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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 Taffy Evans on June 11, 2018 at 8:49pm

Hi Paul, the rosette was removed from the original damaged top and inlaid into the new top. The fingerboard covers the gap over the top of the soundhole.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by Lonman on June 16, 2018 at 2:09am

The top one is my first baritone. 27" electric. Bottom one, I saw this box at wallymart and I could not resist. This will be a 2 stringer, fretless, with a piezo. This will be my second 2 stringer.

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on June 16, 2018 at 4:48am

When i come home from work I'll be making my new piezo pickup experiment. Placing it in a CBG and playing it through my Marshall. REALLY hoping this version doesn't have the phasing the last one did.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 16, 2018 at 9:11am

Interested in how this turns out.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 16, 2018 at 9:16am

I ordered the Gold 3-way switch, Gold Tele Knobs and Gold strap buttons to finish out the BO Diddly guitar wiring and hardware. I'm using a clasp from a old guitar case I found on the curbside.

After that, it just needs strings.

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on June 22, 2018 at 9:20am

Found the adding machine at a garage sale. Keys will make fret markers, some retro hardware on the outside, who knows what's inside, and after gutting it, it might make an instrument someday.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 24, 2018 at 6:25am

Yes, you could do the number for the fret - 1 - 3 - 5 - and so on. White ones on a dark fretboard, black ones on a light/natural board. Good Idea.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on June 24, 2018 at 11:22am

and if you have the same pull handle i had , you can take off the round grip, and use it as a slide .. and the arm makes a good whammy bar arm . i see some nice bridge material and nut material up top too , and a volume knob . ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 24, 2018 at 8:18pm

Great ideas Pick.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on June 27, 2018 at 7:09pm

I just started thinking about cbg ukes here is a prototype I worked on today. The pine neck is out of shape {twisted} already so its back to Tassie oak.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 27, 2018 at 7:45pm

That looks nice Taff. I really like the sound holes too.

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on July 4, 2018 at 2:25pm

After weeks of planning. Even drilling out the base for mounting holes. All this for my home made barrel sander table. I turned the old router up side down.... apparently it needs gravity to stay in it's holder. Well that's not going to stop me. I'll make a top mount for it. It will be over the table base instead of under. So I take all my measurements. I make a simple 3D drawing.....It'll work but I wont be able to see what I'm doing. ( there's a deep sigh here, really I did just that.) All the plans of rat and men. My original plan was to use my drill press. Make a table to work the sanding on. I'll go back to that. The router itself would have never worked well as a router. Warped base. But everything else works perfectly so that's not a loss. I still have a motor I can mount and use.