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  • Guitar Design Ideas

    There is no end in designs’ creativity, and that’s what I’m talking about when we want to redesign our guitar layout. you can get your own or get inspired by your favorite virtuoso. As part of my guitar learning project surely I wanna take a shot about this.

    actually this is not easy for me because I have terrible drawing, so i choose to be inspired by the famous Frankenstrat, the Eddie Van Halen’s guitar. As you know that Frankenstrat is an idealism. it is not only about the stripe and colors, but Frankenstrat is an innovative instrument which lead guitar to something new like the floating bridge and brown sound. A copy of Frankenstrat is at the National Museum of American History now, as part of American music history and inspiration.

    Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstrat

    well, i won’t go that far for a whole Frankenstrat thing right now. what I’m gonna do is take the the colors and stripes onto my Fernandes guitar, not with paint, but with stickers ( I’d love to paint, but it will be only a big mess).

    first, I bought the stickers. since my guitar is black and i love sunset colors, i got glitter yellow, orange and silver stickers.

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    tools and stickers for Guitar Design Ideas

    tools i needed were screwdrivers, scissors, cutter, steel ruler and a hair dryer. I used screwdriver to put off anything necessary such like bridge and pickups holder. I cut the yellow stickers into 2 cm width and 1 cm width for silver and orange stickers.

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    Guitar Design Ideas

    the fun thing about Frankenstrat design is, it’s only a random stripes and colors 😀 so i put them randomly. i put a silver lining on my Fernandes Guitar Edge first, next was the yellow then the orange sticker.

    um.. the hair dryer? it is the best tool I have to apply the stickers on bend and curves so i got minimum folded stickers on my guitar. simply blow the stickers with hair dryer’s hot air and bend it as you like. you need to be careful in bending the stickers, while i didn’t. haha my fault.

    so where’s the result? here i share you. pretty much satisfying for me, since it is my own work ^_^

    got interested on Frankenstrat guitar design yet?

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    Guitar Design Inspired By Frankenstrat Ideas
  • Still Halloween and even scarier, the Frankenstrat

    Still Halloween and even scarier, the Frankenstrat

    while famous frankentele is Steve Morse‘s, the Frankenstrat is Eddie Van Halen’s creation. The name itself comes from the combination of Frankenstein name and Stratocaster, a famous Fender guitar model. for your information it is a american national treasure, “Frankenstrat” copy can be found at Washington D.C.’s American History Museum.

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    The Frankenstrat is Van Halen’s effort in combining the Fender appearance with classic Gibson guitar tonality. It was Gibson PAF humbucking bridge pickup, Floyd Rose tremolo and chrome hardware installed on ash Stratocaster body, maple neck and fretboard. Eddie painted it several times, and the now famous color combination is red body with white and black stripes.

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    what he did is a heavy-modification. The Frankenstrat neck was continually being changed over times. and The first bridge was ’58 Fender tremolo then he changed it to Floyd Rose bridges. The placement of the 1971 quarter was a spontaneous addition when it was recruited to keep the Floyd Rose bridge flush on the body. even he took truck reflectors and put them at the rear of the body just for his fun moments, so is an eye hook to secure the straps.

    now, is this scary enough for your Halloween?

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