Hehe.. talk about a limited edition. The enigmatic Zach, of Zachary Guitars, apparently built this gorgeous single-cutaway instrument using just one third of an IKEA end table as a top––yep, that’s $5 worth of prime, highly-figured furniture wood.
The guitar sports a multi-piece knotty pine body, single-piece mahogany neck (24.75” scale length,) rosewood fretboard, a pair of DiMarzio Virtual P90 pickups, nickel hardware, and Kluson tuners.
According to Zach––
The action is great, the tone is unbelievable, the neck is super fast, tuning stability is as good as it gets. In short, everything just worked out great on this guitar. This amazingly figured top is from Ikea Furnishings. I bought one of their unfinished end tables for $15 and I can get three guitar tops from it. What a shame that they would use such amazing “tone-wood” for their cheap furniture. Its a sacrilege.
Selling price is just $1500. And while you’re over at his website you have to check out his amazingly entertaining “Idiot” page… good stuff!
Via Boing Boing, with a tip of the hat to Don at BloggingMuses.
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February 22nd, 2007 at 6:21 pm
At a recent visit to a high-end custom furniture store in Portland OR, I saw the most beautiful $1200 curly maple rocking chair. My next thought was “what a waste!”. I couldn’t bear to sit in it.
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:33 pm
wait, that’s NOT the idiot page? huh. ok, i’m kidding. for the most part.
pine isn’t an ideal wood for guitar bodies - it’s not the worst, and there are some VERY early broadcasters and esquires built with it, but there are reasons why alder and mahoghany are far more suited to guitar construction.
that is far from a ‘figured’ top, for one, you can tell it’s made from multiple pieces of wood with KNOTS in it… you won’t find quality luthiers going anywhere NEAR knotted wood.
it probably sounds pretty good for $5 (the pickups, neck, hadware would be like $500 additional) but it’s only a $1500 guitar if someone pays that much for it.
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:15 pm
“highly-figured furniture wood” = sarcasm.
: )
February 24th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Oh, the Lingon berry blues!
February 25th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
That is the coolest home-made guitar I ever saw! The wood may not be ideal, but the craftsmanship is first rate!
March 8th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Eric - These aren’t being marketed as home-made guitars but professionally built guitars. There’s a big difference in expectations. I’m not much of a wood snob. but given the difference, would you be willing to pay $1500 for a guitar built from the cheapest wood Ikea could get its hands on?