{"id":5923,"date":"2019-12-26T11:26:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T10:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/?p=5923"},"modified":"2019-12-26T11:26:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T10:26:38","slug":"this-super-mario-guitar-took-more-than-29000-pieces-of-wood-to-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/this-super-mario-guitar-took-more-than-29000-pieces-of-wood-to-build\/","title":{"rendered":"This Super Mario Guitar took more than 29,000 Pieces of Wood to Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a Scotsman with a really cool voice successfully completing an incredibly difficult woodworking project. He&#8217;s taken 10,000 ice lolly (popsicle) sticks, dyed them in a suction chamber, cut them to a tiny size, glued them together to form cubes and then attached all the cubes to form the shape of the body of this Nintendo-themed guitar. And that&#8217;s just for the body. He makes the neck and head of the guitar by glueing the lollipop sticks together in a different way. Cranmer (first name unknown) describes the glue-up of the body as being the most stressful glue-up of his life. Considering the fact that he&#8217;s still in his early twenties when building this guitar, he hasn&#8217;t exactly had decades of glue-ups to compare this one to, but when you take that into account &#8211; what he&#8217;s achieved with only a few years of woodworking experience is pretty amazing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HnX-w-voOqk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Thousands of Wooden &#8220;Pixels&#8221; for Mario &amp; Co.<\/h1>\n<p>Carpenter Cranmer couldn&#8217;t find a way to dye the popsicles sticks a pure white color, so he has used white perspex that he cut to the same size as the wooden sticks. When glued together, each square end of each stick is one pixel in the video game scene that makes up the body of the guitar. The bright white perspex pixels stand out beautifully against the colorful but slightly desaturated pixels provided by the dyed wood.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5938\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5938\" class=\"wp-image-5938 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-Cranmer-cut-his-wooden-popsicle-sticks-to-size-to-prepare-them-for-dyeing-696x365.png\" alt=\"First, Cranmer cut his wooden popsicle sticks to size to prepare them for dyeing\" width=\"603\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-Cranmer-cut-his-wooden-popsicle-sticks-to-size-to-prepare-them-for-dyeing-696x365.png 696w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-Cranmer-cut-his-wooden-popsicle-sticks-to-size-to-prepare-them-for-dyeing-250x131.png 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-Cranmer-cut-his-wooden-popsicle-sticks-to-size-to-prepare-them-for-dyeing-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-Cranmer-cut-his-wooden-popsicle-sticks-to-size-to-prepare-them-for-dyeing-125x65.png 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-Cranmer-cut-his-wooden-popsicle-sticks-to-size-to-prepare-them-for-dyeing-573x300.png 573w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-Cranmer-cut-his-wooden-popsicle-sticks-to-size-to-prepare-them-for-dyeing-336x176.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First, Cranmer cut his wooden popsicle sticks to size to prepare them for dyeing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5939\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5939\" class=\"wp-image-5939 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scottish-carpenter-Cranmer-used-white-perspex-along-with-wood-to-make-thousands-of-pixels-for-his-Super-Mario-guitar-696x362.png\" alt=\"Scottish carpenter Cranmer used white perspex along with wood to make thousands of pixels for his Super Mario guitar\" width=\"603\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scottish-carpenter-Cranmer-used-white-perspex-along-with-wood-to-make-thousands-of-pixels-for-his-Super-Mario-guitar-696x362.png 696w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scottish-carpenter-Cranmer-used-white-perspex-along-with-wood-to-make-thousands-of-pixels-for-his-Super-Mario-guitar-250x130.png 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scottish-carpenter-Cranmer-used-white-perspex-along-with-wood-to-make-thousands-of-pixels-for-his-Super-Mario-guitar-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scottish-carpenter-Cranmer-used-white-perspex-along-with-wood-to-make-thousands-of-pixels-for-his-Super-Mario-guitar-125x65.png 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scottish-carpenter-Cranmer-used-white-perspex-along-with-wood-to-make-thousands-of-pixels-for-his-Super-Mario-guitar-577x300.png 577w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Scottish-carpenter-Cranmer-used-white-perspex-along-with-wood-to-make-thousands-of-pixels-for-his-Super-Mario-guitar-336x175.