Modded Warlock

Bickerstaffs

Hi guys, heres a couple of pics of the first build I did a couple of years ago.  It started life as a BC Rich Warlock, ended up....well, not exactly like BC Rich intended.......

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa423/peterjenkin/Mobile%20Uploads/Project%20Gertrude/261E588E-8630-43B6-B0C9-C40436C4CEBA.jpg

JookyChap

That is brilliant - is it steam powered?

Bickerstaffs

My latest steampunk one is a bit more advanced........Not a BC Rich this time but along the same lines....

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa423/peterjenkin/Mobile%20Uploads/Project%20Eleanor/Full%20Length%20Front.jpg http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa423/peterjenkin/Mobile%20Uploads/Project%20Eleanor/Pickups.jpg http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa423/peterjenkin/Mobile%20Uploads/Project%20Eleanor/Headstock.jpg   

IanSavage

Those are awesome you need to get hold of the guitarist from The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing...

Bickerstaffs

IanSavage said:

Those are awesome you need to get hold of the guitarist from The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing...

By the sounds of that, I had better not or he will probably blame me for something.  It wasn't me.

speshul91

that is fucking beautiful, much want

Dalefty

Bickerstaffs said:

Hi guys, heres a couple of pics of the first build I did a couple of years ago.  It started life as a BC Rich Warlock, ended up....well, not exactly like BC Rich intended.......

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa423/peterjenkin/Mobile%20Uploads/Project%20Gertrude/261E588E-8630-43B6-B0C9-C40436C4CEBA.jpg

That is seriously cool, how many brass or woodwind instruments where harmed in the making of it?

DaLefty

Bickerstaffs

The Horn was an old Royal Artillery Bugle from 1944.  Inside the Bugle Horn was a Bakelite speaker housing from a 1st world war field telephone.  The clockwork parts were all at least 70 - 80 years old.

DartmoorHedgehog

Very cool looking

Particularly like the clock keys on the tuners.

entee

that is just spot on!  feeling insired for a new challenge guitar now....

Roland

That's brilliant. Inspiring design work, and the skill to implement it!

ThorpyFX

amazing, love the look of these. is the second based on an ESP?

Bickerstaffs

The first one was originally a Warlock.  The second was a kit build, but would have been easier to have started from scratch and just bought a neck in.  It all worked out in the end though.  I don't yet have the tooling to do a full one from bare materials, but Im working on it as quickly as possible.  Every one I do pays for something new in the workshop. 

 

John_P

Fantastic work-  you might be even madder than Jooky!  

ThePrettyDamned

Wow! I'd love to see a build thread for one of these - I quite like steampunk

Bickerstaffs

ThePrettyDamned said:

Wow! I'd love to see a build thread for one of these - I quite like steampunk

Well, I have three builds ongoing and I will be doing another steampunk after these so I will do as asked, and photo document each step and start a thread for it.

Sambostar

Wow that's Randy Piper's guitar crossed with a 16th century Automaton.   How crazy and artistic.

Bickerstaffs

Heres another one I've started on.  Ive used an old LP Style body as a template and formed the shape using Aluminium.  The centre piece will be made new and covered in Crocodile Skin, and I intend to use motorcycle spokes to fill the void and make it interesting.  The electrics I think will be relocated behind the stop bar, then the aluminium will be chemically rusted and aged to give it that "Rat" look.

DiscoStu

Awesome! I've wanted to try the steampunk thing for ages but have no idea where to start!

handsomerik

My goodness! Those are brilliant.

Bickerstaffs

Thanks everyone.  Ive got 5 builds on the go now.  What a nightmare, I wish there were 25 hours in a day..........