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The Harley Earl inspired tail-fin chrome guitar
I wrote a bit about Harley Earl over on designreviews.co.uk. On there it was about his cars and the superb style he put into those futuristic road machines. Lots of unnecessary chrome, styling quirks,...
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The Trinity Guitar – TearDrop, Flying V and Horns designed into one!
I had an assignment to design a completely new shaped guitar body for a far eastern guitar company. This is great, I thought, not just designing a small piece, an accessory or a logo but that actual...
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6 More New Original Guitar Headstock Designs
As I promised, I have another 6 of the new – maybe a classic one day – headstock designs. Another 6 designs that weren’t used by the company in Singapore who asked me to design them a headstock for a...
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Guitar design; combining a Vox Teardrop/Phantom with a Flying Vee – remix
I’m another of that sort that wonders about guitar design… and I’ve been percolating on the Guitar Design Reviews previous notion of combining a Vox Teardrop/Phantom with a Flying Vee, with added top...
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Fundamentals of Guitar Design – Part 3, Body Scoping Rules
So far, I’ve set about defining our task and describing some of the things we’ll be working with. This time, I’ll be delving more into how we see guitar bodies, and ways to help keep them from...
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Fundamentals of Electric Guitar Design Pt. 4 Putting Theory into Practice: A...
After three installments full of nomenclature and theory, I thought it was time to show how these ideas can be used to discover and solve design problems. Here’s a rework I did a few years ago, of a...
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Variations upon the Gibson SG guitar design
The Gibson SG (short for Solid Guitar) is a classic design from 1961, much loved by the heavy rock community. It looks a bit devilish doesn’t it? Also the upper frets are very easy to reach for those...
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Stratocaster and Les Paul combined – Stratpaul or Lesocaster?
The Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul electric guitar models are the all conquering and enduring Goliaths of the guitar industry. Both designs have their origins in the 1950s, the jet age. Both...
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