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Tonewood!
« on: April 13, 2015, 05:42:17 AM »
Well, at least it's wood:





And some old paint and rattlecans.





Then this happenend:








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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2015, 05:59:42 AM »
Ha, good one!  Now what kind of band would you play that in?
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2015, 07:57:45 AM »
I like it.  "The Constructioncaster."
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2015, 10:05:56 AM »
Quote from: drbassman on April 13, 2015, 05:59:42 AM
Ha, good one!  Now what kind of band would you play that in?

The carpenters?  :-X
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2015, 03:02:21 PM »
De Piet Hein Eek Group
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2015, 04:34:52 PM »
It reminds me of the Partridge Family bus...
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2015, 05:58:07 PM »
Soooo...what does cargo pallet tone sound like? Taylor made a custom acoustic guitar model out of one a few years ago that sounded (surprise) pretty much like every other Taylor. How does a decidedly LESS "processed" 'solid body' bass made out of one sound?
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2015, 09:26:24 PM »
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2015, 04:55:59 AM »
Just goes to show you that you can make a guitar out of just about any wood, even a cigar box or crate!
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2015, 08:50:17 AM »
You don't even need wood. Here's a guitar I built a while ago.
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2015, 08:53:51 AM »
I took a couple of pallets apart once.  It was the HARDEST, nastiest damn wood I ever have touched. Even nails would break rather than pull out of it.  Anyone who is brave enough to work with it has my condolences.
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2015, 10:03:26 AM »
I once saw Bob Culbertson with the Stick Band play a guitar made out of a mannequin. And another guitar made out of a (working) TV.

Tried to find pictures or video of either one, but amazingly, there is nothing I can find!
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2015, 01:23:35 PM »
Then there is the scene in From Dusk Till Dawn in which one of the band Los Lobos (vampire edition) plays a guitar made with body parts.
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2015, 04:24:10 PM »
Weren't Leo Fender's first guitars made out of white pine purchased as common 1 1/2" lumber?  The early pine Telecasters are highly sought after I believe
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Re: Tonewood!
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2015, 05:14:38 PM »
Hardwood pallets are common, at least here in the US, and they're not cheap. The appearance grade usually isn't that good but that's understandable. They do have to have enough undamaged boards to be able to take whatever load they're designed to carry.

IIRC the early Esquires were eastern white pine.
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