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scottish carpenter Cranmer used white perspex along with wood to make thousands of pixels for his Super Mario guitar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5940\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5940\" class=\"wp-image-5940 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cranmer-used-a-suction-chamber-to-pull-the-wood-dye-deep-into-the-wooden-pieces-696x365.png\" alt=\"Cranmer used a vacuum chamber to pull the wood dye deep into the wooden pieces\" width=\"603\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cranmer-used-a-suction-chamber-to-pull-the-wood-dye-deep-into-the-wooden-pieces-696x365.png 696w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cranmer-used-a-suction-chamber-to-pull-the-wood-dye-deep-into-the-wooden-pieces-250x131.png 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cranmer-used-a-suction-chamber-to-pull-the-wood-dye-deep-into-the-wooden-pieces-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cranmer-used-a-suction-chamber-to-pull-the-wood-dye-deep-into-the-wooden-pieces-125x66.png 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cranmer-used-a-suction-chamber-to-pull-the-wood-dye-deep-into-the-wooden-pieces-572x300.png 572w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cranmer-used-a-suction-chamber-to-pull-the-wood-dye-deep-into-the-wooden-pieces-336x176.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cranmer used a vacuum chamber to pull the wood dye deep into the wooden pieces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5937\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5937\" class=\"wp-image-5937 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Heres-the-block-of-wood-made-out-of-one-hundred-tiny-pixels-that-form-the-famous-Nintendo-game-character-Mario-696x368.png\" alt=\"Here's the block of wood made out of one hundred tiny pixels that form the famous Nintendo game character Mario\" width=\"603\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Heres-the-block-of-wood-made-out-of-one-hundred-tiny-pixels-that-form-the-famous-Nintendo-game-character-Mario-696x368.png 696w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Heres-the-block-of-wood-made-out-of-one-hundred-tiny-pixels-that-form-the-famous-Nintendo-game-character-Mario-250x132.png 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Heres-the-block-of-wood-made-out-of-one-hundred-tiny-pixels-that-form-the-famous-Nintendo-game-character-Mario-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Heres-the-block-of-wood-made-out-of-one-hundred-tiny-pixels-that-form-the-famous-Nintendo-game-character-Mario-125x66.png 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Heres-the-block-of-wood-made-out-of-one-hundred-tiny-pixels-that-form-the-famous-Nintendo-game-character-Mario-568x300.png 568w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Heres-the-block-of-wood-made-out-of-one-hundred-tiny-pixels-that-form-the-famous-Nintendo-game-character-Mario-336x178.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s the block of wood made out of one hundred tiny pixels that form the famous Nintendo game character Mario<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1>An Ideal Instrument for Musical Gamers<\/h1>\n<p>I&#8217;m no expert on Mario characters, but I think the Mario princess that we see on this musical instrument is Princess Peach, in her pink princess dress with a jewel on her chest and a crown on her head. Cranmer has squeezed in a bunch of other famous Mario characters, including the famous Mario himself, his brother Luigi, clouds, mushrooms, pipes, turtles, carnivorous plants, and dinosaurs. (Like I said, I&#8217;m no expert on Mario game characters. I&#8217;m sure some of these have names that I&#8217;m clueless about). The amount of references to the Nintendo game in this one guitar is extraordinary. I think many people, including me, would have been impressed with a couple of pixelated inlays on a solid wood guitar body. The fact that Cranmer has made the entire fan art guitar, neck, head, fretboard included; out of wooden lolly sticks is super impressive, definitely worthy of the world-famous Mario Bros Nintendo games.