New Ergonomic guitar coming along ....

[GPW]

  Ersta'... some things just take longer to get to than others  ... Too many projects  really , all coming together , eventually ...    Only one guy , doing what I can ... 

[Chris]

I would dress the fin up like a '57 Chevy, and paint the rest red.

[GPW]

   I'm writing all these ideas down ... Cool ideas for the next batch (mini production run) ... Thanks Guys !!!   

  Sitting here playing with this thing , am liking it more and more ... seated...  Feels like a Flying V , save the sliding off your lap business... Might even work for someone in a wheelchair ... That would be Cool too ...

[breakfastime]

Reminiscent of the old Ovation 'Breadwinner':

which has always been a favorite of mine.  

Steve Klein's electrics lean into this area as well:


But i think you've got 'em beat due to that notch there for the leg rest...

Very cool--I'm looking forward to trying out this baby next trip down to Nawlins...

[GPW]

BT ... played an Ovation BW years ago ...got to play a Klein  too ...   Nice as they were they just didn't "sit" right... for me anyway ... Which led to the Lobster series ... then this ... This "seems" to be the most comfortable ...  gotta' get it finished and drag it to the gig before I make any final judgements ...  Been rasping and shaping away for hours now (shagged out ) , but it's looking good at least ...  Doing Lots of rounding and smoothing ... thinned the "wing" so its a smooth fit between the arm and belly ...  Hand tools .... AARGH !!!      I'll get some pics up as soon as I have the energy to move... 


   Come on down ... try em' all !!!        Got lots of amps for you to try out too...  I'll put the coffee  on !!!   

[Mud Shrimp Moe]

  How about something simple , like antique white with a TS pickguard    This one is just a prototype , If it works out as planned (really comfortable), I'll get NOGC to run out a few more bodies on the CNC so I can experiment with more pup combinations , and perhaps a prototype NOGC whammy , which coincidentally fits a LP too...  One with single coils , one with 2 Humpups, and of course one with P-90s ... H-S-H too..     Never enough guitars eh ?? ...

I agree, antique white is good for this.

I think vintge Fender colors would look good on it. I actually see it in that "surf aquamarine" color, myself.

I agree with all of this.

[GPW]

  Thanks Moe ... Glad we're all on the same page ... 

 More pics , mid sanding ... excuse the mess ...

[Mud Shrimp Moe]

Nice. FWIW, I think it's far prettier than the Ovation Breadwinner. I like how the tail evokes a 1950's car, yet the guitar still looks modern. I think you could exploit that retro-yet-modern thing nicely with a Fender type color (surf green, daphe blue, antique white). But really any color will look good.

[AKA Ninja]

What materials are you working with here? Is that oak I see in the core? Details!

[FC]

I like the guitar's shape very much, but I am not too crazy about the headstock. Maybe a V-ish headstock would have gone better with that body shape. but that is just me, a lot of folks here seem to like the guitar just the way it is. anyway, +1 for a nice and practical body shape.

[Jamesssssssss]

looks like the batmobile.

[GPW]

  Thanks Guys ...   I agree about painting it a retro color ..that would be Cool ... This is just a prototype for possible further production , so the body is made with a center core of Mahogany , and the wings are of #1 Pine (shop scraps) ... The neck is just a stock Strat neck ( actually a Mity Mite Blem neck I got for 20 bucks ) ... fitted for convenience... The idea was to make a body that would fit stock necks ...  Just a proof of concept guitar ...  Further production will be in more standard guitar woods ...

  Been searching for years for a truly Comfortable guitar , that had the "Look" ...  So many Ergo guitars  look strange (Ugly), and are really Not that comfortable , despite their ridiculous prices ..     
    So many guitars follow the dogma that they should look like an LP or Strat ... neither of which I find very comfortable ...
  So far , this shape addresses both problems ...  We'll see ... at the gig ... 

  Now I had a Crazy idea ( another one ) of painting the guitar in the same textured finish  (Road finish) I paint my cabs with ... Sorta' like a Tolex guitar ...  That might be cool ... I dunno'... never seen a textured guitar before ...

[Jamesssssssss]

I know these old hofners came covered in like a tolex.

[GPW]

Thanks J ... never seen one of those ...     Just trying to get away from the thick shiny Plastic finish that seems to have become a standard...  (Marketing surveys ...Shiny S**t sells !!!  )

[breakfastime]

I'm gonna cast my vote for a lovely Burgundy Mist...
http://reranchstore.stores.yahoo.net/burmismet.html

This color has been haunting me for a while now...first, we saw the original "The Blob" a couple weeks ago.
Them punk kids in their Ford coupe got me started:


Then,on a visit to a friend's house I 'found' an old Chevy down the street FOR SALE painted in..you guessed it...
Burgundy Mist.
so now...everywhere I look...I'm seeing..


Burgundy


Freakin'

Mist!



....just sayin'