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Ceramic Guitar

Posted by Paul Craig on July 15, 2016 at 2:12am in Cool gear discussion - that's not cigar box relate

http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Trade_Secrets/The_Ceramic_Guitar.html?lac_guid=7601054d-d549-e611-80c8-ecb1d775572a&utm_campaign=ts0266&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=TS0266_B_20160714

Got an Email from Stewmac and it showed this video of a guitar(one piece body and neck) made of ceramic from 1965. It's a cool story about the guitar and the guy that made it. They also talk about how it was made.

Dan fixed it and played it at the end of the video. It has a good clear tone to it, would be great for Jazz. Just thought I'd share.

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  • Greg Thompson July 18, 2016 at 5:50pm
    That guitar is amazing! That is soooo hard to do. I have dabbled with Ceramic bodies but have been less than happy with my experiments.
  • Murdoc_420 July 15, 2016 at 2:22pm

     That's really cool.

     Having done ceramic work myself makes it all the more impressive. He'd have to account for probably 10% shrinkage during firing (like they discussed with drilling the holes). Slumping of the body, glaze sticking to shelves... So many things could have gone wrong at any stage.

     Amazing to see it last 50+ years.

    • Jonno > Murdoc_420 July 16, 2016 at 7:02pm
      What about building one out of Milliput. No shrinkage
  • Paul Craig July 15, 2016 at 12:29pm

    Has a P90 pickup in it. Wonder if it was prone to feedback problems? I would've made a box for the pickup to go in that inserts into the guitar. Awesome engineering.

  • Paul Craig July 15, 2016 at 12:25pm

    That had to be hard to make.

    Can you imagine walking on stage to play and a strap slips off, guitar hits the floor and shatters. Opps!

  • JL July 15, 2016 at 8:05am

    Thank you for sharing that, AMAZING

  • the anonymous pick July 15, 2016 at 7:33am

    very  cool  . ill  have to  come back  to  it  when  i  can  crank  the  volume and  everyone's awake  ;-)

    great  share  ;-)

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