Friday, November 07, 2008

Longfellow hammered Aluminium guitars

Posted by Jon in • Crazy Guitar Designs,

Longfellow guitars
I’m not sure where I saw Longfellow guitars but it was probably on PremierGuitar.com or GuitarSite recently and I thought they looked very cool. At first I saw the model that looks like a battered Gretsch called the ‘Primo’ then I checked out the rest of the gallery and noticed there are Tele style guitars, Mustang style guitars and guitars that look like they have a fat lip which houses a speaker!

The guitars themselves are made from Aluminium 1050A which after a quick google seems to be aircraft grade metal. The metal is welded and brushed then coated with a thin coat of hardening twin pack matte lacquer which seals the aluminium and gives the guitar a clear tough finish. Pickguards are stainless steel or annodised aluminium. The necks are cast aluminium which are CNC machined to achieve the appropriate relief which means there is no need for a truss rod. These are then bolted or welded to the bodies.

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on 11/09 at 10:58 AM

I really like the Tele one, really cool with the gold & silver.

I wonder what they would sound like?

vicky from teak furniture on 11/13 at 12:59 AM

All the styles are great but the tele guitar is the best.

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