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I dunno how many of you all remember a kick-ass show 'back in the day': Baa Baa Black Sheep?

If you're bored or interested, Google: Gregory "Pappy" Boyington.

I grew up on that shit, as did alot of us kids. Anyways, back in November when I finally finished
my guitar, I called Mr. Patrick Sims ( http://www.simscustomshop.com ) to tell him to take a look
at the finished project on-line. We got to talking and he told me he'd been inspired to do another WWII
warbird scheme, this time of a Vought F4-U Corsair. He went all out on the 'rivets' aspect. From his email:

"Eric,

Here's a sneak peak of the Corsair guitar I've been working on. Has over 500 brass rivets in it....hand drilled each hole
(took about 25 hours)...it's not completely finished, but getting close, just thought I'd send u a pic. I have invested
ALOT of time in it & need to sell it when it's finished, let me know if you know anyone who would be interested. Its a
1 piece alder body...cnc'd to exact Ibanez specs....riveted on sides & back as well.

Patrick"

Cagey and D6 showed me some WWII themed Schecters and other brands on my build thread when it
was on-going. One thing I noted was that (IMHO of course) peeps went waaay overboard on the rivets.
I mean dont get me wrong, rivets are found everywhere on warbirds, but the bodies I was seeing had faux
rivets like every 1/4 of an inch everywhere it seemed. Patricks look badass for two reasons, 1. They're
real; 2. they're small. It gives a very nice illusion of realism paint by itself would be hard pressed to match!

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ORC
 
I LOVE IT!

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Can't figure out why though... :icon_biggrin: :icon_biggrin: :icon_biggrin:

That's definitely one of the coolest bodies I've seen! I absolutely love the colors, they really are perfect in terms of what exact colors would have been on the aircraft. Awesome!!!
 
That's pretty badass. Another wallflower, though. You could never take that out and play anywhere.

That same sentiment is driving a desire to build something pedestrian. I don't want to take any of my fancy Warmoths out. Need something that doesn't draw any attention, but is still a high-quality instrument that sounds and plays like a dream.
 
I actually have a reprint of the F-4U pilots manual somewhere. But do do a theme guitar on this one, you really need to bend the horns our a bit.  :toothy12:
 
Over 25 hours to handrill holes for 500+ rivets is a long time!  Ask Mr. Sims how long it would take him to finish a P-Bass in EBMM Orange.

This comment is directed at Sims, BTW.
 
Cagey said:
That's pretty badass. Another wallflower, though. You could never take that out and play anywhere.

That same sentiment is driving a desire to build something pedestrian. I don't want to take any of my fancy Warmoths out. Need something that doesn't draw any attention, but is still a high-quality instrument that sounds and plays like a dream.
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See for me its the opposite. If I want something ho-hum does the job, and nothing special - hell, just go to Guitar Center
and pick something off the wall.

I want unique, exotic, rare.

That being said, I play my guitars. Sure it might look good behind bulletproof glass at a museum - but thats
just a damn shame. No matter how one-of-a-kind something is, if you made it yourself, you can always make
another one if Mr. Murphy chooses to follow you home one night... My dad is big into old school cars, and Ive
been to my share of car shows. And I shake my head everytime I see something that only see's a trailer and
is never driven.

:dontknow:

ORCRiST
 
I get that.

Especially when people realize my bicycles cost over 1,000 dollars each.

when you're capable, and an expert on something. it better handle AND look amazing.

A guitar looking good wouldn't stop me from using it. actually, A guitar wold look good because I EXPECT TO use it.
 
Yeah I agree. I expect my guitar to look good enough that I'm inspired to pick it up and play it every time I see it.
 
That's cool as cool can be, and the Corsair is my most fav plane of all time. I got to sit in this one at the Lone Star Flight Museum down in Galveston...
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years ago, I got a chance to go to an airshow with a gentleman in our church who flow both Hellcats and Corsairs in WWII. They were supposed to have a Corsair at the show, but it didn't make it. (We were both very disappointed). It was still a neat tim, and I did get to go inside the Colling's foundation's B17. (They were giving rides in the B-24 but it was a bit rich for my blood)
 
Old planes get terrible mileage, and the engines need rebuilding at surprisingly short intervals. Costs a lotta money to fly those babies, so they don't do it on a whim. Somebody's gotta pay, and dearly.
 
Cagey said:
Old planes get terrible mileage, and the engines need rebuilding at surprisingly short intervals. Costs a lotta money to fly those babies, so they don't do it on a whim. Somebody's gotta pay, and dearly.
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Actually, at the time their operating cost was about $2k/hr. The USAF C-130 program I was working billed their operating cost about twice that, and their big claim to fame was they had a turret in a C-130 for sensor tests. I kidded them that they could half their operating cost by flying a B-17, but they didn't really think it was funny.  I do recall that most R-2800 based powerplants had 'economy' cruise of about 42gph - so no its not cheap. Even back then.
 
That's not a Hellcat in Dangerous' post, it's an F8F Bearcat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F8F_Bearcat

Great looking guitar in the OP, but I concur that it would be a wall-hanger. I call it PRS syndrome: so nice you'd never want to touch it.
 
Seriously how much money can you really have tied up in a super fancy parts guitar? Maybe 2 G's tops. And that's probably a stretch. Especially if you do your own labor. I know there are a few exceptions but they are very few. There are people gigging all over the world with 2 thousand dollar guitars. What matters is how valuable it is to you. I imagine with CNC'd parts there's a pretty high repeatabilty factor. There's no sense in owning a players guitar if your afraid to play it.
 
Another guitar based on a plane? Love it!  :icon_thumright:

I think you've just gained another die hard fan!  :laughing7:
 
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