Of course this likely all goes out the
window when the chassis arrives and the iron has to be floated around to final positions for hum elimination.
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What's On Your Workbench?
- Thread starter HaMMerHeD
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Of course this likely all goes out the
window when the chassis arrives and the iron has to be floated around to final positions for hum elimination.
@#%&* ^&(^(#
Fixed a cracked top on my bass that I broke enlarging a spot for a different switch. Very POed at myself.
Not really happy… with the repair. But back to playing it.
Fixed a cracked top on my bass that I broke enlarging a spot for a different switch. Very POed at myself.
Not really happy… with the repair. But back to playing it.
Interesting choice of tubes.
Is this an existing preamp design or something you cooked up to use tubes you had available?
No, this is an original design with circuits from amps I've made in the last 30yrs. I go to a great deal of expense to acquire these tubes.
The tubes used are ones that are optimum for the job,(5879 distortion stage, 12DW7 efx loop), or provide sonics/feel that won't let me stop playing (6SN7's). I've used these tubes in my builds for 18 years or so. I recommend experimenting with circuits around tubes other than the 12AX7. For those of you who build that is. It's dangerous,yadda,yadda.
I have a big inventory of tubes, many of which were given to me, and I’ve sometimes designed around what I had laying about. Sometimes with good results and sometimes…. Not so much.
Tasty tasty walnut... time to put a resaw blade on and make some uke back and side sets!
I built up a '76 jazz bass from parts (found an original '76 neck and eventually a body to match) and it was a fantastic sounding bass. Weighed a ton, but after selling it I've wanted to try for that tone again.
So, I jumped on a really beat up '75 jazz body for sale. Sold off the EMG's that came with it and now have a '75 American reissue jazz neck inbound.
I went ahead and built up the bass and put a Am. Perf. P bass on it I had hanging about and added a custom harness with '60s Custom Shop Fender pickups.
Sounds and plays pretty darn great if I do say so!
So, I jumped on a really beat up '75 jazz body for sale. Sold off the EMG's that came with it and now have a '75 American reissue jazz neck inbound.
I went ahead and built up the bass and put a Am. Perf. P bass on it I had hanging about and added a custom harness with '60s Custom Shop Fender pickups.
Sounds and plays pretty darn great if I do say so!
Wondering what to do with this. It was my fathers and not something I play. It's a circa 1955 National Grand Console triple neck steel guitar. Great shape for it's age.
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That’s gorgeous. There aren’t many people who will want it, but somebody out there will want it badly.
I also have his 1954 Supro if I want to learn.Learn to play!
Ended up buying my nephew's guitar from him. I found him this 1985 Westone Spectrum LX a couple years ago. And after fixing up a bandmate's 83 Electra Phoenix (same idea, same Matsumoku), I figured I'd ask if he wanted to sell it. HE DID! He's not playing electric anymore.
So I'm restoring it to glory after it being relatively untouched for the past few years. Lots of cleanup, but I figured TB might enjoy a fingerboard before and after shot, using my favorite treatment: food safe mineral oil.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
And for what it's worth, most of this guitar is benefiting from being soaked or wiped in mineral oil.
Food Safe Mineral Oil: It's not just for cutting boards anymore.™
So I'm restoring it to glory after it being relatively untouched for the past few years. Lots of cleanup, but I figured TB might enjoy a fingerboard before and after shot, using my favorite treatment: food safe mineral oil.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
And for what it's worth, most of this guitar is benefiting from being soaked or wiped in mineral oil.
Food Safe Mineral Oil: It's not just for cutting boards anymore.™
- Jun 30, 2010
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Status S3000 bass that has a routing error on the bridge cavity. I'd like to fill that. Problem is I have to go and find some cherry to fill it with.
Innocent baby Carolina Reaper seedlings.
My cousin does this too. He mixes and matches different destructive peppers into sauces that could maim someone. I've been meaning to ask him, what the heck is wrong with you people?
