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I love the look of this thing and all the ingenuity involved lol! I showed it to a buddy of mine I work on guitars with though and we both were wondering how you plan on accounting for the lack of a truss rod in that classical neck whenever you eventually put steel strings on it?
Thanks! In this project I adopted the approach of "Do first, think later" which has been really liberating. So I'll probs just whack the steel strings on and see what happens. There is an Allen head visible at the base of the neck tho, so this cheapy may have a truss rod.
When you apply lossy compression to the instrument itself so you don't have to bother with it after recording.
I assume there will be questions... it was built from a cheap, small classical guitar to be something I could travel with~
The pickup you see is not currently wired up (dun worry I know it won't work with nylon strings - it's there if/when I wanna try steel strings.) There is a piezo pickup under the bridge at the moment.
The strings route over the roller bridge, around another set of rollers and then to tuners - which is the headstock I chopped off the neck.
It's pretty quiet and gross, but also fun to play and work on for a laugh.
I think you are missing about ⅓ of guitar.
I wouldn't say I'm missing it, Bob.
I love this guitar. Why do you have to post awesome stuff like this while I already have several projects going on?
Lol soz! What are your projects? You should post some!
Nothing remotely related to guitars at the moment. I'll post something someday.
Oh cool. I do a lot of random projects too. Working on a weird bicycle this weekend :)
The twine strap really is the icing on the cake. You’re wild, I love this
Thanks haha, I did/do have plans to make something that doesn't slice into the back of my neck, but I agree, the twine aesthetic is too appropriate for now.
Nice work! How do you tune it?
Check out the other photos in the thread. The tuning pegs are now located under the bridge. I put a clip on tuner on the bridge, pluck the string with my fretting hand and adjust with the strumming hand. It's all backwards, but works fine!
left handed guitar