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What's on your work bench?
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Re: What's on your work bench?
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Re: What's on your work bench?
Older boards have a reputation for bias drift and other issues related to conductive boards. Probably a bad reputation relating to the minority of amps but it was a cheap upgrade and I really like the amp so figured it was worth it.WellyBlues wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:37 pmOcd more likely.
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Re: What's on your work bench?
Some F holes...
Thinking of finishing it kind of blue like the test bits you see. 'Yous' approve?
Thinking of finishing it kind of blue like the test bits you see. 'Yous' approve?
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Re: What's on your work bench?
NNOOOOOOO .... blue might be the worst colour fo a guitar ever (sorry Conway) .. I think a ceruse finish might be a good option here?
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Re: What's on your work bench?
Ceruse is a finishing methodology as I understand it to bring out the grain. It doesn't preclude colours. See below example of a ceruse finish:
Edit - just reading that, one should not use ceruse on softwoods, which this top is... So that one is out then.
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Re: What's on your work bench?
That's what I imagine Conway's house looks like
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Re: What's on your work bench?
meh anything is possible ... with technique a ceruse finish with soft wood is doable .... just use fine steel brushes to bring up the grain
NOTE I have never done a ceruse finish so just ignore me ... so want to do one. I bought some pine (yes a soft wood) to try one on so will see how it goes
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Re: What's on your work bench?
yes even down to the horrid carpet
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Re: What's on your work bench?
Workbench was a computer for a long, little while...
Spend quite a few hours on working out how to fix 3x3 tuners on a Corvette type offset headstock (which has a 2x4 design). I think I finally have something that may work with my chosen machine heads, while retaining perfect straight strings through the nut to the tuners... See CAD snapshot below - obviously it won't have the Gretsch logo.
Spend quite a few hours on working out how to fix 3x3 tuners on a Corvette type offset headstock (which has a 2x4 design). I think I finally have something that may work with my chosen machine heads, while retaining perfect straight strings through the nut to the tuners... See CAD snapshot below - obviously it won't have the Gretsch logo.
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Re: What's on your work bench?
Today I created first a soft template, then a hard template, then a test headstock...
Drilled the 10mm holes in about 6 steps and inserted the tuners. It is going to work (even the D string tuner will freely turn).
Drilled the 10mm holes in about 6 steps and inserted the tuners. It is going to work (even the D string tuner will freely turn).
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Re: What's on your work bench?
I looked at so many headstocks and in the end decided to bastardise the Gretsch Corvette one to a 3x3. And yes, it is totally asymmetrical, angles, curves, etc
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