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What's on your workbench?

This could be git related or not. So, what's on your workbench at the moment?

I have 4 scarf joint necks in different stages of work.

A 25" scale pine 5 string neck for a Banjo-Res, A 25" scale Red Oak neck for my 6 string Strat-Res build, A 24 & 1/2" scale Red Oak neck for my 6 string Double Cut Tele build and a 27" scale 6 string Baritone Conversion neck for a Modern Strat body I have.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 23, 2019 at 10:10pm

I know a guy with a Strat and he has 6 different loaded pickguards to swap out if he fancies a different pickup selection. Uses the old bullet electrical connectors.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on June 23, 2019 at 7:26pm

Hi, that plug and play idea sounds interesting.

I have just finished building my fingerboard radiusing jig, tested it with a few dummy runs and it works fine.

I told myself that this Sunday I was not going into the workshop, but in true Trump like fashion I changed my mind, ha ha....................

I put a new top on my repair bench, after 20 years. I resawed some old crate timber, the white timber really brightens up the work area. First job on it this morning was a Fender Precision Bass.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on July 4, 2019 at 2:46pm

Got my 3 P90 Strat going. I've always liked the 2 P90 pickups played together on a old LP and I've always liked 2 Strat pickups together. I was expecting great things from the 3 P90 Strat with the #2 & #4 positions of my 5-way Strat switch.

Not quite the result I was looking for. The #2 & #4 positions were just meh. Maybe it's because they are so close to each other. Each pickup by itself was great.

Was playing through my Ruby amp and I'm going to try out my Dual Ruby with higher gain next. My tube amp is waiting for capacitors, so it's out of the question.

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on July 7, 2019 at 3:19pm

Totally not cbg related. After a long stint of home remodeling, I took a little break to carve out a Greenland kayak paddle. Rough sanded and wetted to raise the grain. Found a plan to make one from a cedar 2x4 and was intrigued to try one for myself. After it drys, a lite sanding, then it is time to try it out.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on July 7, 2019 at 7:43pm

That's cool, a double neck git! Really though, that's a nice paddle.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on July 8, 2019 at 4:06am

bass one end and gdg the other...lol

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on July 8, 2019 at 6:33am

Pluck while you paddle. Call it the Paddle Plucker.

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on July 8, 2019 at 12:54pm

You guys are killing me, I actually started thinking if it could work.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on July 9, 2019 at 2:03am

of course it will work.. just remember to wash in fresh water before drying if you use it in salt water...

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on July 9, 2019 at 7:14am

Haha

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Permalink Reply by Adam Jellison on July 10, 2019 at 4:32am

Just got ahold of this beauty, Was spray painted yellow, so have been messing around with it for a week trying to get all the spray paint off. Come to find out they painted it first then spray painted it. But I think this will turn out to be a beautiful Guitar once it is all done.

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