I thought i hit a gold mine... but now i ask WHY???

[His Reverence]

Be in awe brethren, for we are witnessing the birth of a new guitar adjective
Even as "Vintage" shall replace "Old Rubbish" and as "Relic" shall be used instead of "Attacked with a hammer and paint stripper", thus henceforth shall the unrighteous who gouge large holes in guitars denote them as "Chambered".

 

[buckethead777]

Amen father

 

[andynpeters]

Love that look. Can anyone offer any advice as to how I'd go about "Chambering" my ES335??? I already own a big hammer & screwdriver!

 

[Jack FFR1846]

Ah, that Al would be just fine. Plane the rear of the guitar and glue on a nice piece of Mahogany. I don't know.....maybe spend $400 to do that. Would be cool.

I also don't know how someone can do this to such an expensive guitar. Heck....I have a $25 craigslist special that I made into a lefty Hendrix vibe guitar for my son. Total expendature so far is $30, using coupons and used strings and getting a good laugh out of the previous owner's attempt at wiring......

 

[Big Poppa]

COlin plugging holes with tome woods doesnt work...the body is never going to be the same.

Each Time I warn someone not to do things to their guitars that cant be undone there are always the few who think that Im protecting adesign (sort of_) Im really trying to sve the guitar and the owner. These things just never work out and destry the resale.

 

[Andrew Whitmore]

Im really trying to sve the guitar and the owner.

BP, some of these people are beyond salvation.

 

[mb99zz]

OMG! This is too classic. A former coworker of mine left my company to work for Google supporting and selling their Search Appliance...which has the same goofy looking holes. I always tease him about the swiss cheese servers they're pushing.

I can't wait to send him the "chambered" AL pic and ask: when the heck did you guys start making guitars?

 

[browndog]

idiot

 

[beej]

Wow is that ever f'd up.

 

[Dante]

and a piece of EBMM anti-culture is born.

 

[jamminjim]

One would need a lathe to cut the round ash pieces to plug the holes. It would be a pretty difficult project IMO. Doable though me'thinks. His repaint looks pitiful. Only thing GOOD to say about it is it was originally a great Albert Lee guitar.

Truly amazing to me is someone has bid on it. Does it even have a case?

 

[GWDavis28]

Is that the screw from the strap button in one of the holes? Ouch.

I wonder how it balances on a strap now? What a disaster

Yah huh.

Glenn |B)

 

[threeminutesboy]

Truly amazing to me is someone has bid on it. Does it even have a case?

Do you need a case to send spare parts ? This guitar should be shipped dismounted ready to be rescued

 

[e.mate]

One would need a lathe to cut the round ash pieces to plug the holes. It would be a pretty difficult project IMO. Doable though me'thinks.

Why not fill the holes with concrete? That also solves the balance problem

Wait....no, the guitar is dead

 

[peterd79]

there are some people who just think that their ideas are so much better than the original designer. BP and crew have done an incredible job with balancing their guitars, providing the best tone woods imaginable and craftsmanship next to none... i cannot begin to think what caused the original owner to take this incredible guitar to a drill press...

I can't help but wonder if this was this another outcome of drinking way too much and watching old Kung-Fu Reruns?

 

[e.mate]

I can't help but wonder if this was this another outcome of drinking way too much and watching old Kung-Fu Reruns?

...maybe there was some sort of smoking involved

 

[bkrumme]

Someone get the straitjacket ready for Rob. I have a feeling he's gonna need it.

 

[beej]

Man, they could have left the headstock alone. At the very least the guitar would have been worth the price of the neck, trem and other parts.

 

[Zippoman]

That is disturbing. What could poor ole' Al have possibly done to deserve this? Someone here should buy it and maybe then we can give it a proper burial.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

If it sold for $2-300 it would be worth coughing up another $6-700 for a new body. With a BIN of $800 there is no way it's worth that much.