What's On Your Workbench?

[JIO]

I finished the mini head. It's a box of rock/simple cabsim/Ruby in a 1590DD enclosure. The head shell is mahogany with (the world's ugliest) hand cut dovetails and a dyed flame maple front panel. Shown on top of my 1x12 cab (an another head I built long ago) for reference:

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Where did you get the white knobs on the mini head?

 

[Fat Freddy]

Where did you get the white knobs on the mini head?

I've seen very similar for sale on Reverb.....4-5 bucks each if I recall.....

 

[JIO]

I've seen very similar for sale on Reverb.....4-5 bucks each if I recall.....

Found some on eBay - 10 for $8.47 (from a US seller)

 

[dwizum]

Does the seller have any more? Those are some pretty sweet knobs.

 

[Ripthorn]

Where did you get the white knobs on the mini head?

Tayda electronics. I use them for my pedal building supplies.

 

[rojo412]

Where did you get the white knobs on the mini head?

lovemyswitches.com has something similar for $0.70/ea, too.
Davies 1510 Clone Knob - Knurled Shaft (14.5 x 19mm)
Davies 1510 Clone Knob (14.5 x 19mm)

 

[postalflunkie]

Check BYOC pedals, they have a rather large selection of knobs also

 

[bassdude51]

A mess.

 

[JIO]

Does the seller have any more? Those are some pretty sweet knobs.

10pcs WHITE Davies 1510 Control Knobs Guitar Amp Effects Pedals +Set Screw | eBay

 

[Ripthorn]

The ones I used are actually a little smaller and more well built than the Davies 1510. $0.59/each.

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[JIO]

The ones I used are actually a little smaller and more well built than the Davies 1510. $0.59/each.

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I'd like some this style but larger than the Davies 1510's in white or cream.

 

[pistonrod8]

Finally done.

 

[dwizum]

I've made some progress on the instruments I posted those scrap-sourced neck blanks for. Two acoustic guitars, nylon string, roughly 1/2 scale size, basically they are copies of the uke bass I built for the winter build off. I got more top blanks from the same vendor and the ones he had this time all had really cool mineral streaks in addition to the flame figure:

The other two necks are for tenor guitars, a new design, roughly inspired by the Kuun-inspired bass @Jisch just built for the buildoff:

Semi hollow curly cherry bodies with walnut tops and a wide center section of flame maple.

Happy with how these are all going so far. The two acoustics are for my younger two daughters. One of the tenors us for my older daughter, the one I built the Grestch inspired guitar for last year. She plays cello and wants "a guitar strung like a cello" which got me thinking of tenor guitars. And the other tenor is for my brother who's big in to trade Irish music.

It's a good thing I've got such a big family to build for because I've already got way more instruments than I reasonably need for myself!

 

[Jisch]

I see my problem, I need more people who play music in my family. You are really making me want to buy a bending iron, I have the tab open on the Ebay listing, tempting me every day. I'm interested to see that Kuun inspired instrument come through - keep posting!

 

[Bass1218]

DONT LAUGH TOO HARD!!!,,
this is my first ever try at building a bass and am doing it with only primitive tools and little knowledge....
See any major problems you could earn me about before I encounter them?...its built from maple 1"×8"s with a few smaller pieces of red oak.(will it be too bright or warm?), 4 string ,36 1/2 scale length(I took all the measurements of my warwick rock bass... ,I glued together 3 pieces of maple 1"× 4" ,4 feet long(didnt want to be short).I have two MEC humbuckers to put in it but worried I may be too thin to bolt on... I think iv got enough neck blank to cut it in half and go neck though?..I'm way up north and I'm goin to have to order all I need in one shot ...or at least attempt too as far as hardware.. any foreseeable problems I've got even at this early stage

I know my laminatining is wacky...had to start the project with a mistake...figures.im a commercial concrete worker not a fine wood worker aswell.

 

[Jisch]

DONT LAUGH TOO HARD!!!,,
this is my first ever try at building a bass and am doing it with only primitive tools and little knowledge....
See any major problems you could earn me about before I encounter them?...its built from maple 1"×8"s with a few smaller pieces of red oak.(will it be too bright or warm?), 4 string ,36 1/2 scale length(I took all the measurements of my warwick rock bass... ,I glued together 3 pieces of maple 1"× 4" ,4 feet long(didnt want to be short).I have two MEC humbuckers to put in it but worried I may be too thin to bolt on... I think iv got enough neck blank to cut it in half and go neck though?..I'm way up north and I'm goin to have to order all I need in one shot ...or at least attempt too as far as hardware.. any foreseeable problems I've got even at this early stage

I know my laminatining is wacky...had to start the project with a mistake...figures.im a commercial concrete worker not a fine wood worker aswell.

Looks great! That strap mounting appendage makes me nervous.

The only real crime here is you didn't start a build thread!

 

[TerribleTim68]

yeah man, I don't laugh at anyone who is brave enough to build anything from scratch. You are a step ahead of me! I just have a pile of wood waiting for me to find time and get brave enough to start cutting on this expensive wood pile!

 

[Fat Freddy]

yeah man, I don't laugh at anyone who is brave enough to build anything from scratch. You are a step ahead of me! I just have a pile of wood waiting for me to find time and get brave enough to start cutting on this expensive wood pile!

I don't even have the wood!!!....
Fair play to all that do!..

 

[dwizum]

I'd say you're on the verge of being too thin but not there yet. I have two basses that are a hair less than 1 1/8" thick and I still had room for traditional pickup mounting (just had to be sure the screws weren't too long). The other potential issue - if it's active you may have trouble getting a preamp that fits in a thinner body. And some standard controls won't fit (big switches or stacked pot). I ended up going passive on those two builds because the preamps I had didn't fit.

 

[dwizum]

@Jisch I would urge you to just make your own iron. I used a length of roughly 2" steel pipe I had in the garage and a heating element meant to be an electric charcoal lighter which I think I got at home depot. I have a 600w rheostat to set the temp. Total investment was probably around $35.