While not solid-body guitars, I've got 2 Harmony semi-hollows that I'm never giving-up:
1964-ish, 3-pickup H78 with a Bigsby
and
1961-ish Rocket that I bought and re-finished in silver sparkle.

Both have the DeArmond Pickups, which kick ass. The tone might not be for everyone, but I think it ...

I sold a Silverface Deluxe Reverb for $75 at a Volkswagen swap meet in 1995. The guy talked me down from $100.
What was I thinking? I'm not a heroin addict... I was just young and inexperienced.

The Karma was returned when I scored a Brownface Princeton for $30 at a different swap meet a few ...

eliya wrote:sound. samples.

There are several sound samples from various people who have built the Austin mic at:
http://www.rickshawrecords.com/ribbonmic

- Rickshaw

2.5 stories:

Silverface Twin for Blackface Deluxe
Put my Silverface Twin with mis-matched speakers up, and a guy emailed then came by with his beautiful 1964 Deluxe reverb and $100 and said he would trade because he needed a bigger amp. It was several years before I realized how good of a ...

Ben,
Has anyone tried building the Rickshaw ribbon mic? I thought about giving it a go, but it looks like an unbelievable pain in the ass.
I'm almost done building the rickshaw mic. I've been having a really really hard time cutting the ribbon foil properly. Other then that I have the motor built ...

One tool that you didn't mention in your instructions but that's key to handling foils for art applications is a long-haired fro-pick-like brush. It's an extremely useful tool for moving thin, fragile pieces of foil around and positioning them precisely.
OK, I was saving this for the next ...

Doug,
No "diss" implied. Thank you for your original post.

Hopefully I've helped inspire discussion and DIY!!

- Rickshaw

Wow. I'm humbled by all the discussion of my DIY Ribbon Mic project. I just discovered this forum on a Google search of "Austin Ribbon Microphone" - Previously I didn't know it existed.

First off, let me say that the AUSTIN Ribbon Microphone is a DIY project, not a production-worthy design. My ...