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I had some fun with this one. Made it for my son for Christmas. Started with a Fender guitar, (one of my goals some day is to build him a guitar from scratch)
The base started as a halogen touchier lamp, it was brushed nickel so I painted it gold. I removed the electronics from the guitar then drilled for wiring. I removed the neck then routed out the skunk stripe on the back so I could run the wiring. I replaced the skunk stripe with black walnut. It looks great. (IMHO) lol I had a company here in town custom bend the brass for me, inserted it on the front of the neck and ran the wiring through. Used standard lamp parts for the lighting. I found the lamp shade at Goodwill then painted it to match. The on/off switch is the volume control knob.
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9 comments so far
a1Jim
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posted 207 days ago
Is’nt that one of those $20,000 fenders. Just kidding That’s one cool lamp, looks cool great job.
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Karson
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posted 207 days ago
I hope it wasn’t a player.
Nice and unique job on the lamp.
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Craftsman on the lake
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posted 207 days ago
Well the head stock doesn’t say Fender so it’s one of the many copies. I’m so glad. I would have reported you to a Fender guitar forum! Cool idea anyway.
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Junji
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posted 207 days ago
Very unique idea! It’s got to be hard to play the guitar like that!
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Todd Thomas
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posted 207 days ago
being a bass play I think you have to many tuning pegs on that lamp :-)......good job very cool
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degoose
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posted 207 days ago
Illuminating!
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mtnwild
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posted 207 days ago
I can just see the party at that house. Maybe you should have kept the guitar functional. Nice job on that.
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YorkshireStewart
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posted 206 days ago
Nicely done Choppertoo! Just needs one of these on the wall:
By the way, no-one’s mentioned light music!
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Obi
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posted 165 days ago
Looks like the guitar is still functional… just a little light at the end. ;)
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