What's on your workbench right now?
- ludobag1
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
thanks guys
the spec
korina body
maple burl top (long time 10 years or more ?)i have resaw this plank it is flamed and also very tortured and unstable du to the grain
flame mapple neck and fretboard (scrap of my mosrite neck)
the finish is horrible i have begin with my old tru oil bottle that i have too much diluted with mineral spirit and it doen't work on the neck and after i have use floor varnish with a roll ,i had use it ten years ago for my lp before switch to 2k cause it is too much long too dry (it smell again after 3 weeks!)
when weather will be better i will redo with nitro or 2k (nitro to try cause i have some that i must use )
the spec
korina body
maple burl top (long time 10 years or more ?)i have resaw this plank it is flamed and also very tortured and unstable du to the grain
flame mapple neck and fretboard (scrap of my mosrite neck)
the finish is horrible i have begin with my old tru oil bottle that i have too much diluted with mineral spirit and it doen't work on the neck and after i have use floor varnish with a roll ,i had use it ten years ago for my lp before switch to 2k cause it is too much long too dry (it smell again after 3 weeks!)
when weather will be better i will redo with nitro or 2k (nitro to try cause i have some that i must use )
- kifla
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
Cherry red dye...1.64kg after contouring
This one is still in embryonic stage...need something to
test those split coil pups
- ludobag1
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
nice do you put a binding in between the top and the cherry body ?
for the XII pups cause of the wire channel mustang with jazz trem 25,5 scale ?
for the XII pups cause of the wire channel mustang with jazz trem 25,5 scale ?
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- bodhi
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
Thanks for the tip, put one on order. Without the cutting oil though there was enough material there that I don't believe one of these would have been enough. The file works, but left some very obvious marks.kifla wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:07 pmFor deburring the holes...buy THIS little tool; cheap and effective. One of my favorite tools.bodhi wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:33 pmMind you, the best tool for this is supposed to be a sheet metal hole punch, but the step drill bits work fairly well, and I haven't really tried to clean up the holes other than using a file to level down the edges. They'll get covered up by the sockets in any case, so not sure what I'll end up doing on the final builds yet.
Jazzmaster project (got a body, placeholder neck, some pickups and ideas)
Tokai Telecaster Thinline with Creamery Pickups Filtertron and Tapped Tele
Blake Mills-inspired Strat project w/ Gold Foil and slide pickup
Tokai Telecaster Thinline with Creamery Pickups Filtertron and Tapped Tele
Blake Mills-inspired Strat project w/ Gold Foil and slide pickup
- Shadoweclipse13
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
Pickup Switching Mad Scientist
http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=104282&p=1438384#p1438384
http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=104282&p=1438384#p1438384
- kifla
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
One piece Croatian ash from Slavonia region...Mustang body with Strat upper horn and XII pickups.
Test pickguard cut out of old name plates engraving material.
- PorkyPrimeCut
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
I don't have a workbench as such but will occasionally have to maintain my gear.
I snapped a high-e string & worked out it had been a couple of years since the old Guild had received any kind of TLC. So, off with the old strings & out with the 0000 steel wool, a rag & some fretboard oil...
These days I use Pyramid Bronze Phosphors, .012 - .052...
Almost as good as new but then I realised I really needed to do something about the pickguard. The adhesive had perished underneath the area by the last 2 frets & the guard was starting to lift & buckle. It would also vibrate slightly when I really dug in with my strumming. You can kinda make it out here...
So, I laid clear tape over the area, buffered up to the neck & then very carefully scored a line along the edge, at an angle so I was almost hitting under the guard. Then I carefully lifted the area off the body &, with as steady hand as possible, squeezed a little blob of superglue into the gap. I then carefully massaged it further down with a scalpel so it wouldn't squelch back out of the edge when I pressed it down.
I held it in place for half a minute & then carefully peeled the tape back off...
Pretty nerve-racking stuff as I know how quick drying & permanent superglue is. Any excess residue could have quickly solidified & looked awful. Fortunately it worked out fine.
Nothing mind-blowing & the guard is still unstuck deeper underneath but it no longer lifts up at the edge so should hold tight & remain flat for years to come.
By the way, all the rough white edges have always been like that, along the neck & around the guard. I made sure my light cutting didn't score the finish. I assume this is what 45 year old laquer looks like, possible from very slight shrinkage?
I snapped a high-e string & worked out it had been a couple of years since the old Guild had received any kind of TLC. So, off with the old strings & out with the 0000 steel wool, a rag & some fretboard oil...
These days I use Pyramid Bronze Phosphors, .012 - .052...
Almost as good as new but then I realised I really needed to do something about the pickguard. The adhesive had perished underneath the area by the last 2 frets & the guard was starting to lift & buckle. It would also vibrate slightly when I really dug in with my strumming. You can kinda make it out here...
So, I laid clear tape over the area, buffered up to the neck & then very carefully scored a line along the edge, at an angle so I was almost hitting under the guard. Then I carefully lifted the area off the body &, with as steady hand as possible, squeezed a little blob of superglue into the gap. I then carefully massaged it further down with a scalpel so it wouldn't squelch back out of the edge when I pressed it down.
I held it in place for half a minute & then carefully peeled the tape back off...
Pretty nerve-racking stuff as I know how quick drying & permanent superglue is. Any excess residue could have quickly solidified & looked awful. Fortunately it worked out fine.
Nothing mind-blowing & the guard is still unstuck deeper underneath but it no longer lifts up at the edge so should hold tight & remain flat for years to come.
By the way, all the rough white edges have always been like that, along the neck & around the guard. I made sure my light cutting didn't score the finish. I assume this is what 45 year old laquer looks like, possible from very slight shrinkage?
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
Small progress today....can't find conus bit to bevel the edges of the pickguard...
- Norrin Radd
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
Literally on my workbench. Day off tomorrow. These 2 shall become 1. Yeah - I know - pre-wired! But I was feeling lazy this time!
Got her ready this morning - now just awaiting the neck to show up:
Got her ready this morning - now just awaiting the neck to show up:
- Harvester
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well would you look at all that jimboyogi cleverness !HorseyBoy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:43 pmJazzmaster on the (kitchen) bench for a new set of pickups, these Wide Range Mini Humbuckers from Lance Amplification (via Harvester Guitars).
The sound is bright and sparkly, with a bit more twang than a standard JM set. The bridge measures at 13.74K and the neck comes in at 11.14K but they don't sound "high output" in any way. To my ears they sound closer to a vintage Firebird pickup or a Fender Wide Range Humbucker. Still fiddling with heights but I've been very, very impressed so far.
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
^^Very smart and sneaky idea!
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
I've managed to make myself a few decent necks recently. Practice makes perfect though, so I'm working on a few more using budget friendly B grade woods. All three are 22.5" and one is a lefty just because.
I'm thinking of putting one on a Bullet Mustang body and making a 3/4 Duo-Sonic II.
I'm thinking of putting one on a Bullet Mustang body and making a 3/4 Duo-Sonic II.
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- CROSS_guitars
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?
what's your method for drilling the headstock truss hole?ThePearDream wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 5:40 pmI've managed to make myself a few decent necks recently. Practice makes perfect though, so I'm working on a few more using budget friendly B grade woods. All three are 22.5" and one is a lefty just because.
I'm thinking of putting one on a Bullet Mustang body and making a 3/4 Duo-Sonic II.
Long drill bit?