Wednesday, 26 October 2011

26/10/11–How to build a Cricket Bat Guitar

DSC03374The Critar

DSC03172Start with a very old Cricket Bat. This is an original Nottingham made Gunn & Moore Cricket bat from 1970

 

The parts from a broken vintage acoustic guitar

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DSC03178The Pizzo bridge and pre-amp module

DSC03179 General layout

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DSC03181 Electric pickup location, will it fit!

DSC03182 Neck pocket location

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DSC03203 Marking out

DSC03204 Amputation

DSC03205Routing out the neck pocket

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DSC03207Perfect Fit

DSC03208Fitting the bridge

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DSC03210 Bridge Recess

DSC03211Pre-amp cavity

DSC03212Pre-amp fitted

DSC03213 Pre-amp pocket

DSC03214DSC03217 Jack hole

DSC03221Humbucker cavity

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DSC03224gluing on the bridge

 

The finished “instrument”

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DSC03375 Through body stringing, for added sustain!

DSC03376 Control block

DSC03377Jack Pin

DSC03378 Pizzo Bridge and blend control between magnetic pickup and pizzo.

DSC03379Mag Pickup, a Dimaziro Super Distortion

 

The case

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DSC03171How it started

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