<\/p>\n<p>Cranmer has included a pixelated Bowser insert in the fingerboard of the guitar. He made this character in the same way as the video game characters seen in the rest of the guitar; by glueing together loads of tiny bits of wood in the correct pattern to create the illustration. He then cuts a slice of the character from the block, gouges out a space for Bowser to sit in before glueing the game character in place and sanding the surface smooth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5936\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5936\" class=\"wp-image-5936 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-body-of-Cranmers-Super-Mario-guitar-is-made-out-of-thousands-of-tiny-pieces-of-wood-glued-into-blocks-and-then-attached-to-form-the-shape-of-the-electric-guitar-696x367.png\" alt=\"The body of Cranmer's Super Mario guitar is made out of thousands of tiny pieces of wood, glued into blocks and then attached to form the shape of the electric guitar\" width=\"603\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-body-of-Cranmers-Super-Mario-guitar-is-made-out-of-thousands-of-tiny-pieces-of-wood-glued-into-blocks-and-then-attached-to-form-the-shape-of-the-electric-guitar-696x367.png 696w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-body-of-Cranmers-Super-Mario-guitar-is-made-out-of-thousands-of-tiny-pieces-of-wood-glued-into-blocks-and-then-attached-to-form-the-shape-of-the-electric-guitar-250x132.png 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-body-of-Cranmers-Super-Mario-guitar-is-made-out-of-thousands-of-tiny-pieces-of-wood-glued-into-blocks-and-then-attached-to-form-the-shape-of-the-electric-guitar-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-body-of-Cranmers-Super-Mario-guitar-is-made-out-of-thousands-of-tiny-pieces-of-wood-glued-into-blocks-and-then-attached-to-form-the-shape-of-the-electric-guitar-125x66.png 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-body-of-Cranmers-Super-Mario-guitar-is-made-out-of-thousands-of-tiny-pieces-of-wood-glued-into-blocks-and-then-attached-to-form-the-shape-of-the-electric-guitar-569x300.png 569w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-body-of-Cranmers-Super-Mario-guitar-is-made-out-of-thousands-of-tiny-pieces-of-wood-glued-into-blocks-and-then-attached-to-form-the-shape-of-the-electric-guitar-336x177.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The body of Cranmer&#8217;s Super Mario guitar is made out of thousands of tiny pieces of wood, glued into blocks and then attached to form the shape of the electric guitar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5935\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5935\" class=\"wp-image-5935 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-brightly-colored-wood-pieces-glued-together-to-make-the-neck-of-the-guitar-looks-cool-even-before-being-cut-and-shaped-696x367.png\" alt=\"The brightly colored wood pieces laid out for glueing to make the neck of the guitar looks cool even before being cut and shaped.\" width=\"603\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-brightly-colored-wood-pieces-glued-together-to-make-the-neck-of-the-guitar-looks-cool-even-before-being-cut-and-shaped-696x367.png 696w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-brightly-colored-wood-pieces-glued-together-to-make-the-neck-of-the-guitar-looks-cool-even-before-being-cut-and-shaped-250x132.png 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-brightly-colored-wood-pieces-glued-together-to-make-the-neck-of-the-guitar-looks-cool-even-before-being-cut-and-shaped-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-brightly-colored-wood-pieces-glued-together-to-make-the-neck-of-the-guitar-looks-cool-even-before-being-cut-and-shaped-125x66.png 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-brightly-colored-wood-pieces-glued-together-to-make-the-neck-of-the-guitar-looks-cool-even-before-being-cut-and-shaped-569x300.png 569w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-brightly-colored-wood-pieces-glued-together-to-make-the-neck-of-the-guitar-looks-cool-even-before-being-cut-and-shaped-336x177.