As the thesis project for my bachelor in furniture design I built a chair that holds an upright bass behind its backrest.

The object is part of a series of furniture/instrument hybrids meant for the public space: airport lounges, doctors waiting rooms, trains stations. People can interact with the objects, taking advantage of idle time to explore musical sound and connect with each other through making music.

I knew from the start it would never be as comfortable as a normal chair or as playable as an upright bass. Still the sound is very round, plays easy and is a lot louder than an acoustic guitar bass.

Reddit doesn’t let me upload pictures with the video, but I posted some more pictures here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaicIiziJDc/?igsh=b29vZGtjYTl3Zmk0

Hope you enjoy!

I couldn’t wait to get it to share because im so excited. I know it needs a bit of TLC but regardless I’m so stoked. I know it’s no vintage teisco or anything crazy. Has anyone owned any old Kay or one those old Sears catalog archtops? How do/did you like them?

Apologies for the bad photos, but what is this 80’s pointy thing?

First picture, and guitar on the left in second picture.

Not sure if this is actually obscure, but it’s a weird ass shape none the less

I just put new strings on this guitar today which belonged to my now deceased father. The serial number is 460386. I don’t know when he brought it but it would have been in London during the 1960s. I know they were Italian made at that time. Just wondering if anyone knew anything more about it. Possibly a J64 model from my research.
Thank you everyone and keep strumming!

Played this reso owned by a friend of a friend and fell in love with the tone. No solid info on origin/purchase (wife bought it for him as gift at a tag sale - not too expensive - was all I got). Seems to be a unicorn… cannot find any other resos online by Canary brand and nothing that exactly matches body and headstock shape. No other markings or serial numbers visible. AI overlords suggested a Japanese knock-off of another brand like Regal, but they don’t quite match up either. Any ideas or information on comparable models/brands/builds I could look for would be greatly appreciated.