We're going to make
a guitar that sounds good, and obviously it's going to be
indestructible, as well. We would like to show that steel can actually be very, very strong
and light at the same time. What I like about this project
is that you put together a lot of different areas of expertise, and also we have our end-user, who is
one of the world's best guitar players. We must be able to design
a guitar that is unsmashable in all the different ways
you can smash a guitar. I got my first guitar when I was 5. And then when I was 7, I saw Jimi Hendrix
smashing a guitar on TV. I thought it was cool. It's a silly thing,
but I thought it was cool. So, as soon as I got
another guitar, a better one, - I guess about
half a year later - I would smash the old one up. When I got a better guitar than the
second one, I would smash that one. Every element had to be
drawn from scratch. We're confident that no guitar
has ever been built this way before, so my task was to deliver the drawings
for the engineers here. We chose to print the body of the guitar
using additive manufacturing, since it makes it possible
to produce this kind of design. The material we chose was titanium,
since it's really light and strong. The benefit is that you can create
completely new kinds of designs which aren't possible
with conventional metal cutting today. The remaining powder,
after the printing, will be reused for another print. It's always a lot more fun to create
a guitar for a world-famous guitarist, especially for Yngwie Malmsteen,
who is a childhood hero. The most important thing for me... is the neck. That's the most important. The neck is the world's first one
made completely of stainless steel. This fretboard is really demanding
when it comes to machining, because it's so thin. We are using our highest strength
duplex stainless steels together with a unique
lightweight structure. So by using this, we have made the strongest
and lightest structure ever. The hub is normally part of the body. In this case, there is no real joint, because we have unified
parts of the body together with the neck to make it more rigid. So we are quite certain
that this will hold together in a crash. I mean, I can tell
they have a mindset that they want
the absolute best result. They put the work in, the time in, which I can relate to.
I'm like that, too. Of course, this guitar
will be beaten a lot more by Yngwie Malmsteen,
we imagine. But I don't think he will succeed
in smashing this guitar. So, I've been smashing guitars
since I was 7 years old. It's utterly unique. It's a showstopper
in terms of its eye-catching qualities. I think a museum would be
the right place for it, eventually. It would be nice to see. My style is actually a combination of,
you know, playing really loud, a lot of Marshalls and stuff, but more like a violin technique,
like Paganini on a guitar. I'm not going to watch him do it. I'm not going to lie to you! I don't like it. I hope he will not
release the fury. It's going to be... very challenging. But I like a challenge. Today is the day we watch Yngwie
try to smash the guitar. It's really cool
to have the whole crowd here, looking at the guitar
that we built together. That's a really nice thing, Remember, we are not guitar makers. This is our first guitar ever. Well, to break it is impossible.
But you can break other things with it. I'm really relieved we managed to create
an unsmashable guitar! I gave everything I had, 200 percent. To break it, you need something harder.
What's harder than that? A ship?
Sandvik? The company Kershaw buys their best steel from?
I believe them.
Sandvik makes equipment that work with rock, so I guess a guitar a natural fit.
Too bad it had to be Yngwe Malmsteen to showcase it. Give it to someone who can actually play chords, melodies and proper arpeggios. Not just E string 12 14 12 14, B string 12 14 12 14 for days.
”You released the fucking fury!” http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-yngwie-malmsteen-drummer-discusses-infamous-unleash-the-fury-incident/
Hits stage with guitar
Disappears through hole in stage
Sometimes even Kylo Ren feels the need to shred.
https://youtu.be/KcXCqQ_-gMI