What's on your workbench right now?

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:33 am

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A workbench. I've never had a decent one and now that I've got a full basement to use, I'm going to build one or more.
Oh hell yes!! I'm planning mine for when we buy a house too. I've got ideas, and it's gonna be a lot of fun.
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by luau » Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:54 am

Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:33 am
luau wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:36 am
A workbench. I've never had a decent one and now that I've got a full basement to use, I'm going to build one or more.
Oh hell yes!! I'm planning mine for when we buy a house too. I've got ideas, and it's gonna be a lot of fun.
I'm so looking forward to not having stuff just all over the place and needing to remember which pile of crap my feeler gauges are in. A tool for every place, a place for every tool!

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Fri Apr 08, 2022 6:49 am

luau wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:54 am
Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:33 am
luau wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:36 am
A workbench. I've never had a decent one and now that I've got a full basement to use, I'm going to build one or more.
Oh hell yes!! I'm planning mine for when we buy a house too. I've got ideas, and it's gonna be a lot of fun.
I'm so looking forward to not having stuff just all over the place and needing to remember which pile of crap my feeler gauges are in. A tool for every place, a place for every tool!
That's how I am too. I am usually more organized than I am currently, but my shop is also bigger than it's ever been, and we have more space than we ever have before.

This summer, I'm gonna start documenting my shop organization builds. Someone had suggested I do that, and I want to show my early organizers and the updated/upgraded ones as well. Might give some ideas to someone, and it would be nice to have a thread for people's shop spaces and their own tips and tricks for organizing.
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by Lost In Autumn » Fri Apr 08, 2022 8:35 am

luau wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:54 am
Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:33 am
luau wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:36 am
A workbench. I've never had a decent one and now that I've got a full basement to use, I'm going to build one or more.
Oh hell yes!! I'm planning mine for when we buy a house too. I've got ideas, and it's gonna be a lot of fun.
I'm so looking forward to not having stuff just all over the place and needing to remember which pile of crap my feeler gauges are in. A tool for every place, a place for every tool!
My workbench is currently the guest bed in our flat. I’m moving into a dedicated space for guitars in a week. I’m stoked for that.

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by Deed_Poll » Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:36 am

Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
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That's the JazzBird! But yes, the FireCat is the next iteration of that design (which I hasten to add isn't my own, but one of an OEM client) :)
Are both the Jazzbird and the FireCat an OEM body, or do you offer one of them on your own through your site? I really like both designs ;D
They are both not mine!! Well, only the implementation of the contours is mine ;)
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Fri Apr 08, 2022 11:17 am

Deed_Poll wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:36 am
Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:33 am
Deed_Poll wrote:
Thu Apr 07, 2022 6:24 pm
That's the JazzBird! But yes, the FireCat is the next iteration of that design (which I hasten to add isn't my own, but one of an OEM client) :)
Are both the Jazzbird and the FireCat an OEM body, or do you offer one of them on your own through your site? I really like both designs ;D
They are both not mine!! Well, only the implementation of the contours is mine ;)
That's awesome for your business and reputation, but kinda too bad that you couldn't sell those bodies too. Lovely design!!
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by s_mcsleazy » Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:20 pm

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loving this hazelnut brown so far.
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by luau » Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:38 pm

Lost In Autumn wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 8:35 am
luau wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:54 am
Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:33 am


Oh hell yes!! I'm planning mine for when we buy a house too. I've got ideas, and it's gonna be a lot of fun.
I'm so looking forward to not having stuff just all over the place and needing to remember which pile of crap my feeler gauges are in. A tool for every place, a place for every tool!
My workbench is currently the guest bed in our flat. I’m moving into a dedicated space for guitars in a week. I’m stoked for that.
Ha. Congrats! You do a lot of nice work and I'm sure you'll be in heaven.

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by JSett » Sat Apr 09, 2022 9:08 am

Pulled all the shitty old caps out the Epiphone EA-50T and put in some fresh F&Ts. I also removed the Sprague tone cap and swapped for a 0.01uf Mallory to try and take the shrillness of the amp. It didn't do as much as I'd hoped so I'll have to rethink that. Either way, it's quietened down any hum and it still sounds pretty great, just have to roll the tone on the guitar way down for now.

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by s_mcsleazy » Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:20 am

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telemaster xii is coming along. waiting on half the tuners but should be done by next week sometime. also. here it is with my other 2 brown guitars. sadly, the light in my flat sucks because some 1890's planner decided "yes, 3 rows of tenements each side. that's how ya do it"
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by s_mcsleazy » Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:12 am

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it's done (still needs setup properly but still playable)
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by 2groggy » Sat Apr 16, 2022 2:25 pm

Another laminated archtop panel in the vacuum bag
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by solfege » Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:19 am

s_mcsleazy wrote:
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it's done (still needs setup properly but still playable)
Can you tell me about that bridge? I've been mulling a bunch of XII options and telemaster bodies are so easy to get that if there's an intonatable bridge.... So yeah, does this guy do separate intonation for all 12 strings?

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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by s_mcsleazy » Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:39 am

solfege wrote:
Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:19 am
s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:12 am
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it's done (still needs setup properly but still playable)
Can you tell me about that bridge? I've been mulling a bunch of XII options and telemaster bodies are so easy to get that if there's an intonatable bridge.... So yeah, does this guy do separate intonation for all 12 strings?
it's a gotoh bridge. i have no idea if they still make them but yes, you can intonate all the strings. you can also decide if you want all 12 as string thru or toploader or a mix (i went with mix)
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Re: What's on your workbench right now?

Post by solfege » Sun Apr 17, 2022 11:58 am

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:39 am
solfege wrote:
Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:19 am

Can you tell me about that bridge? I've been mulling a bunch of XII options and telemaster bodies are so easy to get that if there's an intonatable bridge.... So yeah, does this guy do separate intonation for all 12 strings?
it's a gotoh bridge. i have no idea if they still make them but yes, you can intonate all the strings. you can also decide if you want all 12 as string thru or toploader or a mix (i went with mix)
Thanks!

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