Does a guitar body need to be made from wood?

mart

Is that the thing Chris Stein has been playing lately?

ICBM

Yes.

JayGee

These... 

http://www.gouldingguitars.com/goulding-stack.aspx ;

...are lovely. I had a play with several examples at the East Anglian Guitar how a few years back and really, really, really liked them.

Rocker

LittleBlue said:

The XOX Handle. Body and neck carbon fibre. Crazy but plays wonderfully. Once saw one at a guitar show a few years back: http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/parkerska/imagejpg1-1.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/parkerska/imagejpg1-2.jpg

Wow! That looks simply amazing.

Gru

Apologies is it's been mentioned but 3D printed guitars on YouTube. Impressive but not my thing. I like the natural wood myself.

rockmonster

I seem to remember Kramer aluminium necked guitars in the late 70's early 80's too!

WezV

rockmonster;454098" said:

I seem to remember Kramer aluminium necked guitars in the late 70's early 80's too!

And Travis Bean

Loobs

This weird used shop round the corner to me (in a very unlikely immigrant part of Berlin) has a Travis Bean TB1000. My eyes nearly popped out of my bed when I saw it in there.

Loobs

Personally I'm not so into the feel or tone of metal necked guitars. EGC do build some incredible things though

xHymnal

Harvester are building some stunning guitars atm too... 

http://www.harvesterguitars.com/

doing the kramer style metal neck jobbie. Unique builds. 

littlegreenman

http://www.tuvie.com/wp-content/uploads/gittler-guitar1.jpg

http://pictures1.kyozou.com/pictures/_18/17359/17358158.jpg

fretmeister

Status-Graphite

http://www.status-graphite.com/status/image/guitar/git_back_2.jpg

fretmeister

Auroc marble bodied guitar 

 http://guitar-auctions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lot0165.jpg

ToneControl

remember the Tokai Talbo?
from 1983 onwards