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The brightly colored wood pieces laid out for glueing to make the neck of the guitar looks cool even before being cut and shaped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5933\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5933\" class=\"wp-image-5933 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/This-is-the-size-of-the-wooden-pixel-pieces-that-Cranmer-glued-together-to-make-the-Bowser-inlay-696x362.png\" alt=\"This is the size of the wooden pixel pieces that Cranmer glued together to make the Bowser inlay\" width=\"603\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/This-is-the-size-of-the-wooden-pixel-pieces-that-Cranmer-glued-together-to-make-the-Bowser-inlay-696x362.png 696w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/This-is-the-size-of-the-wooden-pixel-pieces-that-Cranmer-glued-together-to-make-the-Bowser-inlay-250x130.png 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/This-is-the-size-of-the-wooden-pixel-pieces-that-Cranmer-glued-together-to-make-the-Bowser-inlay-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/This-is-the-size-of-the-wooden-pixel-pieces-that-Cranmer-glued-together-to-make-the-Bowser-inlay-125x65.png 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/This-is-the-size-of-the-wooden-pixel-pieces-that-Cranmer-glued-together-to-make-the-Bowser-inlay-577x300.png 577w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/This-is-the-size-of-the-wooden-pixel-pieces-that-Cranmer-glued-together-to-make-the-Bowser-inlay-336x175.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the size of the wooden pixel pieces that Cranmer glued together to make the Bowser inlay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5934\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5934\" class=\"wp-image-5934 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Bowser-character-inlay-on-the-fingerboard-of-Cranmers-Mario-Bros-guitar-is-so-incredibly-delicate-and-precisely-made-696x364.png\" alt=\"The Bowser character inlay on the fingerboard of Cranmer's Mario Bros guitar is so incredibly delicate and precisely made\" width=\"603\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Bowser-character-inlay-on-the-fingerboard-of-Cranmers-Mario-Bros-guitar-is-so-incredibly-delicate-and-precisely-made-696x364.png 696w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Bowser-character-inlay-on-the-fingerboard-of-Cranmers-Mario-Bros-guitar-is-so-incredibly-delicate-and-precisely-made-250x131.png 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Bowser-character-inlay-on-the-fingerboard-of-Cranmers-Mario-Bros-guitar-is-so-incredibly-delicate-and-precisely-made-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Bowser-character-inlay-on-the-fingerboard-of-Cranmers-Mario-Bros-guitar-is-so-incredibly-delicate-and-precisely-made-125x65.png 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Bowser-character-inlay-on-the-fingerboard-of-Cranmers-Mario-Bros-guitar-is-so-incredibly-delicate-and-precisely-made-573x300.png 573w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Bowser-character-inlay-on-the-fingerboard-of-Cranmers-Mario-Bros-guitar-is-so-incredibly-delicate-and-precisely-made-336x176.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bowser character inlay on the fingerboard of Cranmer&#8217;s Mario Bros guitar is so incredibly delicate and precisely made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Let this Scottish Wood Wizard make Your Dream Guitar<\/h1>\n<p>Cranmer makes custom guitars from his carpentry workshop in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/6,+Elder+Park+Workspace,+100+Elderpark+St,+Glasgow+G51+3TR,+UK\/@55.8577348,-4.3247857,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x488846085bd13009:0x12739a879568b0f1!8m2!3d55.8577348!4d-4.322597\">Glasgow, Scotland<\/a>. (Though you probably figured out that he&#8217;s Scottish from his accent and sense of humor!) You can see more videos by Cranmer on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCkRUsqKzfSh0FP8Vl_GfNiA\">Youtube channel<\/a>, and follow him on Facebook or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cranmerguitars\/\">Instagram<\/a> to see what new and amazing wooden guitars he builds in the future. Oh, and he has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cranmerguitars.co.uk\/\">website<\/a> where you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cranmerguitars.co.uk\/guitars\">order your very own custom built guitar online<\/a>, made with Cranmer&#8217;s mad skillz, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cranmerguitars.co.uk\/plans\">buy some of his woodworking plans<\/a> to build your own guitar.