Custom DG-20 Guitar Finished Pg. 4
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Custom DG-20 Guitar Finished Pg. 4
I was watching Weezer's "Take on Me" video and saw the Casio DG-20 in it. I thought it looked so cool but learned it is a synth and made of plastic.... So then I had an idea...
DG20 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
Rough cut.
IMG_3247 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
DG20 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
Rough cut.
IMG_3247 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
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Re: Custom DG-20 Guitar
You crazy.
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You gonna put some hex pickups and a synth in there? Or maybe some Variax electronics?
It needs to have something complicated electronically inside there, if you ask me.
It needs to have something complicated electronically inside there, if you ask me.
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Love the DG-20, only time I've ever seen one used is for this banger (WARNING: not for those adverse to musical comedy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-sawvtJxDI
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Wait, these things are from 1987? My secondary school still had a bunch of these in the music room when I left in 2009!
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Or the higher production value one from their TV show.X-Ray Spex wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:37 amLove the DG-20, only time I've ever seen one used is for this banger (WARNING: not for those adverse to musical comedy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-sawvtJxDI
It's also the only place I know it from. Never thought this would come up organically, but my wife and I actually did our first dance to that song. Started out as a slow dance to a traditional Hawaiian song and then broke out into a dancehall routine to FOTC.
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I've only ever seen one in a Boris video. I think. The whole video was intentionally blurry.
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Flight of the Conchords used one ("It's from a pawn shop from the future" or similar).
Casio also made "real" guitars:
MG510 - strat with midi
MG500 - awesomeness with midi
PG380 - superstrat with midi and on board sounds
All had on board tuners, too.
The DG-20 had a drum machine, too!
I played a MG500 for a few years ("Darth Vader's Vox Phantom!") but eventually sold it to fund my first Jazzmaster.
(semi visible here)
(and, yes, I actually just went to myspace to find that photo -- guess what: the music doesn't work!)
I still have the humbucker from it (discovered in a parts box). I can send it down I-5 if you'd like it...
Casio also made "real" guitars:
MG510 - strat with midi
MG500 - awesomeness with midi
PG380 - superstrat with midi and on board sounds
All had on board tuners, too.
The DG-20 had a drum machine, too!
I played a MG500 for a few years ("Darth Vader's Vox Phantom!") but eventually sold it to fund my first Jazzmaster.
(semi visible here)
(and, yes, I actually just went to myspace to find that photo -- guess what: the music doesn't work!)
I still have the humbucker from it (discovered in a parts box). I can send it down I-5 if you'd like it...
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That sounds rad, any vids? I saw them on the first date of their 2019 tour in Dublin and it was a riot, got upgraded seats which never happens to boot.mbene085 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:27 amOr the higher production value one from their TV show.X-Ray Spex wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:37 amLove the DG-20, only time I've ever seen one used is for this banger (WARNING: not for those adverse to musical comedy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-sawvtJxDI
It's also the only place I know it from. Never thought this would come up organically, but my wife and I actually did our first dance to that song. Started out as a slow dance to a traditional Hawaiian song and then broke out into a dancehall routine to FOTC.
''It's not what you play, it's what you play'' - Troy Van Leeuwen
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Some awesome stuff in those links I plan to put a plastic covered humbucker in it. I think it will go with the look. I need to figure out knobs that would give it that Casio vibe.
The neck is mounted. (Along with my Meteora body next to it.) Bridge, pickups, and shaping still to come.
I am going to paint it grey so it looks similar to the inspiration.
IMG_3252 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
The neck is mounted. (Along with my Meteora body next to it.) Bridge, pickups, and shaping still to come.
I am going to paint it grey so it looks similar to the inspiration.
IMG_3252 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
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Funke and the Two Tone Baby used one on his EP Injustice and Queen.
I know this because he borrowed mine. I forget which track it was used on but it's on a solo towards the end. It's fairly obvious!
I know this because he borrowed mine. I forget which track it was used on but it's on a solo towards the end. It's fairly obvious!
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PS, that's going to look badass as a real guitar. Have you "carved" the top the same?
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Should have the sameish angled top parts. You can see the pencil lines in the body picture. Just not angled down yet.
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Amazing! I am so excited on this progress picture!! You can see the added angles in the pic well. It is mimicking the original pretty well!
IMG_3278 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
IMG_3278 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
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