What's On Your Workbench?

[Matt Liebenau]

Guitar-heads pay big bucks for pinecasters apparently....

Which is actually kind of humorous. One of the builders who’s stuff I read online a long time ago made a pine body guitar which was roundly mocked on the forums. Then someone discovered Leo had made some prototypes out of pine and it was suddenly a holy grail body wood.

 

[Dadagoboi]

IIRC Fender used white pine until they finding swamp (also known as punky) ash was cheaper. There used to be a lot more swamps 70 years ago.

More fun facts:
SWAMP ASH | Lumber Guide | 8/4 Swamp Ash | Luthier Wood

 

[TerribleTim68]

I mean, I'd have stopped and got them too. My last lumber roulette netted me junk. Same deal, with the stain it was hard to tell what it was. Turned out to be veneered particle board in a 6x6 shape.
Now I need to figure out how to toss it, totally useless to me.

 

[T_Bone_TL]

Now I need to figure out how to toss it, totally useless to me.

Put it at the side of the road. Not with a free sign (well, you can TRY the free sign if you like) but with a price on it.

You may not get paid, but the thieves think they are getting a deal so they'll at least take it away...

Or put it in a taped up Amazon box.

 

[Max Bogosity]

Brand new bottle of glue, hasn’t completely set after nearly 24 hours. Good thing I’m not using it for anything important.

 

[Beej]

Brand new bottle of glue, hasn’t completely set after nearly 24 hours. Good thing I’m not using it for anything important.
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That's relatively normal for that stuff - it's not meant to be used as a filler glue in thick sections, but will dry fast and clean when applied thinly.

 

[Max Bogosity]

That's relatively normal for that stuff - it's not meant to be used as a filler glue in thick sections, but will dry fast and clean when applied thinly.

Thanks! That is exactly what it is doing. The thin bits in the glue tray and the squeeze out from the joints where I used it are completely dry.

 

[StereoPlayer]

Apparently, I’ve became the guitar tech for our band. I don’t mind too much it’s kinda fun. As long as they like it the way I set up my guitars!
I can’t instill all my beliefs though…like touching up scratches and dings. Some like it that way. No cases or gig bags.
And no strap locks…? Jeesh, that’s the first thing I do to my basses!

I set up two Tele’s this week.

 

[Lo-E]

Take two very large planks of poplar:

Add one very old but loyal circular saw:

And you get seven body blanks:

The planks were serving as coffee tables for a nice, young couple who moved into a smaller apartment, didn’t have room for them and posted them on FB Marketplace. At $3 per board foot I couldn’t refuse.

I don’t know when I’ll have time to utilize them but I’m happy to have them.

 

[tubedude]

Hope you don't need them longer.
That's the best looking Poplar I've seen. Mine have always been bland creamy and unremarkable. Those have nice grain.

 

[Lo-E]

Hope you don't need them longer.
That's the best looking Poplar I've seen. Mine have always been bland creamy and unremarkable. Those have nice grain.

I cut one at 24” and the rest at 22”. For me, they’ll be much easier to store this way. The grain is very nice for poplar. It’s a little deceiving because there’s some sort of oil finish on it that offsets the natural greenish tinge of poplar. When I plane the pieces flat the greenish tint will be there but there’s nothing saying I can’t just oil it again. Right now it looks almost like walnut!

 

[TerribleTim68]

Back home after 9 days in South Carolina. Gonna take me a bit to catch up on everything that has happened around here, then catch up on work and chores, then maybe get to that stupid Telecaster project. See, this is why people don't want to come back from vacation!

 

[Flamingo21]

Earlier in this thread, I told you how my daughter came over and built a Yarn Swift in my workshop. Now she shared this video of it.
https://youtube.com/shorts/vAAYjhegYD4?si=W-fFPewPqmKvI_v1

 

[tubedude]

Show her how to add a foot controlled motor.

 

[StereoPlayer]

Took my tapped pu’s out of my most recent bass and I’m sending them back to Brantley Rewinds. The lower tap just isn’t loud enough to be useful.
If I turn up the amp so they work better…the higher tap is way too loud.
They were very gracious about it. I said I would pay any charges. I was going to order new ones, but he suggested reworking the originals.
Great place to work with.
TOM BRANTLEY REWINDS

 

[TerribleTim68]

So I decided I should put together a Word doc with a list of my current projects, or projects that are in the waiting on the rack. Good lord, what have I done?

