Rockin' Rollfast - Finally a Video!

[The Renaissance Man]

Can't wait to hear it!

 

[kingfish254]

The tanklifier and speaker tank is turning out groovy!!!
What next??? A stratocaster next shifter?

 

[GuitarlCarl]

The tanklifier and speaker tank is turning out groovy!!!
What next??? A stratocaster next shifter?

The shifter is an issue...
Right now all I have is a thumb shifter...
But I did just lay down my third coat of sanding primer on the pods...

Carl.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Found my headbadge on eBay... 2 1/4" x 3 1/2"
Hope it gets here in time... from Canada.


Carl.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Cool badge!
Surely there's a way to make a shifter with whammy bar!

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Cool badge!
Surely there's a way to make a shifter with whammy bar!

OH YEAH! THE TWANG BAR!
Great idea, thanks Ren.

Carl

sent from my banana phone...

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Ok so this is what I have on hand...

Anybody remember the shifter I did for ALiEN FiRE? Kick drum parts...

Carl.

sent from my banana phone...

 

[OddJob]

Whammy bar....maybe you could make it a "6" speed....

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Well I will share that the first attempt to mate a whammy bar with a shifter arm was not a success... probably the sum of a junk Chinese whammy bar and trying to tap aluminum with a screwgun. I did find another shifter body and I have more arms, even a cool flat chrome one from an old Teisco. So it ain't over yet.

Carl.

sent from my banana phone...

 

[SwissGuy]

Confucius already said: “If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
So keep on trying! You'll get your whammy shifter!

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[metalchewy]

I was wondering when a whammy bar would be in this build! Kewwwl!! Cant wait.

 

[franconuevo]

wild build Cuz
I'm lovin' it

F.

 

[Missing Link]

Well I will share that the first attempt to mate a whammy bar with a shifter arm was not a success... probably the sum of a junk Chinese whammy bar and trying to tap aluminum with a screwgun. I did find another shifter body and I have more arms, even a cool flat chrome one from an old Teisco. So it ain't over yet.

Carl.

sent from my banana phone...

You're on the right track, I was thinking a Teisco bar might work better, then I looked up at my wall, and my ES335. Bigsby???

 

[GuitarlCarl]

You're on the right track, I was thinking a Teisco bar might work better, then I looked up at my wall, and my ES335. Bigsby???
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Yessir. Teisco surely copied Bigsby's designs.
I just need to step back a minute, let it all soak in.
First layer of paint went down on the pods, so the build continues.
I also sussed out the guitar rack, I need some locknuts...
Next two days I'm involved in an intense 20 hr motorcycle class.
When it's done I walk into a DMV and they hand me my M class license.

Carl.

 

[Scribble]

Sweetness!!

 

[franconuevo]

Seatpost! is that from a crank arm, Carl ?

I was working on a looong curved one on a little BMX build I'm doing, and even reinforced it ala suggestion from Luke, and the first time I sat on it , it bent like a noodle.
I weigh in about 169 lbs, a relative lightweight.

wondering ? how such a radical bend doesn't collapse.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Seatpost! is that from a crank arm, Carl ?

I was working on a looong curved one on a little BMX build I'm doing, and even reinforced it ala suggestion from Luke, and the first time I sat on it , it bent like a noodle.
I weigh in about 169 lbs, a relative lightweight.

wondering ? how such a radical bend doesn't collapse.
View attachment 28577

No brother it's a solid post from slowriderz. I have 4 versions from him too bad he's stopping .making them.

Carl.

sent from my banana phone...

 

[OneHorsePower]

Wow! you bike is really comming togetter , Paint Look very good, and that tank is so cool !! , Goodjob

 

[franconuevo]

No brother it's a solid post from slowriderz. I have 4 versions from him too bad he's stopping .making them.

Carl.

sent from my banana phone...

Aha...I see now...didn't have my computer glasses on this morning.
very nice.
Oh well, I went and made one out of an old one piece crank for another project today...turned out good.

love the bike

 

[Fv2]

Love the idea of the flat bar shifter.
I envision tuners mounted on either side, but that might be a bit to much.