These are fully functional guitar works of art on display in Japan I believe.
Now, who amongst us is crazy enough to try this with acoustic 6 strings?
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| Author: | Chris Cordle [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:18 am ] |
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These are fully functional guitar works of art on display in Japan I believe.
Now, who amongst us is crazy enough to try this with acoustic 6 strings? |
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| Author: | Don A [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:45 am ] |
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Well Chirs, although she is not a member here that I know of, Linda Manzer's Pikasso guitar that she built for Pat Metheny comes close. 
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| Author: | peterm [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:52 am ] |
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wow, a bit too much I would say! 
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| Author: | Shawn [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:54 am ] |
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I have built a harp guitar before and they can be monsters...the biggest challenge in building is the structural support for the tension that the strings will place on the body of the guitar. At one of the ASIA symposiums I talked to Linda Manzer about Pikasso and her other harp guitars and she said that she overbuilt the bracing to make sure the guitars would stay together and then just made sure that all of the other elements contributed as much as possible to the sound since the bracing was heavier. |
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| Author: | Rod True [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:58 pm ] |
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Imagine the case for those things 
12 neck guitar, think of the alternate tuning posibilities 
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| Author: | KenH [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:47 pm ] |
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I cant see where you could get your arm in there to actually play them. It would take an octapus to play the things
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| Author: | Dave Anderson [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:41 pm ] |
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Yeah,I'd like to see someone play these! I wonder how many guys could play that one in the center?
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| Author: | Blain [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:26 pm ] |
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I can just picture a dozen guys standing around one of those guitars all playing it at the same time..
Imagine the crazy guitar case that it would need. |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:39 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Don A] Linda Manzer's Pikasso guitar that she built for Pat Metheny comes close. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, but you can't wear it like a Hula Hoop! |
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| Author: | John Lewis [ Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:52 am ] |
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Can you imagine having to do 12 fretjobs and 12 setups for just one guitar after you built that thing? That would be maddening!
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| Author: | psl53 [ Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:29 am ] |
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How many picks would you use? |
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| Author: | Colin S [ Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:53 am ] |
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I think the Japanese guitars and Linda's are perfect examples of the tenet that just because you can do something technically, it doesn't follow that you actually should do it. Colin |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:49 am ] |
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Well, in Manzer's case it was a customer request. Pat Metheny asked her for something different, and left it to her imagination. Apparently the customer was happy with the result, and you can't ask for better than that! |
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| Author: | Chris Cordle [ Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:02 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Colin S] I think the Japanese guitars and Linda's are perfect examples of the tenet that just because you can do something technically, it doesn't follow that you actually should do it. Colin[/QUOTE] I have the same feelings about food. Just because you CAN eat something doesn't mean you SHOULD! Come on, worms, ants, tongue, intestines, yogurt, sheesh! |
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| Author: | TonyKarol [ Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:47 am ] |
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WHEEL .. OF ... FEEDBACK ... Now ... EVERYBODY SOLO
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