What's On Your Workbench?

[Spidey2112]

Yes. I waited until I got this together before responding...
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Semi hollow, Hardboard top/back with poplar/swamp ash/poplar inner frame. Pearloid binding with purfling which is two .125 DR fluorescent green B strings.



Moonshine

Nice... It almost looks as though you fabricated your work bench around your Marshall amp...

... tell me that's an anomaly.

 

[moonshinegtrs]

Nice... It almost looks as though you fabricated your work bench around your Marshall amp...

... tell me that's an anomaly.

Thanks,

Actually I did (the top shelf section). That is my guitar amp, there is an (old version) Hartke Kickback under my bench for bass and I have the cables routed through the tuner to a switch which allows me to select which amp.

Definitely an anomaly, then again so am I.


Moonshine

 

[Gilmourisgod]

The start of my Gilmore-ish Strat. I have a maple Strat MIM neck, and a new pick guard and bridge are on order.

It's GilMOUR-ish, says the Gilmour Police. You might like this website, wherein recreating Gilmourish guitars and tones is explained in incredible detail, an amazing resource for anyone who digs Dave's sound:
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[mapleglo]

It's GilMOUR-ish, says the Gilmour Police. You might like this website, wherein recreating Gilmourish guitars and tones is explained in incredible detail, an amazing resource for anyone who digs Dave's sound:
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I've seen that site. It's pretty comprehensive.

Black Stratocaster

• mapleglo
• Aug 5, 2017
• build fender stratocaster

Finished Gilmore-ish Stratocaster assembly

Here's the almost final version. I'm not sure I posted it. I ended up swapping the black tipped tremolo arm for a white tipped one. Details...

 

[Gilmourisgod]

Very nice, are you gonna do the "neck on" switch? I Gimour-ized a Strat, but don't play it much, I'm a terrible guitarist on my best day.

 

[mapleglo]

Very nice, are you gonna do the "neck on" switch? I Gimour-ized a Strat, but don't play it much, I'm a terrible guitarist on my best day.

Thanks! I thought it was a "bridge on" switch?

 

[Gilmourisgod]

Nope, The Black Strat has a " neck on" switch. Dave has his setup with the switch barely peeking above the pickguard with a recessed switch mount.
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You can get the switch recess brackets on ebay, but I just used a stock mini switch in the PG.
David Gilmour Style Recessed Toggle Switch Bracket Kit | eBay

 

[Rodent]

Final setup on this one tonight, then it ships off to SoCal just in time to head to Greenland and Europe for a tour

 

[pilotjones]

Yes. I waited until I got this together before responding...
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Semi hollow, Hardboard top/back with poplar/swamp ash/poplar inner frame. Pearloid binding with purfling which is two .125 DR fluorescent green B strings.



Moonshine

Freaking fantastic idea. Looks good inventive as hell.
How did you finish on the string area? I would guess it's laid into a channel and then clear epoxy-filled. But I would be afraid of adhesion problems if the green covering is teflon.

 

[moonshinegtrs]

Freaking fantastic idea. Looks good inventive as hell.
How did you finish on the string area? I would guess it's laid into a channel and then clear epoxy-filled. But I would be afraid of adhesion problems if the green covering is teflon.

Thanks!

I used a self leveling epoxy resin; the string (very) slightly protrudes above the surface (less than .010")... No adhesion problems as of yet but time will tell. Hopefully not.

I am building another one and the string will be completely inlaid into the body and I will make the channel cleaner; the channel on this one is a little rough in areas... I'm nitpicking, not that bad but I know it's there.


Moonshine

 

[Rodent]

final nut fitting ... then a string tree, pickguard screws, a couple knobs, and this one is ready to go

too bad that Candy Tangerine finish doesn't play nice with my phone camera and shop lights

 

[Beej]

Finally got around to turning my latest driftwood billet into a flitch, er... flitches... er, back to back cut slices from a log that still have raw edges.

I think these will be... gasp... guitar tops. I'm also pretty sure they are maple now that I've cut them on the bandsaw...

spalted driftwood

• Beej
• Sep 2, 2017

spalted driftwood

Consecutive slices

spalted driftwood

• Beej
• Sep 2, 2017

spalted driftwood

Set 1, knots inward

spalted driftwood

• Beej
• Sep 2, 2017

spalted driftwood

Set 2, knots outward

spalted driftwood

• Beej
• Sep 2, 2017

spalted driftwood

 

[Beej]

And of course once you get going, it's hard to stop, so I sliced up this one too. This one was quite wet when I found it, but after a couple of years in the rafters of my heated shed, it's good to go. I don't know what this is, but I suspect it's a cedar or cypress of some kind. These are 7.5" by about 20", and all of them are around 1/2" thick...

spalted driftwood

• Beej
• Sep 2, 2017

spalted driftwood

spalted driftwood

• Beej
• Sep 2, 2017

spalted driftwood

 

[JIO]

I'm so hopelessly seeing images every time wood is book-ended ... faces, bodies - all scary mostly kidding...

 

[Beej]

I'm so hopelessly seeing images every time wood is book-ended ... faces, bodies - all scary mostly kidding...

haha me too. I'm forever moving them around to look at different configurations.

 

[JIO]

haha me too. I'm forever moving them around to look at different configurations.

curse of an active imagination...

 

[MPU]

Not on the bench anymore. I tested Bruce Johnsons truss rod and I have to say that I really like it. Schaller hardware, 8-coil pickups with passive vol-tone for each pickup at the moment.

 

[Jisch]

Finished my fourth slab desks, these popular with the family apparently. This one is ash with a walnut stringer. The ash had a lot of cracks and knot holes in it, I filled them in with epoxy. I was surprised how much epoxy it took!

 

[HaMMerHeD]

Finished my fourth slab desks, these popular with the family apparently. This one is ash with a walnut stringer. The ash had a lot of cracks and knot holes in it, I filled them in with epoxy. I was surprised how much epoxy it took!
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I need to make one. My ikea desk is pure garbage. I am pretty sure it's made out of 100% cardboard.

 

[Jisch]

I need to make one. My ikea desk is pure garbage. I am pretty sure it's made out of 100% cardboard.

When you see how much people sell these things on Etsy, whew, good markup on slab desks apparently. I've got about $100 worth of materials in that desk.