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These Pinball Guitars Are Incredible!
PodcastAnalysis updated today57 min listen
Daniel Clark joins us from Cithara Guitars to talk about these fansinating guitar he makes for recycled pinball playfields. Check out his guitars here: citharaguitars.com
Highlights
- Sathara has approximately 30 playfields in inventory and another 15+ not yet listed on their website
- Sathara received approximately 12 pre-orders from Pinball Expo with a six-month build time per guitar
- Paul Daniel attended Lado School of Luthier for four months, five days a week, earning certification from the master craftsman
- Sathara is currently pre-booked almost to the end of the year with fall delivery slots
- The Shark guitar from One Piece anime took approximately one and a half years to complete
- Sathara recreates missing light inserts using UV printing artwork pulled from official game artwork packages
- All Sathara guitars are built in-house from rough lumber through finishing and assembly
- The Shark guitar project was initially discouraged due to scope and complexity before proceeding
Notable quotes
“these really are a guitar first and they're a custom shop guitar first and the play fields are an added little bonus on top”
“there are so many play fields that are a second or they're a ding and dent and like we can't use them because they can't put them in the games um and you're more than welcome Tee'd Off them”
“it's just Tee'd Off reach out. And then we kind of can guide you through the process from there”
“if it's a pinball build, you can pretty much guarantee a six-month wait on it”
“Sathara is essentially greek for guitar”
Entities
- CPR· company
- Fender· company
- Gibson· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- PRS· company
- Sathara Guitars· company
- Taylor· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Earthshaker· game
- Evil Knievel· game
- Fathom· game
- Grade 37· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Knight Rider· game
- Silver Ball Mania· game
- One Piece· media
- Lado School of Luthier· organization
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
- Mohawk College· organization
- Casey· person
- Josh Roop· person
- Matt Scott· person
- Paul Daniel Norm Clark· person
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