The butcher strikes again.

Brize

Strangefan said:

I can't help but like him. 

I like him too, but his mods are still butchery.

rhinofeet

Wouldn't a narrow necked guitar accomplish the same thing?

boogieman

rhinofeet said:

Wouldn't a narrow necked guitar accomplish the same thing?

His thing is making guitars suitable for people with “sausage fingers” who can’t cope with a narrow necks. He converts 7 string guitars into 6 stringers, but his workmanship is errrr, interesting. 

Henrytwang

The guy has some pretty wacky ideas which some people actually like as he manages to sell quite a few of his terrible conversions. One day he might come up with a great idea. I just hope he takes out a patent on it before unleashing it on the world.

TeleMaster

Scalloped the wrong way mate. 

simonhpieman

Philtre said:

dogload said:

Do we really need another thread sticking it to Mr. Pnillips? Surely it's been done to death.

Yes. Yes, we do. Keep 'em coming, I need cheering up.

I'm not sure cheering up is the right phrase but I'm pretty sure @aguitaraday on Instagram will give you your fix...

Winny_Pooh

Can we please start one of those petitions to Downing Street for him to take micawber and convert it to a 5 string for Keef

mbe

I've got an idea. If you used a sander to put fret spaced notches in the back of the neck then that would create a tactile positioning aid. A facility that would aid beginner and virtuoso alike.

Can anyone help with patenting before Mr. Cleartone steals my idea?

proggy

prlgmnr said:

DefaultM said:

If it's for your thumb then why has he done both sides of the neck?

Incase you have two or more thumbs.

Perhaps he's aiming towards the East Anglian market.

tekbow

The fuck is that??

Snap

That is a really mental thing. Its properly perplexed me. Why?

Sassafras

Funkfingers said:

The part that mystifies me is that our hero is not working on commissioned instrument conversions. It is all speculative, in hopes of finding buyers via t’Interweb.  

I've commissioned him to make me a scalloped back of the neck guitar for easy barre chords.

scrumhalf

On the plus side, he must be one of the few makers (I hesitate to call him a luthier) not to worry about hooky Chinese rip-offs.

JezWynd

He should send one to Yngwie Malmsteen, he could be the next luthier to the stars.

Lewy

He's missed a trick here...the thing to do is make a neck in two halves, with the bass side made of stress ball foam. That way a lightly applied thumb would glide along it, but it would give way when the thumb comes over the top to make a chord. Bloody simple. 

mbe

mbe said:

I've got an idea. If you used a sander to put fret spaced notches in the back of the neck then that would create a tactile positioning aid. A facility that would aid beginner and virtuoso alike.

Can anyone help with patenting before Mr. Cleartone steals my idea?

Sassafras said:

Funkfingers said:

The part that mystifies me is that our hero is not working on commissioned instrument conversions. It is all speculative, in hopes of finding buyers via t’Interweb.  

I've commissioned him to make me a scalloped back of the neck guitar for easy barre chords.

You pinched my idea, now that'll scupper my plan to bring it to Dragons' Den