I_build_my_own
Friend of Leo's
A bunch of buffers for OBELs and EQ in the making…
What's on your workbench today?
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tvvoodoo
Tele-Afflicted
Some dead cow with sort of a slow and low BBQ effect on it, I guess...
Spend the afternoon routing the humbucker routs and neck pockets.
It's starting to resemble a guitar.
Next on the agenda, rout out the back cavity.
It's starting to resemble a guitar.
Next on the agenda, rout out the back cavity.
tewiq
Tele-Meister
Part of the fun is the process of learning how to fix those .....ups without making too many others along the way. I create special features for these type of situations all the time. I call it a good save. 
VicUA
TDPRI Member
Hello,
I found this kind of wood not bad for guitar building. It’s hard like a maple, has beautiful grain and color. And main point that it growing up in my country. That’s elm. And I’ll try to make solid and chambered Tele-style bodies couple days ago.
I found this kind of wood not bad for guitar building. It’s hard like a maple, has beautiful grain and color. And main point that it growing up in my country. That’s elm. And I’ll try to make solid and chambered Tele-style bodies couple days ago.
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Laren
Tele-Holic
looks sweet.
RogerC
Poster Extraordinaire
Just started this one. Should be pretty simple. Going with a laminated curly maple neck/fretboard.
Sure does make things easier when you can buy an already-finished alder body for less than what you normally pay your finish guy
Sure does make things easier when you can buy an already-finished alder body for less than what you normally pay your finish guy
crazydave911
Doctor of Teleocity
Definitely not related to elm around here, ours is very hard, heavy and not so pretty
Freeman Keller
Doctor of Teleocity
Kind of a funny day, I guess that fits a funny year. I've been pretty burned out about building guitars, did the one classical last summer but simply have no inspiration to build anything. And for the past year I have not done any repair work - I just closed down that part of the shop. With spring I have started at least considering repairs, I'm far more selective and find it much easier to say No, but several people have brought things to me and its kind of fun to be working on them.
The friend of a friend dropped by yesterday an brought several instrument for me to look at. All of the Martins. Here are three little ukes, all of them 90 or 100 years old. I get lost in the models, two are mahogany, one is koa
And three guitars - on the right is a 2004 HD-28, left is my 1974 D-18 and in front, a 1970 0-18.
Guess I'm back doing repairs
The friend of a friend dropped by yesterday an brought several instrument for me to look at. All of the Martins. Here are three little ukes, all of them 90 or 100 years old. I get lost in the models, two are mahogany, one is koa
And three guitars - on the right is a 2004 HD-28, left is my 1974 D-18 and in front, a 1970 0-18.
Guess I'm back doing repairs
Well, yeah not technically on my workbench but on my wall hanger.
I'll put another neck on there since I don't like the hockeystick headstock on that body style but this is the only neck I had at my disposal right now.
I'll put another neck on there since I don't like the hockeystick headstock on that body style but this is the only neck I had at my disposal right now.
crazydave911
Doctor of Teleocity
Good to see it
Made myself owner of a bunch of stuff today.
kifla
Tele-Meister
Finished traveler guitar today:
I'm really pleased how good (to my ear) those pickups sounds.
Also, put a push-push pot on neck pickup...
...for the 3pickup combination.
Neck pickup cover had a hot rooibos tea bath...with partial success.
Than I cut the pickguard...
...for my take on a Lead guitar.
Some more pickup winding and soldering tomorrow.
I'm really pleased how good (to my ear
) those pickups sounds.
Also, put a push-push pot on neck pickup...
...for the 3pickup combination.
Neck pickup cover had a hot rooibos tea bath...with partial success.
Than I cut the pickguard...
...for my take on a Lead guitar.
Some more pickup winding and soldering tomorrow.
RollingBender
Tele-Afflicted
3-D printed a kazoo!! Running it through its paces while my daughter fends off the 95 degree afternoon in the pool.
Ripthorn
Friend of Leo's
Does that include a lonely heart?
eallen
Friend of Leo's
Seems like I have a few things hanging around. Some mahogany/curly maple glue ups, a matching cavity cover, some zpox pore fill. A crotch walnut body somewhere outside the pics.
crazydave911
Doctor of Teleocity
Wow
horseman308
Tele-Holic
Y'all have some great looking control cavity covers. My control cavities always seem to end up as an afterthought. Gonna have to improve my game there.
eallen
Friend of Leo's
I go thru my method of making matching cavity covers starting about post #3 if it is of any help.
https://www.tdpri.com/threads/how-about-some-s-ish-build-fun.1058197/
eallen
Friend of Leo's
Loving this 1.125" x 6.5" blank of roasted curly hard maple I just got it for a couple necks from currlymaplewood.com from over in Ohio. They never dissappoint!
I will resaw .25 off to install a head adjust truss rod before gluing it back on for matching fretboard.
I will resaw .25 off to install a head adjust truss rod before gluing it back on for matching fretboard.
