know actively recycles everything worth a penny.

I don't mind paying scrap rates for decent material. I've gotten wheels for free from friends or trolling craigslist - when someone is selling three wheels, I just ask if they still have the broken one.

But wheels are a PITA to break up. Will see about the control arm thing. Pistons are good too.

Hypereutectic piston aluminum can be brittle because of the silicon content, the alloy is chosen for it's resistance to thermal expansion. Control arm aluminum is chosen for durability and strength.

Lamberts Ho Man

2023-01-28 2:02:44 PM

scanman61: Lamberts Ho Man: drewogatory: scanman61: Lamberts Ho Man: Nicely done, and it's great to see someone actually using appropriate safety gear & practices in a metal casting video. There's a lot of stupid stuff out there.

He'd have saved a lot of time and fuel, and probably getting a better result if he hadn't started with soda cans though. Terrible alloy for casting, and you get a ton of dross (as he showed) because much of the thin metal oxidizes before it melts.

Best to start with a casting alloy - old car wheels work well in my experience.

Go by any auto shop and ask if they have any scrap control arms that they replaced, a lot easier to find than a busted wheel.. They're cast from structural grade aluminum.

Knock out or cut off the bushings and ball joint and you've got a couple of kilos of project metal.

LOL, you know a shop that will give away money? Everyone I know actively recycles everything worth a penny.

I don't mind paying scrap rates for decent material. I've gotten wheels for free from friends or trolling craigslist - when someone is selling three wheels, I just ask if they still have the broken one.

But wheels are a PITA to break up. Will see about the control arm thing. Pistons are good too.

Hypereutectic piston aluminum can be brittle because of the silicon content, the alloy is chosen for it's resistance to thermal expansion. Control arm aluminum is chosen for durability and strength.

Yea, my stuff is typically decorative or otherwise not stress limited. I'm more interested in casting and machining properties. And the one batch of pistons I got poured like water!

Jack Sabbath

2023-01-28 2:40:10 PM

Quite surprised at the quality of the sound, honestly. Much warmer than I thought it would be. No pun intended, but I thought it would sound more tinny.

Probably works well for heavy metal (that one was intended.)

drewogatory

2023-01-28 2:42:42 PM

Jack Sabbath: Quite surprised at the quality of the sound, honestly. Much warmer than I thought it would be. No pun intended, but I thought it would sound more tinny.

Probably works well for heavy metal (that one was intended.)

I'm still 50/50 on whether it makes any difference at all what a solid body guitar is made out of.

scanman61

2023-01-28 2:46:45 PM

drewogatory: Jack Sabbath: Quite surprised at the quality of the sound, honestly. Much warmer than I thought it would be. No pun intended, but I thought it would sound more tinny.

Probably works well for heavy metal (that one was intended.)

I'm still 50/50 on whether it makes any difference at all what a solid body guitar is made out of.

As long as the headstock looks like this you should be OK:

drewogatory

2023-01-28 2:49:32 PM

scanman61: drewogatory: Jack Sabbath: Quite surprised at the quality of the sound, honestly. Much warmer than I thought it would be. No pun intended, but I thought it would sound more tinny.

Probably works well for heavy metal (that one was intended.)

I'm still 50/50 on whether it makes any difference at all what a solid body guitar is made out of.

As long as the headstock looks like this you should be OK:

[cdn.shopify.com image 850x402]

My only "s" guitar is an ESP super strat actually. Got a couple Teles and an Esquire though.

adamatari

2023-01-28 4:37:26 PM

The body of an electric guitar has nothing to do with tone on an electric guitar, except incidentally as a place to hang the strings and mount the pickups. The material doesn't matter.

It's much like sax mouthpieces of different materials, the sound is determined by the interior shape basically so the material has little to no effect on the sound.

Tested: Where Does The Tone Come From In An Electric Guitar?

drewogatory

2023-01-28 6:06:13 PM

Another one gone: RIP Tom Verlaine, one of the most greatest and most influential players ever.

Troy McClure

2023-01-28 8:51:04 PM

dionysusaur: I remember a couple of brands in the '70s and '80s that hal aluminum necks. This was new.

There are guitars being made now where the whole thing is aluminum. Here's Buzzo from the Melvins talking about his.

