Holy crap, look at this strat build...

Beatbx · August 12th, 2008, 02:41 PM

...a friend of mine works at a counter top place and had this bright idea, incredible:

If you have a myspace account, there are more pics here:

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...lbumId=2226648

neocaster · August 12th, 2008, 02:59 PM

Rock on. Make it a baritone. Make it a bass. I think he got around the issue of neck dive.

Grin'n'pick · August 12th, 2008, 03:02 PM

I bet my 70's strat still weighs more!

That swimming pool route ain't going to do wonders for the resonance.

magicguitar · August 12th, 2008, 03:03 PM

Looks cool. Should be real nice when finished. Wonder what it might sound like.

guitarzan13 · August 12th, 2008, 03:05 PM

Bet it will "ROCK"

Beatbx · August 12th, 2008, 03:09 PM

[quote=Grin'n'pick;1378310]I bet my 70's strat still weighs more!QUOTE]

That's funny. I believe he's doing a marble neck as well. Should sound heavy...

Grin'n'pick · August 12th, 2008, 03:12 PM

Is he going to relic it by putting hot saucepans on it, or by chopping onions?

Skrik · August 12th, 2008, 03:27 PM

Eh, how is he going to screw the hardware to the body?

Tele Fan · August 12th, 2008, 03:49 PM

Well, it'll be a nice table top decoration. He could but one of those wheels on the bottom and make a lazy susan. Or he could tell Susan to go get a job.

Grin'n'pick · August 12th, 2008, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tele Fan

Well, it'll be a nice table top decoration. He could but one of those wheels on the bottom and make a lazy susan. Or he could tell Susan to go get a job.

I like your work!

RodeoTex · August 12th, 2008, 07:18 PM

I'm guessing that is a Squier body, based on what looks like laminate layers in the pickup route?
Very nice finish though. Maybe you could give us a lesson in doing it.
Thanks for sharing.

Phaze · August 12th, 2008, 07:37 PM

Sustain 4evah!

Many years ago I tossed around the idea of a cast concrete guitar body

!

Can't wait to hear clips!

Beatbx · August 13th, 2008, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RodeoTex

I'm guessing that is a Squier body, based on what looks like laminate layers in the pickup route?
Very nice finish though. Maybe you could give us a lesson in doing it.
Thanks for sharing.

No man, that's marble through and through.

esteban · August 13th, 2008, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skrik

Eh, how is he going to screw the hardware to the body?

QFTT.

Although it looks friggin amazing! I wonder how it took to route the body and do the curves/corners...

Scotland · August 13th, 2008, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grin'n'pick

Is he going to relic it by putting hot saucepans on it, or by chopping onions?

MulliganChebichev · August 13th, 2008, 02:36 PM

That's nuts.
Is the control cavity deep enough to accommodate the switches, etc.?

SatelliteOrders · August 13th, 2008, 02:57 PM

I remember hearing about a mid80s attempt by Fender to make a granite guitar. Sustain forever, but you couldn't strap it on without risking spinal damage.

Beatbx · August 13th, 2008, 03:18 PM

I don't know how he's gonna attach things yet. I'm curious myself. It was all done on a CNC.

boris bubbanov · August 13th, 2008, 05:55 PM

Exactly which type of countertop material is this thing? Is this Granite, or Corian, or a synthetic stone product of which there are quite a few?

Great Post!

ajgus · August 13th, 2008, 06:27 PM

I hope he uses it to play nothing but The Stones.

Ronkirn · August 13th, 2008, 11:06 PM

Tell him to relax... there's a Tele and a Strat made of Corian in the Fender Museum...

Ron Kirn

John76 · August 15th, 2008, 02:33 AM

It looks really nice. :)

B Valley · August 15th, 2008, 11:12 PM

I remember an interview with Roy Buchanan where he talks about his granite guitar. He said it was heavy, but it would ring for days. I never saw a photo of it.

Strawfields · August 15th, 2008, 11:16 PM

is that a resin composite marble?

Grin'n'pick · August 24th, 2008, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B Valley

I remember an interview with Roy Buchanan where he talks about his granite guitar. He said it was heavy, but it would ring for days. I never saw a photo of it.

Yeah, but he also said he was 'half-wolf'....

jealousblues · August 28th, 2008, 05:45 AM

Dang, I bet that thing is almost as heavy as a Les Paul

hockey_head · August 28th, 2008, 03:17 PM

isn't that the synthetic contertop stuff. friend of mine makes harmonca combs out of that. it's not that heavy and it holds a thread or threaded insert fairly well. can't sound any worse than an armstrong or fender lucite body guitar...........................cool.

Beatbx · August 28th, 2008, 04:06 PM

I haven't seen it in person yet, but he said it is marble. He's going to use anchors to affix parts to it.

hockey_head · August 29th, 2008, 08:43 AM

I think the brand name of that stuff is corriann. my bathroom vanity is made of that. you can see the resin qualities in the surfaces of the routed cavities.
it's like when you build a house for $80k and say your getting marble vanity top, it's not really marble. it's still freakin' cool!!!!!!!!!!!

