![]() ![]() I think hand made stuff should look HAND MADE with those little imperfections and things that "just" don't quite fit. It almost looks like it was made by someone in their backyard shed, but that's totally part of it's appeal. It is very utilitarian in it's construction. The body is hollow plastic with a type of floating hybrid aluminium neck. Thick, full, lots of sustain, really amazing. I say surprisingly because it looked like it shouldn't. It was so unconventional in it's construction it was a pure joy to look at and study. It turned up a few weeks later and I unpacked it and tuned it up. Those great plastic and aluminium parts just jumped off the screen at me. When I opened the pic I knew instantly what it was. He wanted to know if I was interested as he knew well what I liked and thought it looked. ![]() I'd been searching for Travis Beans, Kramers etc and a friend in Japan that helped me buy guitars contacted me with "a strange one" and he didn't know what it was. However, they're not that easy to come by. I think this is a work of art as well as an instrument. ![]() This is more a look and drool blog story and a a chance for me to have a rant.Īs I've always been fascinated in aluminium necks (I have made a few over the years, see previous blogs) and alternative materials I'd always wanted to own a Wandre as they were one of the first to think outside the box when it came to making guitars. I won't do a big write up on Wandre as there's sites out there that have good info. So I was going through a bunch of old pics the other day on CD's looking for guitars I made and found some good stuff for you to look at. ![]()
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