Melvins Lesson: King Buzzo Introduces His New Guitar

Telephone Sanitizer Second Class

2023-01-28 9:07:02 PM

adamatari: The body of an electric guitar has nothing to do with tone on an electric guitar, except incidentally as a place to hang the strings and mount the pickups. The material doesn't matter.

This is so wrong, I don't even know where to start.

If it was true, every electric guitar manufacturer would have been using painted plywood for their bodies for the last forever years.

Stop thinking some rando on YouTube has figured out something nobody else has ever thought of.

Bot v2.38beta

2023-01-28 9:49:10 PM

Telephone Sanitizer Second Class: adamatari: The body of an electric guitar has nothing to do with tone on an electric guitar, except incidentally as a place to hang the strings and mount the pickups. The material doesn't matter.

This is so wrong, I don't even know where to start.

If it was true, every electric guitar manufacturer would have been using painted plywood for their bodies for the last forever years.

Stop thinking some rando on YouTube has figured out something nobody else has ever thought of.

Guitar players are a fickle bunch. They don't like change. That's why the big names stick to ash and other various "high end" wood. The majority of budget and foreign guitars have been made out of basswood for probably close to 20 years.

The body makes minimal difference when you're playing through an amp. Even less so with overdrive and other effects.

It's a matter of physics. You're not amplifying your sound from vibrating the body of acoustic. You're picking up the vibrations of the strings themselves.

Guitar brands haven't switched to cheap materials like plywood because players wouldn't pay $1500+ for a plywood guitar. Unless it's from 1950 and had "years of mojo"

Bot v2.38beta

2023-01-28 9:54:40 PM

It Might Get Loud | "Jack White Builds a Guitar Then Plays It" Official Clip (2009)

Telephone Sanitizer Second Class

2023-01-28 10:01:58 PM

Oof, this thread became as dumb as a beer thread on the food tab.

Wendigogo

2023-01-29 1:29:44 AM

Bot v2.38beta: Telephone Sanitizer Second Class: adamatari: The body of an electric guitar has nothing to do with tone on an electric guitar, except incidentally as a place to hang the strings and mount the pickups. The material doesn't matter.

This is so wrong, I don't even know where to start.

If it was true, every electric guitar manufacturer would have been using painted plywood for their bodies for the last forever years.

Stop thinking some rando on YouTube has figured out something nobody else has ever thought of.

Guitar players are a fickle bunch. They don't like change. That's why the big names stick to ash and other various "high end" wood. The majority of budget and foreign guitars have been made out of basswood for probably close to 20 years.

The body makes minimal difference when you're playing through an amp. Even less so with overdrive and other effects.

It's a matter of physics. You're not amplifying your sound from vibrating the body of acoustic. You're picking up the vibrations of the strings themselves.

Guitar brands haven't switched to cheap materials like plywood because players wouldn't pay $1500+ for a plywood guitar. Unless it's from 1950 and had "years of mojo"

You just mansplained guitar building to a luthier. Lulz.

LewDux

2023-01-29 2:07:29 AM

For best guitar sound use Platinum Lattice Accurate Calibration Electron Beam Optimization technology.

uttertosh

2023-01-29 8:02:13 AM

LewDux: For best guitar sound use Platinum Lattice Accurate Calibration Electron Beam Optimization technology.

Yup. I just backed the kickstarter campaign that uses this tech, and hopefully should receive the ticket number for the order my version, with all the addons listed in the dropdown menu, before the March 31st midnight deadline for applications. I mean, sure the $31,4159 sure seems like a fat slice, but it's pecan my interests as to how the effect of the Platinum has over the Gold in the Globally Accurate Zetapaticle Emitting Beam Optimization version.

Interesting days for emerging tech, indeed!

alternaive

2023-01-29 9:48:34 AM

Bot v2.38beta

2023-01-29 10:31:24 AM

Wendigogo:

You just mansplained guitar building to a luthier. Lulz.

Jokes on me, Telephone was only pretending to be a moron.

jacksonic

2023-01-29 11:38:16 AM

Chromeo enjoys shiny guitar shenanigans

pheelix

2023-01-29 5:10:43 PM

Does this guy do special orders? I'd like one modeled after Jerry Casale's Be Stiff bass.

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