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Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:21 am
by Jay
Someone who wears out S/S frets must play a hell of a lot...
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:07 am
by ChAoZ
Jay wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:21 am
Someone who wears out S/S frets must play a hell of a lot...
New build
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Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:10 am
by IMOCD
ChAoZ wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:54 am
Leveling, re-crowning, and polishing stainless steel frets
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What's your technique for polishing?
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:08 am
by Lostininverness
ChAoZ wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:07 am
Jay wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:21 am
Someone who wears out S/S frets must play a hell of a lot...
New build
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Looks good! What woods have you used on it?
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:37 am
by ChAoZ
IMOCD wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:10 am
What's your technique for polishing?
After re-crowning I use 400,600,800 & 1000 grit followed by the rotary tool with McGuires metal polish
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:38 am
by ChAoZ
Lostininverness wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:08 am
Looks good! What woods have you used on it?
Alder body, Maple / Walnut 5 piece neck and Ebony fretboard
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:56 am
by robthemac
Weather cleared up. Spraying done.
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:05 pm
by Slowy
robthemac wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:56 am
Weather cleared up. Spraying done.
One looks way more embarrassed than the other.
Was the Tele routed for a Z pickup?
Or an MDMA delivery?
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:02 pm
by StrummersOfThunder
Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:05 pm
robthemac wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:56 am
Weather cleared up. Spraying done.
One looks way more embarrassed than the other.
Was the Tele routed for a Z pickup?
Or an MDMA delivery?
Routing like that its not surprising. BTW thats not my fault
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:04 pm
by StrummersOfThunder
Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:05 pm
robthemac wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:56 am
Weather cleared up. Spraying done.
One looks way more embarrassed than the other.
Was the Tele routed for a Z pickup?
Or an MDMA delivery?
The tele is a Jansen bass body from the 60s
Its had a hard life.
Plan to cover routes up tho.
The little circular one was where i cut some wood out to make cufflinks for my brothers engagement present. Hes a bass player.
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:28 pm
by olegmcnoleg
StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:04 pm
Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:05 pm
robthemac wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:56 am
Weather cleared up. Spraying done.
One looks way more embarrassed than the other.
Was the Tele routed for a Z pickup?
Or an MDMA delivery?
The tele is a Jansen bass body from the 60s
Its had a hard life.
Plan to cover routes up tho.
The little circular one was where i cut some wood out to make cufflinks for my brothers engagement present. Hes a bass player.
With a big hole like that on the lower bout, you could go full Matt Bellamy.
Would need to be black though
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:48 pm
by robthemac
Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:05 pm
robthemac wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:56 am
Weather cleared up. Spraying done.
One looks way more embarrassed than the other.
Was the Tele routed for a Z pickup?
Or an MDMA delivery?
It was a swimming pool route. But one modelled on the swimming pools of an ostentatious Dubai hotel.
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:50 pm
by robthemac
For authenticity, it was hand-carved by a Bangladeshi man for $1/hour, before he was made to sleep a single room shared with seven other luthiers.
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:13 pm
by Slowy
robthemac wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:50 pm
For authenticity, it was hand-carved by a Bangladeshi man for $1/hour, before he was made to sleep a single room shared with seven other luthiers.
Seven other luthiers?
Luxury.
Re: What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:59 pm
by StrummersOfThunder
Slowy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:13 pm
robthemac wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:50 pm
For authenticity, it was hand-carved by a Bangladeshi man for $1/hour, before he was made to sleep a single room shared with seven other luthiers.
Seven other luthiers?
Luxury.
You tell the young folk today and they won't believe ya