A mockup that got strings

[Brad Robertson]

After watching Manos Hadjidakis(Peacejoytown) play The Dangling Conversation on youtube, I was inspired to build a skeleton guitar. This is a mockup that started with a gift acoustic neck that was headed for the scrap pile. It sounds good to my ear, and looks good hanging on the wall.

[Dave Stewart]

Very cool!

[Dave Tays]

Nice work. Pretty cool!

[Steve Senseney]

Nice!

How is the balance? Is it hard to hold in a playing position?

[Brad Robertson]

Nice!

"How is the balance? Is it hard to hold in a playing position?"

Good with this neck. Even better hung by a strap. Notice that the neck connects at the 12th fret, and the skeleton guitar weighs only slightly more than my OM size acoustic Larrivee. This is just a prototype that I used to test out some construction details. I started with a general sketch, and worked through the details during construction.

[Neal Carey]

Love this skeleton guitar, really nice!

[Ben Loutrelle]

That looks buyable.

[Warren May]

Too cool! If you made the wings removable and provided a "nut elevator", the middle part looks like you could advertise it as a convertible, either lap steel with just the middle core and raising the strings or a skeleton electric with the wings added. Either way, I like your color choices that gives it a retro vibe. Neato, daddyo!

[Chuck Piper]

Brad, that is very cool looking. What is the body made of?

[Ben Caracello]

Very cool; Has a Danelectro vibe in the best way. How are the wings attached to the body?

[Brad Robertson]

Brad, What is the body made of?

An old piece of fir.

[Brad Robertson]

How are the wings attached to the body?

The top part (non cut away) is inlet into a mortise in the body. The solid cut away is attracted with two screws. and the bottom bout is a single screw through the strap button.

[John Kingma]

That looks really cool.

[Chuck Piper]

Brad, I have a neck from a destroyed Yamaha acoustic lying around. You just gave me a great idea for it. Thanks!