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What's on your workbench?

This could be git related or not. So, what's on your workbench at the moment?

I have 4 scarf joint necks in different stages of work.

A 25" scale pine 5 string neck for a Banjo-Res, A 25" scale Red Oak neck for my 6 string Strat-Res build, A 24 & 1/2" scale Red Oak neck for my 6 string Double Cut Tele build and a 27" scale 6 string Baritone Conversion neck for a Modern Strat body I have.

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Permalink Reply by bigmcgiv on August 28, 2017 at 7:54am

I'm think yes you are correct. I have no hum either

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on August 29, 2017 at 8:10am

It's interesting for sure. Most single coil pickups that have a noiseless feature tend to loose some tone quality. I haven't noticed that on my guitar, but it's been awhile since I heard them by themselves. I think I'm going to have to investigate further by disconnecting the piezo and see if there's a difference in the tone(ignoring the 60 cycle hum).

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on August 29, 2017 at 8:14am

It couldn't be that simple to get single coil tone, attitude, attack and clarity without the noise could it? All those "Noiseless" single coils that big winders made and spent a bunch of dollars making them when they could've just wired a 2 dollar or less piezo in the circuit?

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on August 29, 2017 at 7:42am

sawdust, would pieces, tools....I'm going right now to clean my mess arghhhhh

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on August 29, 2017 at 8:04am

Or as I call it - found my missing tools. ;)

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on August 31, 2017 at 2:56pm

And my missing workbench

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on August 30, 2017 at 2:04am

Building a three stringer out of an old lawn mower guard. Need to stain the neck and then assemble.

Started the initial cuts for two maple and two red oak necks. Bought a cherry neck with extended headstock and a slotted fretboard from Gitty to use on a Camacho box.

So many projects, so little time........

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on August 30, 2017 at 8:55am

Had an extra piece or are you trying to get out of cutting the grass? ;)

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on August 31, 2017 at 2:27am

It fell off of my old push mower a couple of years ago and I just tossed it aside. Recently I looked at it and saw a guitar in the making. So......

Oh and I live alone, so I can get out of mowing the lawn far longer than most. Ha!

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on August 31, 2017 at 8:10am

Signs that show you have the sickness: picking up anything and thinking that you can make a git out of it. Hahahaha

I have it too.;)

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on August 31, 2017 at 2:55pm

Tomorrow should be final assembly, but here's a preview of the body.

And I definitely have the sickness.......

I still have 7 tea canjos to finish, and a cookie tin waiting in the works, a cgb 6 stringer, a wine box 6 string acoustic and three more license plate gits to build, plus I bought curly cherry tonewood so I can make a custom acoustic instrument.

I can stop anytime I want to.