Setting aside the Hellcaster project, which is the main focus and what we'll call #1....
The list looks like this -

1. Ibanez Gio 6-String (Refinish project, probably do a glitter on this one)
2. Ibanez 6-String Clone (Refinish project, I plan on keeping this one for me, planning a purple/blue cellophane finish)
3. Ibanez RG220b 6-String (Refinish project, planning a blue/green cellophane finish)
4. Glarry Burning Fire 6-String (Refinish project, planning a "lava" swirl, red/orange)
5. Samic 6-String (Refinish project, planning glitter for this one too)
6. My Ironbird Build (custom 4-string bass BC Rich Ironbird shape)
7. ESP LTD F-105 (This one is for me, I need to build a neck for this one since I just have a body. Planning a black crackle over neon green base)
8. Jackson JS2 Concert Bass (This one is for me, Refinish project, planning black crackle over neon rainbow base)

So 9 projects currently on the list. Of those 9, 6 are 6-string guitars, 1 of which I plan on keeping. 3 of them are bass guitars, all of which I plan on keeping.
Man, I need to get to work.

 

[BishopJP]

So I decided I should put together a Word doc with a list of my current projects, or projects that are in the waiting on the rack. Good lord, what have I done?

Setting aside the Hellcaster project, which is the main focus and what we'll call #1....
The list looks like this -

1. Ibanez Gio 6-String (Refinish project, probably do a glitter on this one)
2. Ibanez 6-String Clone (Refinish project, I plan on keeping this one for me, planning a purple/blue cellophane finish)
3. Ibanez RG220b 6-String (Refinish project, planning a blue/green cellophane finish)
4. Glarry Burning Fire 6-String (Refinish project, planning a "lava" swirl, red/orange)
5. Samic 6-String (Refinish project, planning glitter for this one too)
6. My Ironbird Build (custom 4-string bass BC Rich Ironbird shape)
7. ESP LTD F-105 (This one is for me, I need to build a neck for this one since I just have a body. Planning a black crackle over neon green base)
8. Jackson JS2 Concert Bass (This one is for me, Refinish project, planning black crackle over neon rainbow base)

So 9 projects currently on the list. Of those 9, 6 are 6-string guitars, 1 of which I plan on keeping. 3 of them are bass guitars, all of which I plan on keeping.
Man, I need to get to work.

You gonna do videos on any of the re-fin projects?

 

[TurdFergusons]

This is the 300th page on this thread

 

[Matt Liebenau]

So I decided I should put together a Word doc with a list of my current projects, or projects that are in the waiting on the rack. Good lord, what have I done?

Setting aside the Hellcaster project, which is the main focus and what we'll call #1....
The list looks like this -

1. Ibanez Gio 6-String (Refinish project, probably do a glitter on this one)
2. Ibanez 6-String Clone (Refinish project, I plan on keeping this one for me, planning a purple/blue cellophane finish)
3. Ibanez RG220b 6-String (Refinish project, planning a blue/green cellophane finish)
4. Glarry Burning Fire 6-String (Refinish project, planning a "lava" swirl, red/orange)
5. Samic 6-String (Refinish project, planning glitter for this one too)
6. My Ironbird Build (custom 4-string bass BC Rich Ironbird shape)
7. ESP LTD F-105 (This one is for me, I need to build a neck for this one since I just have a body. Planning a black crackle over neon green base)
8. Jackson JS2 Concert Bass (This one is for me, Refinish project, planning black crackle over neon rainbow base)

So 9 projects currently on the list. Of those 9, 6 are 6-string guitars, 1 of which I plan on keeping. 3 of them are bass guitars, all of which I plan on keeping.
Man, I need to get to work.

Yeah, definitely looking forward to details on the glitter, swirl and cellophane finishes. I needs ideas to steal!

 

[TerribleTim68]

Yeah, for sure. I plan on doing videos of them all. I need to get better at my guitar videos. Who knows, maybe I could be the next “Trash To Thrash” channel!