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Author:  alan stassforth [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:45 pm ]
Post subject:  What's going on in your shop this weekend?
The acoustic section does these threads,
so I thought I'd start one here!
Anyway, I just replaced a stock pickup, and re-soldered some open grounds (3!),
on a 60's Harmony Rocket for a friend.
I thought it would sound like poo-poo,
but, it sounds great!
Weird wiring on those........
So, what git stuff are you doing?
Author:  WindyCityBluesBox [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:39 pm ]
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Sanded out some remaining saw marks on the side of my body, and prepped a neck and truss rod for truss rod installation (single action rod). Tomorrow I should be ready to glue my mahogany wings onto the curly maple neck of the neck-thru tele that I working on!
Author:  RogerC108 [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:45 pm ]
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I posted this in my build thread, but I finally was able to finish up my template and get a body routed out (cavities and profile)

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This was my first routing experience, but I figured since this guitar is going to have that "lived-in" look, I'd just go for it :twisted: . It turned out pretty good. I still need to set up a template for the neck pocket, but other than that, the big stuff is done. I'm still contemplating how to finish it. I'm hesitant to even sand the top because I don't want to lose the patina and character, but it is pretty rough feeling. Any thoughts?

Also, my 7 year old wanted a wooden sword to play with, so I figured I'd start learning how to use my rasp and files by hand-carving him a Chinese saber. I'm going to carve my own neck for the tele, so I thought this would be a good learning experience. I started with a chunk of walnut and began working on the hilt.

This is a shot just shortly after I started
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And here it is after a little more work
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Not bad for a first effort. Still a lot to do on it, but he's pretty excited that I've begun working on it
Author:  Chameleon [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:33 pm ]
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Planning out some ideas for an all-scraps Pallet-Caster. Telecaster made from (mainly) pallets that I found with some nice planks on it (curly maple and cherry). Today I picked up some thick blocks of what I believe to be pine that I plan to use for the body. It would've taken a long time and a lot of effort to make a body solely from pallets, although I will use the main beam of a pallet for the middle of the body because the pine blocks are a tad shy of the width I will need. I've got a maple main beam and another wood that I cannot identify that looks nice. I figured the maple may impart better tone than the pine. I've also got a nice quartersawn piece of maple (at least I'm 85% sure it's maple) that was literally stapled to a pallet that happens to be an almost perfect neck blank. It is a little bit on the thin side, but I figured I'd just keep it that way and mabe glue a little bit of heel on it for support. Might not need it though.

So the plan goes like this:

Pine body with maple or (unknown) center stripe
Several planks of curly maple for the top
Maple neck with curly cherry board
Parts from a junk Squier Strat (I may leave the tuners and get ones that work properly)

I'll be having a lot of fun with this one. I'm gonna leave the nail holes in the top planks for character.
Author:  WindyCityBluesBox [ Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:20 pm ]
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Sounds like an interesting build chameleon, be sure to post some pictures when you start!
Author:  Arnt Rian [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:06 am ]
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Just finished this one, two weeks from start to finish (including finishing [xx(] ). Never again!



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Author:  theguitarwhisperer [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: What's going on in your shop this weekend?
Replaced all the guts in a Jackson and set it up, then dressed the frets and set upanother Jackson. Tomorrow I shall refret a Taylor with stainless steel, and Sunday I have 1 fret dress/setup, and another refret planned

If I have time, I'll make a sword for myself in between jobs, that looks like fun!
Author:  cphanna [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:32 am ]
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That's a very pretty instrument, Arnt. How do you finish and polish the sharp corners on a peghead like that? I don't have much to show at the moment. Yesterday I started roughing out a template for a tenor banjo head stock, and then rather impulsively started bending mandolin sides, too.
Author:  Robbie_McD [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:47 am ]
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I have started on another DC, this time with a quilted maple top:
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Author:  alan stassforth [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:51 am ]
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Wow!
Nice work everybody!
Please bore us with photos, Chris.
Nice Tele. Is that fir?
2 weeks!
Gotta love koa.
Author:  RogerC108 [ Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:10 pm ]
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Thanks, Alan. I'm not sure what it is. I think it's pine. I salvaged it from an old church.
Author:  nyazzip [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:56 pm ]
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here's a baritone body i'm working on. just some crappy fir or pine from a home improvement store, with some thin(3/8") aspen plank on the back for added thickness(i don't have a planer so getting the right thickness is tricky).
the neck(also scratch built) is 28" scale, the bridge is generic tele

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Author:  cactus [ Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:56 pm ]
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Made the ultimate Poor-man's, Rich-man's workbench. Ruler flat, stows away nicely behind the ironing board, and glue cleanup is a cinch.
Picked it up from the marble/granite store scrap pile. $40.

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