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5932\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5932\" class=\"wp-image-5932 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Super-Mario-pixel-guitar-isnt-just-amazing-to-look-at-its-a-functioning-playable-musical-instrument-696x369.png\" alt=\"The Super Mario pixel guitar isn't just amazing to look at - it's a functioning, playable musical instrument\" width=\"603\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Super-Mario-pixel-guitar-isnt-just-amazing-to-look-at-its-a-functioning-playable-musical-instrument-696x369.png 696w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Super-Mario-pixel-guitar-isnt-just-amazing-to-look-at-its-a-functioning-playable-musical-instrument-250x133.png 250w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Super-Mario-pixel-guitar-isnt-just-amazing-to-look-at-its-a-functioning-playable-musical-instrument-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Super-Mario-pixel-guitar-isnt-just-amazing-to-look-at-its-a-functioning-playable-musical-instrument-125x66.png 125w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Super-Mario-pixel-guitar-isnt-just-amazing-to-look-at-its-a-functioning-playable-musical-instrument-565x300.png 565w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-Super-Mario-pixel-guitar-isnt-just-amazing-to-look-at-its-a-functioning-playable-musical-instrument-336x178.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Super Mario pixel guitar isn&#8217;t just amazing to look at &#8211; it&#8217;s a functioning, playable musical instrument.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5931\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5931\" class=\"wp-image-5931 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/This-close-up-shows-Cranmers-finished-Super-Mario-guitar-complete-with-strings-et-al-696x365.png\" alt=\"This close-up shows Cranmer's finished Super Mario guitar complete with strings et al\" width=\"603\" height=\"316\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This close-up shows Cranmer&#8217;s finished Super Mario guitar complete with strings et al<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5930\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5930\" class=\"wp-image-5930 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess-Peach-peeks-out-from-between-the-tuning-knobs-on-the-head-of-the-Super-Mario-guitar-696x369.png\" alt=\"Princess Peach peeks out from between the tuning knobs on the head of the Super Mario guitar\" width=\"603\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Princess-Peach-peeks-out-from-between-the-tuning-knobs-on-the-head-of-the-Super-Mario-guitar-696x369.png 696w, 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between the tuning knobs on the head of the Super Mario guitar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5929\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5929\" class=\"wp-image-5929 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-white-perspex-pixels-in-the-Mario-fan-art-guitar-stand-out-brilliantly-against-the-dyed-wood-pieces-as-seen-on-the-green-pipe-and-in-the-carnivorous-plant-696x370.png\" alt=\"The white perspex pixels in the Mario fan art guitar stand out brilliantly against the dyed wood pieces, as seen on the green pipe and in the carnivorous plant\" width=\"603\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-white-perspex-pixels-in-the-Mario-fan-art-guitar-stand-out-brilliantly-against-the-dyed-wood-pieces-as-seen-on-the-green-pipe-and-in-the-carnivorous-plant-696x370.png 696w, 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https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/The-white-perspex-pixels-in-the-Mario-fan-art-guitar-stand-out-brilliantly-against-the-dyed-wood-pieces-as-seen-on-the-green-pipe-and-in-the-carnivorous-plant-336x178.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The white perspex pixels in the Mario fan art guitar stand out brilliantly against the dyed wood pieces, as seen on the green pipe and in the carnivorous plant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5928\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5928\" class=\"wp-image-5928 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cranmers-plays-his-finished-Super-Marios-guitar-that-took-seven-months-and-a-whole-lot-of-patience-and-skill-to-build-696x368.png\" alt=\"Cranmer plays his finished Super Marios guitar that took seven 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https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cranmers-plays-his-finished-Super-Marios-guitar-that-took-seven-months-and-a-whole-lot-of-patience-and-skill-to-build-567x300.png 567w, https:\/\/mayhemandmuse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cranmers-plays-his-finished-Super-Marios-guitar-that-took-seven-months-and-a-whole-lot-of-patience-and-skill-to-build-336x178.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cranmer plays his finished Super Marios guitar that took seven months and a whole lot of patience and skill to build.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a Scotsman with a really cool voice successfully completing an incredibly difficult woodworking project. 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