The End of Tonewood ... or Tone-anything!

[BassApprentice]

Possibly the most unnecessary experiment in guitar history, but here we are
 

 

Edited Thursday at 10:58 by BassApprentice

[Gizmo]

I hope Tony Iommi doesn't see this...PTSD.

[rwillett]

I wish I hadn't seen this.... Ideas, ideas, ideas.....

 

First time I've seen a guitarist that really, really, needs safety goggles.... Basically its an offensive weapon   

 

I could also have told him that he couldn't make it from plastic

Edited Thursday at 11:31 by rwillett

[paul_5]

Truly bönkers!

[ezbass]

Sticking it on the fridge at the end was very amusing. However, as mentioned above, totally bonkers.

[Cato]

Not particularly practical but definitely an interesting experiment.

 

And always with these things it doesn't seem to matter how radical the design is or how little body there is, let alone what it's made of, it still sounds like an electric guitar.

[BigRedX]

1 minute ago, Cato said:

And always with these things it doesn't seem to matter how radical the design is or how little body there is, let alone what it's made of, it still sounds like an electric guitar.

 

That's because the main component of the sound is the steel or nickel strings driving a magnetic pickup and the traditional guitar amplification. 

[Stub Mandrel]

!

 

 

[ezbass]

Tone air, it's the newest thing.

[MichaelDean]

12 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Tone air, it's the newest thing.

I prefer a bit more helium in my tone air, for the high frequency response 😂

[ezbass]

2 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

I prefer a bit more helium in my tone air, for the high frequency response 😂

Tungsten hexafluoride is best for heavy metal.

[Hellzero]

A new way to lose fingers efficiently... 🤦🏻😂🤪

[binky_bass]

That. Is stoopid! At full tension a 6 string guitar probably has north of 180lbs of tension across the strings, not sure I'd want 180lbs of tension to crush my hand! I mean innovation is mostly always cool, but this is foolishness! 

[Judo Chop]

1 hour ago, binky_bass said:

That. Is stoopid! At full tension a 6 string guitar probably has north of 180lbs of tension across the strings, not sure I'd want 180lbs of tension to crush my hand! I mean innovation is mostly always cool, but this is foolishness! 

He should put something inside the gap to avoid the risk of trapping your hand if the strings break. Perhaps a block of wood.

Maybe some more wood surrounding that block of wood attaching to the entire frame of the body to keep it stable.

 

You could then paint that wood in all sorts of cool colours and finishes, and use different types of wood to get different tones.

[binky_bass]

3 hours ago, Judo Chop said:

He should put something inside the gap to avoid the risk of trapping your hand if the strings break. Perhaps a block of wood.

Maybe some more wood surrounding that block of wood attaching to the entire frame of the body to keep it stable.

 

You could then paint that wood in all sorts of cool colours and finishes, and use different types of wood to get different tones.

You and your crazy, radical ideas! It's so absolutely ridiculous it almost makes sense!

[miles'tone]

14 hours ago, MichaelDean said:

I prefer a bit more helium in my tone air, for the high frequency response 😂

Guinness tone air for girth.

[Bassman68]

Is it April already? 😄😄

[Graham56]

If Colin Furze made musical instruments?

[Twigman]

Is this some kind of hybrid air guitar thing?

An air guitar with substance and noise?

[ezbass]

9 minutes ago, Twigman said:

Is this some kind of hybrid air guitar thing?

An air guitar with substance and noise?

Combined with the added frisson of being able to alter the construction of your fingers. 😳😖

[lemmywinks]

2 hours ago, Graham56 said:

If Colin Furze made musical instruments?

 

Nah, Colin Furze would have attached a flamethrower to it. Nowhere near dangerous enough as it is.

[tauzero]

On 29/01/2026 at 13:46, BigRedX said:

That's because the main component of the sound is the steel or nickel strings driving a magnetic pickup and the traditional guitar amplification. 

 

Nonsense, it's the tonewood neck, stainless frets, and the tonemetal skeleton of the guitar body. And the toneair between the tonemagnet tailpiece and the tonemagnet "bridge".

[TimR]

On 30/01/2026 at 00:20, Judo Chop said:

He should put something inside the gap to avoid the risk of trapping your hand if the strings break. Perhaps a block of wood.

Maybe some more wood surrounding that block of wood attaching to the entire frame of the body to keep it stable.

 

You could then paint that wood in all sorts of cool colours and finishes, and use different types of wood to get different tones.

 

Wood isn't magnetic though? 

[Hellzero]

20 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

Nonsense, it's the tonewood neck, stainless frets, and the tonemetal skeleton of the guitar body. And the toneair between the tonemagnet tailpiece and the tonemagnet "bridge".

But, but, but, you forgot the tonepick.

[Gizmo]

20 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

But, but, but, you forgot the tonepick.

 

You jest but the lengths people will go to to try and justify "tonewood" thing is amazing, on a guitar board someone kicked off a TW debate and i posted the jim lil "air guitar" video (this one)

 

 

Some guy replied that the desk was "made of wood" so that would effect the tone...i mean WTF, some people are beyond help it seems.