Prostheta Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 It is? haha Well, it can be. Then again, so can guitar parts....! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassplr19 Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 (edited) So I bought a drill press partially to drill my tremolo holes...had to use my drill guide attachment I employed some child labor on my last build, so made sure I got some on this build as well. Used BOTH children for that tummy cut! Getting there!!! Edited May 9, 2016 by bassplr19 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Looks pretty good to me You've also given me an idea. We have a kindergarten next door to us....think of the productivity with just a bit of organisation. I could be churning out a guitar every week! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Unlike China where it's every few seconds....? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassplr19 Posted May 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Some more carving, shaving, filing, sanding...and of course, some more fit testing. Holy HEAVY next to my previous build! Holding my alder bass in my left hand and my walnut guitar in my right, wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMpleONe89 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 What colour are you going with? Can't think of what matches with purple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Walnut brown goes nicely with purple IMO. I like the juxtaposition of the purple bling with the raw walnut in fact. It looks like something you'd see on Bourbon Street. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassplr19 Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Exactly, this is the finish I'll be going for https://goo.gl/images/7FKWVx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 5 hours ago, bassplr19 said: Exactly, this is the finish I'll be going for https://goo.gl/images/7FKWVx That looks like a tru-oil slurry and buff job....it is what the walnut species evolved for... Great progress 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2.5itim Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 I was thinking the same thing Andy, I have been nitroing all of my walnut, I really need to try a truoil slurry at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2k Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 18 hours ago, bassplr19 said: Exactly, this is the finish I'll be going for https://goo.gl/images/7FKWVx I'll be following along! I just bought myself some walnut for the body of bass #3 (no need to hurry - I've barely started bass #2). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMpleONe89 Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 24 minutes ago, a2k said: I'll be following along! I just bought myself some walnut for the body of bass #3 (no need to hurry - I've barely started bass #2). I like how we plan for the next build while the current one is still in its infant stage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2k Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 On May 27, 2016 at 5:58 PM, SIMpleONe89 said: I like how we plan for the next build while the current one is still in its infant stage. I've got 5 or 6 concurrent builds going on in my head at any given moment. Buying wood for one of these future potential builds is a new step for me, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 I believe that it simply because we enjoy this and it inspires us. You try out a new technique, and then you extend that idea forward into other things you'd like to see or try. Yes, it does mean that most of us work beyond our means and 5-6 builds ahead....I'm one of the worst for it since I have far more potential builds "to do" than I have capacity to meet right now. I'm sure that applies to everyone of course.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10pizza Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 38 minutes ago, a2k said: I've got 5 or 6 concurrent builds going on in my head at any given moment. Buying wood for one of these future potential builds is a new step for me, though. A great step to take though! got myself some nice wood last weekend at a woodshop that was having an exibition. It was like being a 6yr old in a candy shop! I managed to restrain myself a bit and only got the following: a tiger striped maple top for a cheapo Les Paul restauration project. A great piece of birds-eye maple that will let me build my first 2 necks hopefully, together with another astonishing birdseye maple piece that I can turn into two fretboards. I try to do something new with every new project so I learn a few things with each guitar. This way I try to keep the learning curve manageable. ongoing/planned projects: My current project, the zebracaster it's building a body, routing for body-mounted pickups and a Floyd, and finishing with tru-oil. on the les Paul project I'm using a cheap mahogany body which I'll route to thickness and then put on the maple top to do my first carved top and a cherry-brownish stained finish to bring out the maple figure. Also this will include my first neck inlay job. Then after that, I'll try to make my own neck. Only have to think about a body shape to match it. my 5yr old son would like to have a dinosaur guitar. Or a minion guitar. Or wait, a dinosaur guitar...... ;-) recently picked up an IBanez RG for $25,- which I'll give the monkey grip tutorial a try on .... and as Prostheta says: thinking about future projects also inspires to make a great job of the current one! good luck selecting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Keeping wood on stock for any length of time is better than using it straight from the stockist too. Just ensure that you stack it so that it is flat and has airflow around it. Not against a radiator or in direct sunlight, the usual things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2k Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 The ironic thing about all of these "future potential builds" is that one of the things I love most about being in the shop is that it forces me to completely clear my head and focus solely on the single task at hand. I was working at the router table last week when a little voice in my head popped up and said "I wonder what time it is", but I had to remind myself that I cannot take my eyes off that spinning router bit even for a second to look at the clock. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10pizza Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 totally true @a2k that's one of the things I like most as I'm constantly pondering on work-related things. Working with the wood and tools, measuring etc really requires focus and clears up your head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 My personal favourite is marking up. Using good metrology tools, marking knives or a good mechanical pencil doing layouts is very centring. I think that's mostly down to how I premeditate my work in the initial designs, and then methodically taking that "to the wood" is a really sweet feeling of realising something from the virtual to the tangible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Mine is shaping the wood. Carving, contouring, smoothing, polishing all tend to let the clutter drain from my head. Sometimes that makes a big enough pile to sweep up at the end of the day. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassplr19 Posted June 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 That is why I contend that everyone needs a hobby and watching TV/playing videogames doesn't cut it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassplr19 Posted August 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Bought an oscillating spindle sander, really cleaned up some of the curves and inspired some further sanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 That made quite a difference. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 29, 2016 Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 Certainly did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassplr19 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Wow, this has been sitting on my dryer for a LONG time; actually made some sizable progress this past weekend. I've been actually playing a ton of guitar and bass this past year and a half and haven't been interested in spending the time otherwise. Well, be off for some days this season, my fingers hurt and I watched some videos from Wyn Guitars and got inspired to do some sanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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