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John
I would like to make my own lucite/acrylic/plexiglass guitar body but cannot find any information online about how to go about doing this, where I can get a mold or a block of the plastic, or how to cut it or anything like that if so. Any information would be greatly appreciated!
Answer
I'm not sure it's the most practical method for making an acrylic guitar body but here's one way to do it that wouldn't require an expensive mold. You would start with a slab of acrylic ordered in the desired thickness of the body. If you can't find a thick enough pieces several sheets can be laminated together with solvent glue. The profile of the body would then be rough cut slightly oversize on the band saw. Next the profile and the internal cavities would be cut to shape by a template guided router or a CNC milling machine. Finally the machined edges would need to be sanded smooth and polished either mechanically and or chemically until the edges become clear. To find out for sure how it's done you should contact Ampeg, a company best known for it's guitar amplifiers. Back in the sixties Ampeg, in collaboration with a guy named Dan Armstrong produced a guitar and a bass that had bodies made out of Plexiglass. If anyone knows how it's done these guys do. Best of all the company is still in business and has recently reissued these plexiglass guitars. Give them a call. Hopefully they will help you out. Good luck.
BTW This is an edited reprint of an answer I posted 2 years ago
I'm not sure it's the most practical method for making an acrylic guitar body but here's one way to do it that wouldn't require an expensive mold. You would start with a slab of acrylic ordered in the desired thickness of the body. If you can't find a thick enough pieces several sheets can be laminated together with solvent glue. The profile of the body would then be rough cut slightly oversize on the band saw. Next the profile and the internal cavities would be cut to shape by a template guided router or a CNC milling machine. Finally the machined edges would need to be sanded smooth and polished either mechanically and or chemically until the edges become clear. To find out for sure how it's done you should contact Ampeg, a company best known for it's guitar amplifiers. Back in the sixties Ampeg, in collaboration with a guy named Dan Armstrong produced a guitar and a bass that had bodies made out of Plexiglass. If anyone knows how it's done these guys do. Best of all the company is still in business and has recently reissued these plexiglass guitars. Give them a call. Hopefully they will help you out. Good luck.
BTW This is an edited reprint of an answer I posted 2 years ago
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