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What's On Your Workbench?
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It covers the springs and claw that counter the trem. I copied, to some degree, the oval on the back of the original Tiger guitar. On that one it is purely decorative, not a cover like on this one.
@Jisch that guitar looks amazing! I was scrolling, and said "oh, why a locking nut?" and then said aloud "oh that's why." 
Made me giggle. That's stunning!
Made me giggle. That's stunning!
So the latest thing on my workbench is this -
This one will be for me, I've been looking for the right deal on an ABG to add to my collection for a while now. I picked up this little gem for $100 yesterday. It had a lot of backbow in the neck, but didn't look twisted. The truss rod works perfectly so I backed it off a lot until the neck was flat. I'll re-evaluate after the new set of strings arrive tomorrow, but no reason for it to sit bowed like that any longer than it needs to.
It was missing the saddle and one bridge pin so a new bridge kit will arrive tomorrow with those strings. I stuck a new battery in the Fishman Classic4 and plugged it in, gave it a tap and it made noise, so I think we're good to go there. It needs a good cleaning and a lot of love, but all in all it's a pretty decent piece. Couple very small dents in the top that you really have to look for. One very small rusty looking spot right in the middle of the last fret and a couple small chips in the end of the headstock. All in all I'm pretty happy with this thing and looking forward to getting it playable. Hopefully everything arrives tomorrow.
This one will be for me, I've been looking for the right deal on an ABG to add to my collection for a while now. I picked up this little gem for $100 yesterday. It had a lot of backbow in the neck, but didn't look twisted. The truss rod works perfectly so I backed it off a lot until the neck was flat. I'll re-evaluate after the new set of strings arrive tomorrow, but no reason for it to sit bowed like that any longer than it needs to.
It was missing the saddle and one bridge pin so a new bridge kit will arrive tomorrow with those strings. I stuck a new battery in the Fishman Classic4 and plugged it in, gave it a tap and it made noise, so I think we're good to go there. It needs a good cleaning and a lot of love, but all in all it's a pretty decent piece. Couple very small dents in the top that you really have to look for. One very small rusty looking spot right in the middle of the last fret and a couple small chips in the end of the headstock. All in all I'm pretty happy with this thing and looking forward to getting it playable. Hopefully everything arrives tomorrow.
That looks amazing, what brand is that? For $100 I think you got a great deal.
It's a Michael Kelly ST-AB4-N. So if my understanding of Michael Kelly model numbers is accurate, that breaks down to "solid top, acoustic bass 4 string, natural finish". I'm pretty happy with the solid top verses the laminate tops, because everything I read says that the laminate tops are not as "loud" acoustically as the solid tops. I know there's plenty of people who aren't fond of Michael Kelly stuff, but I'm okay with it, especially at $100, even factoring in that I'll be in it about $140 after parts and strings.
I see them selling every once in a while used for about $250-$300, so I'm in pretty good shape with this one.
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What's NOT on my workbench. Did a major cleanup and rearranging last week.
There were too many horizontal surfaces to attract everything that had places they belonged but were difficult to access. Mainly that stack of three storage towers which have always been on casters but were behind that "workstation' that has the vise attached. The corner it now resides is topped by the three drawer with more storage that was on top of it. Next to it was the 4 plastic drawer stack that now sits on the center solid wood, dovetailed drawer,side of the road dresser. I figure I've gained about 70 sq ft of floor space. That white rectangle in the bottom left of the pic is my main work table.
Harbor Freight sells a $10 or so hardwood dolly that can easily be adapted to many purposes. I couldn't find 4 casters of that quality for less than $20. A few pieces of shop scrap, screws and done. The plastic ones on the former workstation (also from HF) are no match.
There were too many horizontal surfaces to attract everything that had places they belonged but were difficult to access. Mainly that stack of three storage towers which have always been on casters but were behind that "workstation' that has the vise attached. The corner it now resides is topped by the three drawer with more storage that was on top of it. Next to it was the 4 plastic drawer stack that now sits on the center solid wood, dovetailed drawer,side of the road dresser. I figure I've gained about 70 sq ft of floor space. That white rectangle in the bottom left of the pic is my main work table.
Harbor Freight sells a $10 or so hardwood dolly that can easily be adapted to many purposes. I couldn't find 4 casters of that quality for less than $20. A few pieces of shop scrap, screws and done. The plastic ones on the former workstation (also from HF) are no match.
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thanks, I just got another commission for a guitar, I guess this is my life now, ha!@Jisch that guitar looks amazing! I was scrolling, and said "oh, why a locking nut?" and then said aloud "oh that's why."
Just think of it as a short-scale-six-string-piccolo bass
I just got this from the guy who commissioned that guitar: "I just freeformed for the last two hours, and can say without fear of contradiction that this is the best playing and best looking instrument I’ve ever owned."
I am not surprised, that guitar looks stunning. You do excellent work!! BTW... if you haven't before, check out Scott Walker guitars, he shares a similar aesthetic, it'll also give you an idea of what folks are paying for that caliber work!
Thanks for the complement, if I could get those prices I'd retire today. Whew.
I've been carefully doing my best to paint the box for that pedal I posted recently. I was trying to go with an off white finish, but I am using spray cans and I really just hate spray cans. It seems like no matter what I do, the finish is never really that good. I thought I was done after spraying what I was hoping would be the last coat of clear yesterday, but when I looked at it this morning the finish is really sloppy up close. Rather than another round of sanding and spraying and redoing the waterslide decals and a lot more finger crossing, I decided to just say eff it and go another route. So I grabbed a can of glitter bomb spray the kids had left over from a craft project, cut a template of the BYOC crown jewel logo out of some heavy paper, and sprayed a glitter crown on it. Then I took the stencil off and sprayed a light coat of glitter on the whole thing, to hide all the little defects. Really happy with how it came out, it almost looks like it was done on purpose!
Wanted to ask before, what module are you adding to the crown jewel?
I put together a mimosa from byoc and really like it.
And now I'm sitting here staring at it and thinking I missed a really cool opportunity. I could have sized and positioned the crown template such that the LEDs next to the stomp buttons looked like the "jewels" in the crown... Maybe I'll have to build another one some day.
@postalflunkie I got the 18v JFET module. I really felt bewildered by the choices. I don't even remember why I picked this one!
@postalflunkie I got the 18v JFET module. I really felt bewildered by the choices. I don't even remember why I picked this one!
Got some nice Walnut. Pardon the color mismatching. I'm not sure what that's about. First one will be on the top of the guitar, and the second on the back.
I post some of the bowls I turn up on the local Facebook "makers" group. I made the mistake of posting this commissioned yarn bowl. Looks like this is the other half of my life for a while, I got orders for 4 more of them. Cutting that swirl in the side is not easy, I need to find a better way than a coping saw. If anyone has ideas, I'm interested to hear them. The walls on these are intentionally thick so the bowl is heavy to resist the pull of the yarn as it feeds through the swirl or holes. It was not fun sawing through that much maple at weird angles.
If you made a jig to hold the bowl sideways and a template you could remove most of the material with a router
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I would probably use a hand-held jigsaw.
But it would probably end badly.
But it would probably end badly.
