Please be careful when working with spalted wood. You don't want to breath in the dust from that stuff.
But it sure is pretty, and the price can't be beat.
But it sure is pretty, and the price can't be beat.
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What's On Your Workbench?
- Thread starter HaMMerHeD
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When I first started working with it, I was a little paranoid, but it's actually quite inert, the fungi that colonize the wood and make the colouration aren't harmful to humans, the black lines are unrelated to black mold and generally the usual precautions of dust mask and eye protection are adequate. I do wet it with white vinegar first, mostly to help it to stop propagating, and before I use them, I'll soak the final boards in CPES before working with them.Please be careful when working with spalted wood. You don't want to breath in the dust from that stuff.
But it sure is pretty, and the price can't be beat.
Good lord @Beej that's amazing. I am a fan of spalted. And I quite possibly will never look at beach wood the same again. My family has some property just 2 blocks from the beach that we camp at often. You sir, have changed my whole view of those beach strolls.
Right? How it started for me was walking the beach years ago with my son and coming across a guy who was bucking up logs with a chainsaw for firewood. He sliced one of these in half and the colouring inside had my brain working OT. Since then, I've harvested about 4 short logs a year. I could probably get busier at it if I thought about resawing for resale...Good lord @Beej that's amazing. I am a fan of spalted. And I quite possibly will never look at beach wood the same again. My family has some property just 2 blocks from the beach that we camp at often. You sir, have changed my whole view of those beach strolls.
I could get serious given the fact that I own a full size Dodge Ram 3/4 ton long bed 4x4 and when I go camp there I take my 43' toyhauler. pretty sure I could get some logs back to the house! 
I have had to thin down headstocks on just about all my builds (that have headstocks). I usually cut a board and balance the body on it while the headstock is stuck to the router sled. It's worked well for me (though it looks precarious) until my last build when the neck fell with the router running. I had to recreate the headstock on that one with laminates.
Last night I thought of supporting the body from the ceiling with a threaded rod, it worked out great because I could adjust it so the headstock was completely flat. It worked out great and much more secure than the old way.
My alternative would be to drill out a tuner hole or two and screw it down to the board on the sled.
Anyone else have a good trick for this?
Last night I thought of supporting the body from the ceiling with a threaded rod, it worked out great because I could adjust it so the headstock was completely flat. It worked out great and much more secure than the old way.
My alternative would be to drill out a tuner hole or two and screw it down to the board on the sled.
Anyone else have a good trick for this?
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- Jun 30, 2010
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On the right is my, just completed, first 5-string build. It's based partly on a Precision, an Ibanez SR Series, & some of my own ideas. This is actually a POC for the design, so I glued up some left over poplar for the body.
Neck: MM in maple w/rosewood FB, 34" scale.
PU: Aguliar, from TB classifieds
Tuners: Gotoh
Strings: DR Black Beauties, considering going LaBelle Deep Talkin' Black Nylon Taped Flats
Rest of the hardware: no-names from my parts drawer
Plays great! Love that Aguliar PU! Next time will look for a narrower neck...just personal taste, possibly fretless. I'll also take more photos as the build progresses.
Ive got my eye on a few highly flamed/splated maple logs at my local beaches. just trying to find the time to collect, cut and dry.
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I have 2 Les Paul style builds and a few Texas Tele guitars "waiting on a particular animal skin from Canada" and need to do binding on all of them. So while held up at home in my shop I put together a super adjustable biding table for a jig I bought that can accommodate any size acoustic, electric guitar, or bass or almost any stringed instrument. My abandoned home made over arm pin router (I bought a mini one) extruded aluminum parts and incorporated them with the extruded aluminum parts from the jig for clearance of the big table. Some T Track from Rockler and a few magic markers and whallah looks like headset braces.
It’s not a bass, but this is what I do to feel productive when I NEED TO QUIT working on a guitar for the day... otherwise I keep pushing until I screw something up
edit:they’re floating bedside tables lol
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Those are kind of oddly shaped for bass tops, but okaaaay...
- Apr 18, 2008
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What's on my work bench? Frankenbasses and a mess.
Yes, 2 different basses. The antique white P was completed about one week ago. (body was an 80s Tokai)
Now, I am working on this gold sparkle. (Allparts body + Marty Bell gold sparkle finish.) Found it used here on TalkBass and just got it about 8 days ago. I got a lot of "little annoying things" to do to get this put together. The bridge was mounted off center. Fixed that already. Neck pocket needs an ever so slight material removal on the top side edge. The 4 holes in the neck cavity were enlarged and I need to shim those back to original specs. The 4 holes drilled into the neck heel need to be plugged and redrilled.
But, challenges are fun. Stuck in the house. Perfect time to "tinker". How about you, Matt?
Thingy's....Obviously....I'm still trying to figure out what they are.....
