Body design

[EPiK URR]

Okay, if I were to make an original guitar, what should I make for a body? I don't want to make anything conventional like a Strat or a LP, but something entirely unique, like something you would find on a music game. Think crazy stuff.

[drunkinminer]

Okay, if I were to make an original guitar, what should I make for a body? I don't want to make anything conventional like a Strat or a LP, but something entirely unique, like something you would find on a music game. Think crazy stuff.

As if you were working at Gibson.:rotflmao: :rollover

[otaypanky]

This fellow thinks outside of the box, along with a healthy dollop of 50's cool ~
If George Jetson had a band he would have been rockin' one of these ~

http://www.jbacklund.com/

[Tig]

http://www.jbacklund.com/

That's an excellent source for inspiration.
Here's another from one of our newer members:
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=16735

This new Reverend inspires me to spend money!
http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/images/guitars/set_neck_series/rick_vito/rick_vito_signature_sf.jpg
http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/images/guitars/set_neck_series/rick_vito/rick_vito_signature_blk.jpg
http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/images/guitars/set_neck_series/rick_vito/rick_vito_back_blk.jpg
http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/images/guitars/set_neck_series/rick_vito/closeup/vito_rear.jpg
http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/images/guitars/set_neck_series/rick_vito/closeup/headstock_front.jpg

[Zip]

Mike Spalt does some interesting shapes (http://www.spaltinstruments.com/instruments/hybrids/), as well. :applause

[otaypanky]

Mike Spalt does some interesting shapes (http://www.spaltinstruments.com/instruments/hybrids/), as well. :applause

I like this pic from Spalt's site
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w49/otaypanky/image.jpg

Some of his spacey designs remind me of a guy that I used to see at jams back in NJ. He made a skeletal guitar that wasn't much more than some rods, some frets, some tuners and some pickups. Kind of like a guitar that wasn't there. The p/u's could slide along the rods as I recall and you couldput them where you want. The headstock always had a glove over it. He built a little battery powered pre-amp in to it and he used to walk around with headphones all the time as he played. He was ALWAYS dressed in camo, switching from forest to white in winter~ LOL
He was as friggin' looney as they come and the songs he wrote would make a psychiatrist lie awake at night, very disturbing, and quite funny at times too.
But damn, that boy could play

[EPiK URR]

I like this pic from Spalt's site
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w49/otaypanky/image.jpg

Some of his spacey designs remind me of a guy that I used to see at jams back in NJ. He made a skeletal guitar that wasn't much more than some rods, some frets, some tuners and some pickups. Kind of like a guitar that wasn't there. The p/u's could slide along the rods as I recall and you couldput them where you want. The headstock always had a glove over it. He built a little battery powered pre-amp in to it and he used to walk around with headphones all the time as he played. He was ALWAYS dressed in camo, switching from forest to white in winter~ LOL
He was as friggin' looney as they come and the songs he wrote would make a psychiatrist lie awake at night, very disturbing, and quite funny at times too.
But damn, that boy could play
Yeah. I think that something like spalt's designs is a good idea. Also, Gibson's Zoot Suit SG serves a little inspiration also.

[marnold]

Hard to top Neal Moser for unusual body shapes. He was behind many of the B.C. Rich shapes. His own tend to emphasize pointiness.
http://www.mosercustomshop.com/