Thread: solidbody shapes

my mates maton sounds just like a strat but is les paul shape. it is worth 4500 retail but he gets them for alot lot less. sounds super sweet tho. i have no idea what woods are in it tho. i can find out if you want?

OK, I'm going to play devil's advocate here...............:

Apart from the Starline archtop, the dearest guitars Maton make are the BB1200 series ($4499-4750) which are hollow body. Like the Mastersounds, they have some similarity to Les Paul's shape in the lower bout but that's about where the similarity ends. They have a Queensland Maple body with either Rock Maple or Victorian Blackwood tops, the pickups are coil tapped. Once you leave the BB1200's, there is nothing until you hit approx., $3300. Also, virtually anyone can get at least 20% off retail without raising a sweat. To say they sound like a Strat, well considering how many different Strats Fender make, I have to ask.............just what does a Strat sound like .

Now, to change the topic (and apologies to those who deserve them)..........Mitchy, you have been asking about making stave drum shells.

Firstly, I'll ask where you got those pics of shells from?

With care in your preparation, etc., it is not particularly difficult to make a raw stave shell, actually, staves are by far the easiest method of shell construction. However, turning the raw shell is where people strike problems as most have not and are not interested in spending the necessary time to learn traditional turning skills, their workaround is to use a sufficiently large metal turning lathe with a solid boring bar setup and use the automatic feed to control the cut. Also, have you worked out what hardware you are going to use and where you are going to source it from.

Now, to respect the others here, it may be an idea if you start a new thread in the Music Instrument forum for your reply.