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Beatbx Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL Age: 38 Posts: 324	[quote=Grin'n'pick;1378310]I bet my 70's strat still weighs more!QUOTE] That's funny. I believe he's doing a marble neck as well. Should sound heavy... __________________ -Joe http://www.myspace.com/celestialsrock http://www.myspace.com/handofthehost

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Skrik Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Norway Age: 39 Posts: 674	Eh, how is he going to screw the hardware to the body? __________________ "Gary Moore should take his guitar and go home" -- John Lee Hooker

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Tele Fan Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Louisville, Ky Age: 30 Posts: 2,933	Well, it'll be a nice table top decoration. He could but one of those wheels on the bottom and make a lazy susan. Or he could tell Susan to go get a job. __________________ Life is better when you just make it up as you go along.

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neocaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chester County, PA Age: 36 Posts: 3,935 11 Photos	Rock on. Make it a baritone. Make it a bass. I think he got around the issue of neck dive.

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Grin'n'pick Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sarf Eas' Laandon Posts: 1,974 38 Photos	I bet my 70's strat still weighs more! That swimming pool route ain't going to do wonders for the resonance.

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magicguitar Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fallon, Nevada Age: 61 Posts: 789	Looks cool. Should be real nice when finished. Wonder what it might sound like.

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Grin'n'pick Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sarf Eas' Laandon Posts: 1,974 38 Photos	Is he going to relic it by putting hot saucepans on it, or by chopping onions?

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RodeoTex Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,840	I'm guessing that is a Squier body, based on what looks like laminate layers in the pickup route? Very nice finish though. Maybe you could give us a lesson in doing it. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose.

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Phaze TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: o HI o, In the middle of the road. Posts: 98	Sustain 4evah! Many years ago I tossed around the idea of a cast concrete guitar body ! Can't wait to hear clips!

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MulliganChebichev Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon Age: 19 Posts: 1,958 11 Photos	That's nuts. Is the control cavity deep enough to accommodate the switches, etc.?

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SatelliteOrders Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN Age: 39 Posts: 1,066 15 Photos	I remember hearing about a mid80s attempt by Fender to make a granite guitar. Sustain forever, but you couldn't strap it on without risking spinal damage. __________________

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Beatbx Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL Age: 38 Posts: 324	I don't know how he's gonna attach things yet. I'm curious myself. It was all done on a CNC. __________________ -Joe http://www.myspace.com/celestialsrock http://www.myspace.com/handofthehost

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boris bubbanov Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 15,005	Exactly which type of countertop material is this thing? Is this Granite, or Corian, or a synthetic stone product of which there are quite a few? Great Post! __________________ When i listen

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Strawfields Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Stirling, Scotland Age: 40 Posts: 741 3 Photos	is that a resin composite marble? __________________ " A musician, if he is a messenger, is like a child who hasn't been handled too many times by man, hasn't had too many fingerprints across his brain. That's why music is so much heavier than anything you ever felt "- Jimi Hendrix 1969

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ajgus Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: chicago Posts: 3,002	I hope he uses it to play nothing but The Stones. __________________ "...it's just a wonderful sound..."- GE Smith

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Ronkirn VENDOR Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL Age: 63 Posts: 3,884	Tell him to relax... there's a Tele and a Strat made of Corian in the Fender Museum... Ron Kirn __________________ "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain." "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself ." BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. www.ronkirn.com

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John76 TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Virginia Age: 33 Posts: 36	It looks really nice. :) __________________ John

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B Valley Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2008 Location: Glendale, Az Posts: 1,358	I remember an interview with Roy Buchanan where he talks about his granite guitar. He said it was heavy, but it would ring for days. I never saw a photo of it. __________________ How many guitars is enough? Just one more...

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jealousblues TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: st. louis Age: 26 Posts: 49	Dang, I bet that thing is almost as heavy as a Les Paul __________________ www.GriffinandtheGargoyles.com www.myspace.com/GriffinandtheGargoyles

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hockey_head Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: shortsville, ny Age: 52 Posts: 379	isn't that the synthetic contertop stuff. friend of mine makes harmonca combs out of that. it's not that heavy and it holds a thread or threaded insert fairly well. can't sound any worse than an armstrong or fender lucite body guitar...........................cool.

August 28th, 2008, 04:06 PM	#28 (permalink)
Beatbx Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL Age: 38 Posts: 324	I haven't seen it in person yet, but he said it is marble. He's going to use anchors to affix parts to it. __________________ -Joe http://www.myspace.com/celestialsrock http://www.myspace.com/handofthehost

August 29th, 2008, 08:43 AM	#29 (permalink)
hockey_head Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: shortsville, ny Age: 52 Posts: 379	I think the brand name of that stuff is corriann. my bathroom vanity is made of that. you can see the resin qualities in the surfaces of the routed cavities. it's like when you build a house for $80k and say your getting marble vanity top, it's not really marble. it's still freakin' cool!!!!!!!!!!!

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