Does this exist - cheap way to make a neck playable (poor mans Chapman Srick?)

SquireJapan

So ... much searching hasn’t given me a helpful result. 

I would like a travel guitar, for practicing (I’ll have very limited space). It occurred to me that if you could just make a small “body” to accommodate a bridge and some kind of pickup, you just need a guitar neck. 

I can’t seem to see anything though. Closest I’ve seen is the Erlwine Chiquita as a guitar in its own right, but I just want a short bit of wood to turn a neck into a guitar. 

I get the whole thing would be horribly unbalanced etc. (but I could just play it almost vertically). 

Does this exist? Am I being very stupid? Thanks!

Kittyfrisk

If I understand you correctly, you might be able to use a telecaster neck to attach a smaller piece of wood to, that would hold  a tele bridge. That way you'd get an adjustable bridge + pickup, but you would need space for controls though.
Think Bo Diddley style, but minimised 

SquireJapan

Exactly! Nothing sophisticated, far from it ... I was thinking a 2x4 offcut, trimmed with some holes 

Kittyfrisk

Not suggesting you carry a shed about with you, but there are always ways  https://www.cigarboxguitar.com/knowledge-base/jack-white-builds-a-diddley-bow-in-about-1-minute/

prowla

Well, a Steinberger spirit is about as svelte as you can get with a full-scale.

Henrytwang

prowla said:

Well, a Steinberger spirit is about as svelte as you can get with a full-scale.

They are a great little travel guitar very compact due to the headless design. There’s even a little flip out arm on the the bottom edge of the body that makes it easy to play sitting down.

Funkfingers

SquireJapan said:
cheap way to make a neck playable (poor man's Chapman Stick?)

As a Chapman Stick owner, I can assure you that there is no such thing as a poverty model of a touchboard instrument.

For your purposes, the most sensible comparison is with the NS Stick. It embodies the concept that you describe. It features a screwed on neck to body joint. It is designed to be adaptable between conventional picking/fretting and two-handed tap/hammer technique.

SquireJapan said:

I would like a travel guitar

In that case, most of the geometry of a Chapman or NS Stick is inappropriate. 

skunkwerx

Buy the cheapest ibanez neck thru, and knock its wings off. Jobs a good un. 

Kittyfrisk

skunkwerx said:

Buy the cheapest ibanez neck thru, and knock its wings off. Jobs a good un. 

Bet your butterfly collection is a sight to behold 

axisus

How about a Pocket guitar?

https://www.guitarchords247.com/best-pocket-guitars/

FelineGuitars

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hohner-G2T-Professional-Steinberger-electric-travel-guitar-Excellent-condition/303396867984?hash=item46a3dccf90:g:mNsAAOSwaCtd7mbE

SquireJapan

So then ... Steinbergers aside (I would like one in my life at some point), can someone make me the thing I want?

I don’t have to skill, space or tools to make it myself. 

I’d quite like to be able to swap out necks (Strat or Tele), and have a bridge humbucker. Just need a hole for a jack, I can figure out controls at some point in the future. 

It doesn’t need finishing, as it will be a prototype. 

Feel free me to PM me if you fancy having a go yourself. 

mark123

squier affinity strat with its wings cut off by you or a joiner friend ..5 min job ..a famous blues player gigs one 

mark123

https://images.app.goo.gl/o7NKEym2wMYtn2Mw6

bingo £80affinity jobs a good un !

Roland

Going headless saves space. The Steinberger will fit in a suitcase. If cost is a consideration then there’s probably a Chinese made copy.

Making a travel guitar sound like an interesting forum challenge.

lovestrat74

Hofner shorty 

maltingsaudio

 My approach to this would be to buy a starter guitar pack from Argos or lidl and a jigsaw, should all come in under £100 and you can use the jigsaw again and again.

SquireJapan

maltingsaudio said:

 My approach to this would be to buy a starter guitar pack from Argos or lidl and a jigsaw, should all come in under £100 and you can use the jigsaw again and again.

Right then, leave it with me. Christmas week I might have some time. 

This is going to be shockingly bad

guitarmangler

Have you seen that strat shaped guitar where they’ve basically jig sawed the body around the pick guard? It’s called a traveller 
https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/travel-guitar/traveler-guitar-travelcaster-deluxe-surf-green-with-gig-bag?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxc6dz-m85gIVCbLtCh3jqQHmEAQYAiABEgLWO_D_BwE

Kittyfrisk

guitarmangler said:

Have you seen that strat shaped guitar where they’ve basically jig sawed the body around the pick guard? It’s called a traveller 
https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/travel-guitar/traveler-guitar-travelcaster-deluxe-surf-green-with-gig-bag?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxc6dz-m85gIVCbLtCh3jqQHmEAQYAiABEgLWO_D_BwE

And the tremolo works how? 

PhilKing

I have a Kay Travel guitar, though the case looks like a gun case!