Stained Glass Guitar

Hello, My Fellow Instructables this is my DIY Stained Glass Guitar it has LED lights and Strings this is mostly for decoration but I think you could play it. this project took me a long time to complete.

You will need a guitar, stained glass, glass cutters, oil, pliers, soldering iron and flux, Copper tape, brush, Patina in my case Black, Glass Grinder, Saw, Glue, L E D Stripe lights, stand paper to make a template, Pins and large piece of wood,Hot glue gun

The 1st thing to do is remove the strings then cut the Face of the guitar being careful so take your time

create a template, so you will have an idea where to place the glass pieces

Cut and grind all the glass pieces and place them on top of the Guitar face and arrange them in the order you like

make sure the glass is clean

cover each piece of glass all around the edge with copper tape

Get the large piece of wood and place the template with the shape of the guitar on top, then get each piece of glass and wrap the lead strips around each piece " this is optional you could just solder the pieces together instead of using lead"

the lead will give the face some support also on the underside you could solder long pieces of brass tubing for support

for the strings, I had to improvise and use acrylic and drilled some holes for the strings, and glued a small piece along to act as a bridge.

Once the whole face is done is time to work on the body.

cover the top edge with Lead makes it easier to attach the face to the body, install the LED lights along the walls of the body install the guitar stings then solder the top face to the body " take your time and make sure all is nice and centered " clean all and use the Patina if desired. Hope to see your creations