Hey everyone, has anyone ever chromed an instrument ? or know of anyone who has ? I know Matt Bellamy of Muse has a few chrome custom mansons.
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Anyone ever chromed an instrument ?
- Thread starter HarlequinsRugby
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that looks awesome!!
Its a thin skin of metal over the wood thats chromed not the actually wood.
Jim , the owner of normandy guitars lives super close to me and i maybe doing some trading for a bass .
Jim , the owner of normandy guitars lives super close to me and i maybe doing some trading for a bass .
I saw a line of "metal" guitars at NAMM this year. They were literally made of metal, no wood in the construction.*** Edit... the necks appear to be wood. 
Which for me, would be a great cause for concern regarding electrical insulation.
Insulation degrades over time so whatever they're doing to make their guitars not become lightening-rods-of-death for the guitarist better last a long time.
They were cool. Not something I'd want to try personally. They looked to be of hollow contruction (for weight and production costs I'm sure).
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Which for me, would be a great cause for concern regarding electrical insulation.
Insulation degrades over time so whatever they're doing to make their guitars not become lightening-rods-of-death for the guitarist better last a long time.
They were cool. Not something I'd want to try personally. They looked to be of hollow contruction (for weight and production costs I'm sure).
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Or graphite or something like that... LOL.
And downstairs at NAMM you always have some "entertaining" booths. Like the guy with square drumsticks (which not being a drummer I didn't know what the big deal was, but a drummer friend of mine said they wouldn't work).
Anyway, there was a guy selling actually quartz and semi-precious stones that he'd cut into inlays for your guitar.
I actually thought that might be cool. But the guy kept talking about the mystical aspects of the stones and how they resonated harmonics on a different plane of existance. Nice guy but talk to me about the tonal qualities I can hear... LOL.
Anyway. The metal guitars had a really cool look. Like old tin toy cars and trucks from the 1920's and 30's.
I didn't see any basses, just guitars.
Related, Fender Custom Shop bronzed a strat for Robbie Robertson back in '76. It was too heavy to be used for more than a couple of songs at a time but it sounded great. Some people say he looked like a tool playing it but I think that was for a different reason... Back to the main topic!
