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Y'all showed some major love for Fred Carlson's work earlier in the thread, so I'm bringing you some more, courtesy of Alex DeGrassi:

 

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...the headstock has 18 tuning pegs, but 12 of those are for sympathetic strings that run through the neck. Only 6 are actually played. :)

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this is a Pegasus:

 

http://www.guitarsite.com/files/pegasus-hybrid-guitar.jpg

 

I've been looking at & buying Jon's guitars since 2003. He makes a headless bass guitar based on the Pegasus that fits in my dreadnaught case- I want him to make a baritone like that for me. 2016, maybe?

 

Veillette makes acoustics?

 

http://www.edroman.com/guitars/veillette/images/veillette_15.jpg

 

 

Yup, and they sound incredible!

Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ

 

My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx

 

http://murphysmusictx.com/

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Has anyone ever made a guitar with movable frets, like a sitar?

I remember watching Ravi Shankar move the frets when about to play a different raga, without any hesitation, like it was nothing at all to get it to the exact right location!

 

A friend of mine has one, made in Germany. He plays a lot of microtonal music & this instrument is how you get these altered scales in a guitar. There's a separately moveable fret for each string at each fret position, so something like 100 little sliding frets, each anchored on a slot running under each string. The guitar comes with a little tool to tap each fret up or down the neck to fit each tuning system needed. My friend has used it to record some Harry Partch music here at my studio. Wild stuff.

 

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Has anyone ever made a guitar with movable frets, like a sitar?

I remember watching Ravi Shankar move the frets when about to play a different raga, without any hesitation, like it was nothing at all to get it to the exact right location!

 

there's a video of one on page 1 of this thread. :)

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OK, not so much weird appearance-wise as materials-wise - this guy makes guitars from wood salvaged from vacant buildings in Detroit. Hey, that's one way to get 100+ year old wood. I imagine no fireplace mantle is safe, lol.

 

http://boingboing.net/2015/01/09/report-charlize-theron-negoti.html

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FWIW, other luthiers out there do that kind of thing, at least sometimes. 2 I know that have are Jon Kammerer and Rice Guitars.

 

I think it's an awesome idea.p, and obviously, sometimes they can find some killer materials.

Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ

 

My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx

 

http://murphysmusictx.com/

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I mentioned one like that here before, in another thread. Here's a link to the original thread on another board.

 

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1611712

Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ

 

My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx

 

http://murphysmusictx.com/

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I love this one - no idea if it has or ever will see production, but it's like a Romulan Warbird!

 

http://www.design-headlines.com/images/design-headlines-1-22408-4-600px.jpg

http://screenshots.filesnetwork.com/8/files2/120381_3.jpg

 

"Look out, He's going to play Freebird!"

 

Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ

 

My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx

 

http://murphysmusictx.com/

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Another electric guitar-harp:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/turquoisemoleeater/guitars/electricharpguitar780px.jpg

 

not liking where the high harp strings' tuners are located. tuning mishap waiting to happen with those kinds of tuners mounted right there.

 

love the pickup covers, though. :)

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A Dan'l Terry...held by Dan'l Terry:

http://www.austinchronicle.com/imager/b/original/507460/e774/music_OTR4.jpg

 

Yeah, kinda like a Billy Bo mated with an inverted Explorer, then the spawn got got left out in the sun & melted. But an authentic Tamburitza style headstock, just like in the old country.

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Yeah, kinda like a Billy Bo mated with an inverted Explorer, then the spawn got got left out in the sun & melted.

 

And the guitar looks unusual, too!

 

 

 

 

 

But an authentic Tamburitza style headstock, just like in the old country.

Ohhhhhhhhh....

Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ

 

My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx

 

http://murphysmusictx.com/

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Yeah, kinda like a Billy Bo mated with an inverted Explorer, then the spawn got got left out in the sun & melted.

 

And the guitar looks unusual, too!

 

Well, yes, now that you mention it.

 

 

 

 

 

But an authentic Tamburitza style headstock, just like in the old country.

Ohhhhhhhhh....

 

But everybody knows that.

Scott Fraser
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