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

Universal8

That’s how all telecasters look to me 

axisus

I've just found a picture of the owner, who actually really likes it.

mbe

WezV said:

everyone's gotta start somewhere.

That was his final effort after a run of 200 before he switched production to making clothes pegs.

AK99

danishbacon said:

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

Perhaps best to really..

DiscoStu

This one really needs a Phillips Cleartone conversion.

MartinBush

Whoever owns it seems to have a rack of proper guitars too... did they make it as some sort of joke? I wonder how well it actually plays?

Anyway, are there any more home made axes anyone has photos of to share?

Philly_Q

I like the way he's reduced the thickness of the neck heel area - then put it next to a sharp V-shaped cutaway which could only be accessed by somebody with flippers.

kjdowd

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 ...

That looks a bit like someone has made a guitar that I've drawn a picture of (I'm really not very good at drawing...). Which leads me to think we have a possible Tap/Stonehenge moment here

Rocker

kjdowd said:

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 ...

That looks a bit like someone has made a guitar that I've drawn a picture of (I'm really not very good at drawing...). Which leads me to think we have a possible Tap/Stonehenge moment here

I wonder why he bothered to cut the Vee in the body near the end of the neck.  Everyone knows that there is little music to be had at that part of the neck...............

skunkwerx

String spacing a little upsetting..

stonevibe

It has a built-in handle...

stonevibe

Is it the new Lil Wayne signature model?

freakboy1610

I like the strap hooks. Obviously planned on using string or rope instead of a strap. I'm not sure I could live with the knob placement though.

DiscoStu

Designed by Homer during doughnut breaks on his car project

https://media.wired.com/photos/593252a2a31264584499416b/master/w_660,c_limit/the-homer-inline2.jpg

https://media.wired.com/photos/593252a1edfced5820d0fa07/master/w_660,c_limit/the-homer-inline4.jpg

breakstuff

Totally the wrong style of knobs for that guitar. 

JAYJO

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.

Exactly.  Just like me and my father but we pinned a subbuteo pitch to a table.

Sassafras

Jez6345789 said:

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

But hey its a guitar

But not as we know it, Jim.

jaymenon

How did he make the strings change direction like that - and with such precision? The 4th and 5th brings actually cross each other exactly at the 15th fret.  Just imagine the Allman Brothers' type harmonies...

...and 21 frets, with a double marker on the non-existent 22nd fret.

That's just amazing...Wow...!!!

MattNovak

There are some home made horrors on Reverb, too. Some are well executed but poorly designed, and vice versa. Some are just nuts.

Sassafras

stonevibe said:

It has a built-in handle...

Not so much built-in, more tacked on.