What's On Your Workbench?

[dwizum]

Trans black?

Is that the hipshot baby grand bridge? I was just talking to a friend about it. We were considering it for a guitar I'm building him but didn't think it fit (looks like we are going with a Schaller hannes bridge instead). It looks great on your guitar though.

 

[Ripthorn]

I have used the Baby Grand before and it is a fantastic bridge. My plan A for the bridge is actually my own sort of take on the baby grand, but with more rounded profile and with a different saddle arrangement. If that doesn't work, I will have to decide between a baby grand or a pigtail wraparound style bridge.

I'm not sure if there is enough figure for trans black, but I will test it on my scrap, for sure! Emerald green sounds intriguing, but as a colorblind guy, I don't know that I would be able to do it "right" . I could do opaque, I suppose, but I think this guy should have at least some grain visible. I already have other guitars that are heritage cherry, trans white, trans blue, and tiger eye, so I'm thinking something that is not one of those.

 

[TerribleTim68]

@Ripthorn what woods did you use for that neck lam? Just curious, the colors look great together.

 

[Ripthorn]

The neck is maple, wenge, and bubinga.

 

[TerribleTim68]

The neck is maple, wenge, and bubinga.

Thank you sir! I have been planning on using wenge for my upcoming build, but have been looking for something to sandwich with it. The bubinga is really pretty, but I think the lighter color in between sets it off.

 

[dwizum]

I did maple/wenge/bubinga on my 6 string. I love the combo but I do wish I'd done a thin maple stripe between the other two woods to help it pop a bit.

 

[tubedude]

If you want to highlight grain, stain the body black or dark brown, sand back so the flats are clean and the stain sets only in the deep grain. Seal with a coat, then spray yellow trans coats, sand, polish, buff.

 

[ctmullins]

Turning small pumpkins into candle holders for Thanksgiving decorations.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

Tone pumpkins, I hope?

 

[Fat Freddy]

 

[wraub]

Be careful with those... They could squash your tone.

 

[charlie monroe]

Be careful with those... They could squash your tone.

They sound pretty gourd from here.

 

[JIO]

Turning small pumpkins into candle holders for Thanksgiving decorations.

ahhh... pumpkin forstnering - a grand tradition in motherland Lutonia! There's an old saying..."bore a pumpkin and the shavings will gather interest!" (...it's funnier in Lutonian...)

 

[JIO]

I did maple/wenge/bubinga on my 6 string. I love the combo but I do wish I'd done a thin maple stripe between the other two woods to help it pop a bit.

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If it were me after doing such a nice job of integrating the cover into the back... I'd fill the screw-holes and use magnets. So much easier to remove the cover when needed and those screws just look... you could plug them with bubinga (backed with magnets) and they'd look/work much better.

 

[JIO]

They sound pretty gourd from here.

Gives new meaning to "jack-o-lantern" (jr jack-o-candle?)

 

[Fat Freddy]

ahhh... pumpkin forstnering - a grand tradition in motherland Lutonia! There's an old saying..."bore a pumpkin and the shavings will gather interest!" (...it's funnier in Lutonian...)

Nothing funny about Lutonian.....I used to have to listen to it all day.....
Sadly....Luton Town are my football team and should now be yours!....I've supported them since the mid sixties........

Keep going down....20th...

League Table
Championship
Team P GD Pts
1 Leeds 18 14 37
2 West Brom 17 13 36
3 Fulham 18 11 32
4 Preston 17 13 31
5 Swansea 18 5 30
6 Nottm Forest 16 7 29
7 Bristol City 17 4 29
8 Brentford 17 9 27
9 Sheff Wed 17 6 25
10 Cardiff 18 1 25
11 Millwall 18 -2 25
12 QPR 17 -5 24
13 Derby 18 -5 24
14 Charlton 18 2 23
15 Hull 17 2 23
16 Birmingham 17 -5 23
17 Blackburn 17 -3 21
18 Reading 17 -3 18
19 Huddersfield 18 -6 18
20 Luton 18 -8 17
21 Wigan 18 -12 16
22 Middlesbrough 17 -8 14
23 Stoke 18 -12 14
24 Barnsley 17 -18 9

Mild apologies for the diversion but thought you should be aware of your soccer team....

They are known as the Hatters btw.....Lots of hat making in the Luton back in the day.....Straw hats....Boaters mostly....

You are MOST welcome....

 

[5tring]

Nothing funny about Lutonian.....I used to have to listen to it all day.....
Sadly....Luton Town are my football team and should now be yours!....I've supported them since the mid sixties........

Keep going down....20th...

League Table
Championship
Team P GD Pts
1 Leeds 18 14 37
2 West Brom 17 13 36
3 Fulham 18 11 32
4 Preston 17 13 31
5 Swansea 18 5 30
6 Nottm Forest 16 7 29
7 Bristol City 17 4 29
8 Brentford 17 9 27
9 Sheff Wed 17 6 25
10 Cardiff 18 1 25
11 Millwall 18 -2 25
12 QPR 17 -5 24
13 Derby 18 -5 24
14 Charlton 18 2 23
15 Hull 17 2 23
16 Birmingham 17 -5 23
17 Blackburn 17 -3 21
18 Reading 17 -3 18
19 Huddersfield 18 -6 18
20 Luton 18 -8 17
21 Wigan 18 -12 16
22 Middlesbrough 17 -8 14
23 Stoke 18 -12 14
24 Barnsley 17 -18 9

Mild apologies for the diversion but thought you should be aware of your soccer team....

They are known as the Hatters btw.....Lots of hat making in the Luton back in the day.....Straw hats....Boaters mostly....

You are MOST welcome....

is this a bad time to reveal that I’m from Leeds?

 

[charlie monroe]

is this a bad time to reveal that I’m from Leeds?

Is there ever a good time?

 

[dwizum]

If it were me after doing such a nice job of integrating the cover into the back... I'd fill the screw-holes and use magnets. So much easier to remove the cover when needed and those screws just look... you could plug them with bubinga (backed with magnets) and they'd look/work much better.

That's actually a good idea. I've started doing magnets on covers. The two guitars I've posted here recently have magnets. Although, I messed those up pretty bad and glued the magnets to the outsides of the covers instead of the insides.

 

[Fat Freddy]

is this a bad time to reveal that I’m from Leeds?

VERY!....