How About this TBird Pickguard?

dadagoboi · January 05, 2011, 05:38:47 AM

Not what I'm usually into but this is pretty cool IMO.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260716980773&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Basvarken · January 05, 2011, 06:12:15 AM

Pretty cool indeed!

ack1961 · January 05, 2011, 06:52:03 AM

that is sweet.

uwe · January 05, 2011, 08:29:27 AM

Needs fishnet stockings with it.

But it can't fit both a Gibson AND an Epi, the, uhum, screw holes are located in different places.

Basvarken · January 05, 2011, 09:11:59 AM

That's what he explains in this pic, yes.

TBird1958 · January 05, 2011, 09:22:08 AM

I think it's kinda cool - Don't know if I'd own it. But it's cool.

uwe · January 05, 2011, 09:34:21 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on January 05, 2011, 09:11:59 AM
That's what he explains in this pic, yes.

My bad!

uwe · January 05, 2011, 09:36:46 AM

And he's even a countryman - might go through the herd to see if I have a guinea pig for this ...

dadagoboi · January 05, 2011, 09:42:50 AM

The alternate hole patterns was one of the reasons I think it's cool, the guy's done his homework. In my experience 90% of good design is the engineering part, all the rest is pretty pictures.

uwe · January 05, 2011, 10:18:41 AM

A German domain, no doubt!

dadagoboi · January 05, 2011, 11:02:48 AM

Quote from: uwe on January 05, 2011, 10:18:41 AM
A German domain, no doubt!

Some say overengineering

...this is Italian engineering. "Super Leggera", weighs 1.7Kg. and supports 100 kilo. Designed in 1956 by Gio Ponti and still in production.

Lightyear · January 05, 2011, 08:28:37 PM

Quote from: dadagoboi on January 05, 2011, 11:02:48 AM
Some say overengineering
...this is Italian engineering. "Super Leggera", weighs 1.7Kg. and supports 100 kilo. Designed in 1956 by Gio Ponti and still in production.

I have a set of Beech cafe type chairs that we bought at the Storehouse at least ten years ago. Typical ladder back with bent legs and solid carved seats. These are wonderfully made, sturdy, very light and great to sit in - someone did a great design job on these. Seems like they were only $80 each.

Basshappi · January 05, 2011, 10:17:16 PM

I really like that!

Basvarken · January 06, 2011, 05:55:11 AM

You mean the chair?

Now that Carlo has professionally derailed this topic, here's a Dutch design for y'all

Designed by Gispen in 1931. Brilliant.

dadagoboi · January 06, 2011, 06:37:55 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on January 06, 2011, 05:55:11 AM
You mean the chair?

Now that Carlo has professionally derailed this topic, here's a Dutch design for y'all

Designed by Gispen in 1931. Brilliant.

Sorry about that. I believe the Gispen design can be traced back farther, at least to Marcel Breuer, 1927-28 or Mart Stam (another of your countrymen), 1927. I'm positive it weighs more than 1.7 kilo (3 3/4 lbs). But in its defense it doesn't cost $1600.