Some homemade guitars should be set on fire before anyone sees them ...

axisus

You! Yes you over there ......... Put down the luthiery tools and step away from the wood. Step away from the wood Sir ..... This tazer finger is mighty itchy .... just step away from the wood ...

DiscoStu

Designed in Microsoft Paint, built in a room with no windows or lights.

It does have one redeeming design feature: the magic mushroom rear cover is actually very well executed!

WezV

everyone's gotta start somewhere.

Sassafras

He's incorporated some "interesting" design features regarding the handle and the strap button.
How Stevie Wonder might make a guitar.

DrBob

I quite like the backplate 

ICBM

DiscoStu said:

It does have one redeeming design feature: the two probably genuine MXR knobs which can be removed before the rest is incinerated

FTFY

WezV said:

everyone's gotta start somewhere.

True, and my own first attempt wasn't something I'd be very proud of now... but I'm still a bit sorry that I later chopped it up to re-purpose the usable parts.

It was a bit better than that one too .

Sassafras

Beauty is so subjective.

AK99

Early previously unknown prototype Tele - no ?

digitalscream

axisus said:

You! Yes you over there ......... Put down the luthiery tools and step away from the wood. Step away from the wood Sir ..... This tazer finger is mighty itchy .... just step away from the wood ...

I'm not convinced any luthiery tools ever made contact here.

guitars4you

WezV said:

everyone's gotta start somewhere.

I would agree and most guys I know who have built a few guitars always say how much better 2nd, 3rd etc become

With that in mind how did Brian May and his dad get so much right first time, as far as they are concerned - I'm not sure if there was any mk1 or mk2 versions

ICBM

guitars4you said:

With that in mind how did Brian May and his dad get so much right first time, as far as they are concerned - I'm not sure if there was any mk1 or mk2 versions

Because they were very clever, skilled people and took their time to get it right. If I remember rightly it took at least a couple of years to build, and they researched every part before committing to it.

JayGee

guitars4you said:

WezV said:

everyone's gotta start somewhere.

I would agree and most guys I know who have built a few guitars always say how much better 2nd, 3rd etc become

With that in mind how did Brian May and his dad get so much right first time, as far as they are concerned - I'm not sure if there was any mk1 or mk2 versions

Because they both had a solid grounding in science/engineering/technology and researched, analysed, and planned what they were going to do rather than just eyeballing it?

guitars4you

ICBM said:

guitars4you said:

With that in mind how did Brian May and his dad get so much right first time, as far as they are concerned - I'm not sure if there was any mk1 or mk2 versions

Because they were very clever, skilled people and took their time to get it right. If I remember rightly it took at least a couple of years to build, and they researched every part before committing to it.

JayGee said:

guitars4you said:

WezV said:

everyone's gotta start somewhere.

I would agree and most guys I know who have built a few guitars always say how much better 2nd, 3rd etc become

With that in mind how did Brian May and his dad get so much right first time, as far as they are concerned - I'm not sure if there was any mk1 or mk2 versions

Because they both had a solid grounding in science/engineering/technology and researched, analysed, and planned what they were going to do rather than just eyeballing it?

I've never read the full story of the guitar - I would have still expected some teething issues, say neck join, pitch angle, neck profile and fret work but if they 'nailed it' first time then all well and good - I've seen a few very early PRS Guitars at the factory and you can see 'many issues' 

Jez6345789

Does it play like butter cause it looks like it finished in the stuff.  LOL

But hey its a guitar

Moominpapa

Hey Steve Vai, how come you didn't think of fixing a suitcase handle to the side of the guitar like this guy instead of putting a big hole through the body, huh? Not so clever now, are you!

danishbacon

Are we going to just sit here and ignore the BMW sofa cushion?

Pabcrane

I saw this on 60 Cycle Hum, as I said there, I think it looks like it's out of Ren & Stimpy!

skunkwerx

The handle would really upset my right tit whilst sitting I think.... 

SteveRobinson

The handle is a *great* idea, I don't know why all guitars don't have a carrying handle.

midlifecrisis

i think you are all being unfair, until youve heard or played it you wont know what you are missing.

WezV

guitars4you said:

ICBM said:

guitars4you said:

With that in mind how did Brian May and his dad get so much right first time, as far as they are concerned - I'm not sure if there was any mk1 or mk2 versions

Because they were very clever, skilled people and took their time to get it right. If I remember rightly it took at least a couple of years to build, and they researched every part before committing to it.

JayGee said:

guitars4you said:

WezV said:

everyone's gotta start somewhere.

I would agree and most guys I know who have built a few guitars always say how much better 2nd, 3rd etc become

With that in mind how did Brian May and his dad get so much right first time, as far as they are concerned - I'm not sure if there was any mk1 or mk2 versions

Because they both had a solid grounding in science/engineering/technology and researched, analysed, and planned what they were going to do rather than just eyeballing it?

I've never read the full story of the guitar - I would have still expected some teething issues, say neck join, pitch angle, neck profile and fret work but if they 'nailed it' first time then all well and good - I've seen a few very early PRS Guitars at the factory and you can see 'many issues' 

Its well worth reading the book - it was meticulously planned, but some bits did still go through a few versions before they settled on the final design