@HEARTHEANGELSVOICES I could make one out of copper but welding would make the copper to soft and would greatly deaden the sound. It would be like making one out of Lead!! What does the name have to do with it anyway?
My dad, rest his sole, had a Nickle/Iron Meteor slab from Arizona's Meteor Crator he purchased back in the 40's and he polished the surface of one side and my guitar looked just like it, jagged holes and all, thus the name.
@rgl101614 - YOUR READING INTO THE NAME TOO MUCH. IT WASN'T MEANT AS A BURN ON YOUR GUITAR. SIMPLY A SIMILAR THEME NAME. I LOVE YOUR GUITAR. NOW BEING A STEEL WORKER I KNOW STAINLESS IS A VERY HARD METAL ALSO & YOU WELDED IT & IT WORKED. NO ONE KNOWS HOW IT WOULD SOUND UNTIL ITS MADE. I THINK THE POLISHED COPPER WOULD LOOK FANTASTIC & I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW IT WOULD SOUND. YOU COULD SOLDER OR RIVET IT OR BOTH. JUST GO FOR IT. GOD BLESS YOUR DAD !
@rgl101614 Actually you could make it out of steel, it would eliminate a lot of warping, sound good and you could have it NICKLE or COPPER plated. High pollished Nickle would look fabulous, H'mmm, food for thought!
@astrialkil I've worked with epoxies and I seriously doubt if you could glue it together. To many pressure points and Stainless Steel grows and shrinks with temp. changes of the day, and consider the viabration. There also is finish grinding to do and that heats the Stainless Steel fast and warps it and would also melt the glue/epoxy at the seams. Thanks, RGL
Fantastic job! It looks great. A brave choice of material to build a guitar with. As a retired engineer I know what a bitch stainless steel can be to work with.
Zekla, What do you mean by Metal? I'm sorry, I don't even know how to play a guitar. I made it on a bet, somebody said I couldn't make one. Guess who won the bet!. An Exec. I was introduced to from Martin Guitar's played it and was visibly & verbally suprised how good it played and sounded. I made it from Stainless Steel.
Super nice job man.
The guitar looks great, well done.
allenstreet1234 1 month ago
deadly guitar light'n beautiful sound man when we gonna see you down in bridgetown boy
ChookFootBlues 1 month ago
"BET" YOU COULDN'T MAKE ONE OUT OF COPPER AND CALL IT "THE COMET" ?
HEARTHEANGELSVOICES 1 month ago
@HEARTHEANGELSVOICES I could make one out of copper but welding would make the copper to soft and would greatly deaden the sound. It would be like making one out of Lead!! What does the name have to do with it anyway?
My dad, rest his sole, had a Nickle/Iron Meteor slab from Arizona's Meteor Crator he purchased back in the 40's and he polished the surface of one side and my guitar looked just like it, jagged holes and all, thus the name.
rgl101614 1 month ago
@rgl101614 - YOUR READING INTO THE NAME TOO MUCH. IT WASN'T MEANT AS A BURN ON YOUR GUITAR. SIMPLY A SIMILAR THEME NAME. I LOVE YOUR GUITAR. NOW BEING A STEEL WORKER I KNOW STAINLESS IS A VERY HARD METAL ALSO & YOU WELDED IT & IT WORKED. NO ONE KNOWS HOW IT WOULD SOUND UNTIL ITS MADE. I THINK THE POLISHED COPPER WOULD LOOK FANTASTIC & I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW IT WOULD SOUND. YOU COULD SOLDER OR RIVET IT OR BOTH. JUST GO FOR IT. GOD BLESS YOUR DAD !
HEARTHEANGELSVOICES 1 month ago
@rgl101614 Actually you could make it out of steel, it would eliminate a lot of warping, sound good and you could have it NICKLE or COPPER plated. High pollished Nickle would look fabulous, H'mmm, food for thought!
rgl101614 1 month ago
@rgl101614 do u NEED to weld it? could you epoxy it? The FAA did a study and found glued plane were stronger then riveted ones.
astrialkil 1 month ago
@astrialkil I've worked with epoxies and I seriously doubt if you could glue it together. To many pressure points and Stainless Steel grows and shrinks with temp. changes of the day, and consider the viabration. There also is finish grinding to do and that heats the Stainless Steel fast and warps it and would also melt the glue/epoxy at the seams. Thanks, RGL
rgl101614 1 month ago
Fantastic job! It looks great. A brave choice of material to build a guitar with. As a retired engineer I know what a bitch stainless steel can be to work with.
trevancoltd 2 months ago
I am not a musician. I am a sheetmetal worker. Very nice job. Tig welded Stainless is the most beautiful of metals I think.
KeeperofTheMountain 3 months ago
I have a "cheapo" dobro. Well ! But, it's got a metal body.
To me, a guitar using cone(s) HAS TO HAVE a metal body.
It's surely more an esthetical consideration than about musical properties, but it's definitely the n°1 point of the COOL THING.
You built a beautiful guitar ... and it's 200% COOL !
EarthSuburb 4 months ago
Wonderful work! Wish I could be as skillfull as you...
But it would be even better if we could hear how it sounds. Don't you know someone who can play it?
BrazilianScopel 4 months ago
Can it play metal?
Zekla 4 months ago
the song in the backround is from Ellis gutiars! hahahaha :D
good work by the way!
AHAPXuCTA123123 5 months ago
Zekla, What do you mean by Metal? I'm sorry, I don't even know how to play a guitar. I made it on a bet, somebody said I couldn't make one. Guess who won the bet!. An Exec. I was introduced to from Martin Guitar's played it and was visibly & verbally suprised how good it played and sounded. I made it from Stainless Steel.
rgl101614 4 months ago
like +++++++++++++++++
SinyoR1000hp 5 months ago
Nice build. Quite impressive fabricating a metal guitar. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy.
KeniLeeBurgess 6 months ago