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5-Speed1

"5-Speed" electric slide, mostly recycled materials. top - formica tabletop, neck - maple from a wrecked piano, fingerboard - jarrah floorboard, maple fret markers also from piano.

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Comment by Peter Greed on January 12, 2012 at 11:11pm

Sweeeeet!

Comment by rich gallagher on December 13, 2011 at 1:30pm

thinking outside the box (pun intended) - gorgeous

Comment by eric gittins on December 12, 2011 at 10:51pm

tablesaw howell.  the fingerboard is only 35mm wide, so i ripped the board to about 35 wide then flipped it up on it's edge and ripped it close to final thickness. then thickness sander in this case, although i often don't and leave the saw marks there.

switch slot by laminate trimmer and router bit.  clamp stop blocks and go gently. a bit like the littlest of these...

router bit

cheers

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Comment by howellhudson on December 12, 2011 at 10:01pm

One more question ... how did you cut the slot for the pickup selection?

Comment by howellhudson on December 12, 2011 at 9:59pm

"fingerboard - jarrah floorboard"

What thickness did you use?  If you had to make it thinner, how did you do it ... planer?

Comment by eric gittins on December 9, 2011 at 7:10pm

thanks all, for your kind words.

it was a fun little project, and now i get to play it!

Comment by wes carl on December 8, 2011 at 6:51am

wow *****

Comment by Uncle John on December 8, 2011 at 6:19am

Me too.  Nice.

Comment by Thorsten Hinrichsen on December 8, 2011 at 3:26am

Great concept and design.

Comment by Shane on December 8, 2011 at 12:56am

I'm in love

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