What's on your workbench right now?

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by Jimmy Rocket » Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:07 pm

This:

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Still tweaking the neck pocket a little to get the action to settle in where I like it, but it's a pretty badass twang machine.

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by ludobag1 » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:21 am

redo this neck cause the acrylique can never dry ,always have marks if something touch it, the last time the indoor of the softbag ! >:( ??? :o :wtf: :fp: :(
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and this time nitro with brush cause i can't use my paintgun :wacko:

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Post by jaycemumford » Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:44 am

New toy....

62 National Val Pro :w00t:

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Post by ludobag1 » Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:35 am

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Post by djg413 » Sat Aug 16, 2014 4:14 am

last night, i refretted and replaced the nut with a bone blank on someone's 78 musicmaster bass. i never changed the nut on a round lam fretboard before now. turns out the nut slot shares the same 7.25" radius as the rest of the fretboard. makes sense though, they would cut the slot while the board was lying flat before being laminated. getting the underside of the nut that i cut to match the radius was easy enough. all it took was cleaning up the old one, scribing it on the new one, and about 5 minutes of careful filing. i got a bit of a surprise when i popped the original nut out and discovered that it was made of plastic. i thought fender would have been using better materials on american made instruments back then, but then again, the musicmaster was a budget model.

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by John H » Sun Aug 17, 2014 10:19 am

These necks are for my next two projects.
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by ludobag1 » Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:03 am

VI neck
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jazz body * don't do a thread to it cause is" deja vu "but this time it will full accurate "vintage mojo" radius 7.25 ,trem placement ,mustang or jazz bridge (need to source one)only the finish will be interresting i will try gold sparkle matching headstock with b+b ::)
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jazz neck + fretboard
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by ludobag1 » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:29 am

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to avoid the famous mistake :D
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i am dot less in spares then i try to make some with a craps of pickguard
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and don't knowwhat to do with this neck ?
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by empyrean » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:48 am

ludobag1 wrote:VI neck
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Every time I see those truss rods....

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by Jazzprod » Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:51 am

Love your work Ludo!! You're keeping busy!

Aside from a Mary Kay paint job, I've started bulking up with Electric VI's and Stereomasters:

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by s_mcsleazy » Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:22 pm

Jazzprod wrote:Love your work Ludo!! You're keeping busy!

Aside from a Mary Kay paint job, I've started bulking up with Electric VI's and Stereomasters:

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your control plate is a bit large, what you planning?
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Post by Jazzprod » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:12 pm

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Jazzprod wrote:Love your work Ludo!! You're keeping busy!

Aside from a Mary Kay paint job, I've started bulking up with Electric VI's and Stereomasters:

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your control plate is a bit large, what you planning?
The lower tip of the mustang plate is going to be filed down to fit snug with the pickguard. And this pick guard is a test scrap PG that I used when I built the Electric VI prototype. So it has it's flaws :blush: The upper plate is going to sit deeper into the pickguard, leaving a better line towards the body.

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by ludobag1 » Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:20 am

you return at your first love :)
the upper horn isn't a little horny ? or it is the pics ,how are mustang trem betwwen jazz or jag ? i haven't tryed one (i love the way they look)

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by storyboardist » Fri Aug 22, 2014 6:35 am

empyrean wrote:
ludobag1 wrote:VI neck
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Every time I see those truss rods....

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LOL! :D

This is on my bench at the moment... except my bench is an absolute mess, so it's on a box instead.

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Going to be a white Jagblaster with a block neck.
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by hhhehehe » Fri Aug 22, 2014 7:55 am

storyboardist wrote: Image

Going to be a white Jagblaster with a block neck.
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