Prototype: Electric G40 Plastic Guitar
Description
From the collection of Michael Dresdner. This G40 was modified by Mario Maccaferri with an electric pick up. Michael was a close friend of Maccaferri and purchased this guitar from him in the early 1980’s for $75. Mario told Michael “That he built it and did not like how it sounded.”
Used in the The Maccaferri Plastic Instrument Recording Project.
Demensions:
Total instrument length: 935 mm (36-13/16 inches)
Vibrating string length: 620 mm (24-7/16 inches)
Fingerboard length: 425 mm (16-1/2 inches)
Width of fingerboard at nut: 47 mm (1-7/8 inches)
Width of fingerboard at body: 57 mm (2-1/4 inches)
Width of upper bout: 256 mm (10-3/16 inches)
Width of waist: 226 mm (9 inches)
Width of lower bout: 340 mm (13-1/4 inches)
Depth of body at neck: 88 mm (3-7/16 inches)
Depth of body at bottom: 88 mm (3-7/16 inches)
