Posted by John Wendell on February 13, 2011 at 5:59pm
"Crutchenstein"Inspired by not only MacGyver but also the ultimate recycler himself..."Dr. Frankenstein"...this awesome creature was brought back to life from the old and decaying items left buried in the ruins of discarded things.From its backbone - the antique crutch whose rubber arm pad had rotted beyond recognition, to the windshield ice scraper tailpiece retrieved from its tomb under the seat of an old vehicle where it had not seen the light of day in literally 20 years or more! Its body - a $1.99 silverware box Goodwill find - is embellished with 3 heavy duty cabinet pulls for the bridge, bridge cover, and neck adjustment slide - that the wife knew I would love when she returned from a yard sale with them! The old rotary phone mic installed under the strings was working great until it died and couldn't be reanimated...so an old yellowed smoke detector was dissected, and the piezo was surgically removed with the skill of a butcher and placed under the bridge achieving my best sounding piezo installment to date! The jack input was from a little 1960's headphone mixer.If my creation were a lady, she'd be saying..."Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful!"
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Is the tailpiece and ice scraper? Nice job John!