What Projects are you working on or planning?

SamBrugha

I would love to see what project people are working on or planning for the near future! Whether its new pick-ups in guitars or making a new bass!

Over the weekend i was doing some work on an old Harley Benton bass throwing in a new pick-up mainly to see if i could actually wire something successfully and i found out i could! ( ill through pics up tomorrow)! This inspired me and the next morning i woke up and decided i was going to build a one stringed guitar! then last minute i made it 2-stringed! The bad part about it all was that i rushed it because i had to be back in Dublin that day,but it could have turned out worst. If if i get more time off ill probably make one with more detail and love and stuff...

Last night i wired the pick-ups to it and got some sound which made me happy but if i have have time later ill change around the pick ups!

All i had was scrap timber, a drill, a sander, a hand plane, and spare parts from an old crappy Encore guitar! Anyway here are some pics of the diddley bow!

Mr. CooL ICE

That looks seasick-tastic


I have nothing planned, but I would love to get a massive chunk of heavy wood, such as a solid dinner table, and put bass strings and pickup on it, just to see what kind of tone you would get. My reason for this is my very first bass (a crappy Hohner j-bass) had a half-decent tone, but whenever I struck a string while it was resting against my wooden chest of drawers, it sounded massive

SamBrugha

LordChessington wrote: »

That looks seasick-tastic


I have nothing planned, but I would love to get a massive chunk of heavy wood, such as a solid dinner table, and put bass strings and pickup on it, just to see what kind of tone you would get. My reason for this is my very first bass (a crappy Hohner j-bass) had a half-decent tone, but whenever I struck a string while it was resting against my wooden chest of drawers, it sounded massive

I know exactly what you mean! i was playing that two string thing on the table its resting on in the picture there and it sounds amazing! You should just buy a table and put a guitar into it!

Gaspode

Isn't that just a piano then!

SamBrugha

Gaspode wrote: »

Isn't that just a piano then!

Ahh only if it has keys

ham_n_mustard

LordChessington wrote: »

That looks seasick-tastic


I have nothing planned, but I would love to get a massive chunk of heavy wood, such as a solid dinner table, and put bass strings and pickup on it

i cant wait until my missus comes in, finds a stingray neck bolted to our solid oak dining table, and the whole shebang being played through a trace elliott at serious volume.
let the divorce proceedings commence!

martinedwards

you'll do your back in trying to loft a solid oak table on a strap

SamBrugha

As the young folk would say... LOL!

I really want to see this now! I was thinking about putting a rickenbacker pickups in a mustang bass but this table idea sounds like a good'n!

KeithTS

I was here thinking about swapping out the pups on a guitar and adding a couple of pots here and there and I've been completely out done by aspirations of slapping strings onto oak tables.

Fcuk it, I'll pop the P-Rails onto the garden shed and see what happens when I plug it in!!!

SamBrugha

KeithTS wrote: »

I was here thinking about swapping out the pups on a guitar and adding a couple of pots here and there and I've been completely out done by aspirations of slapping strings onto oak tables.

Fcuk it, I'll pop the P-Rails onto the garden shed and see what happens when I plug it in!!!

Hahaha! Not trying to out do anyone! i just really wanna hear peoples ideas! but i want to see this crazy table guitar business now! imagine that in the window of music maker or waltons

wild turkey

I have 2 quite old solid mahogany bar table tops that eventually will become a few guitars
nothing wrong with an old table for wood !

You cuold also go down the gift box route
My son, with a little help built this as a school project
Bottle of JD was polished off by me of course !

SamBrugha

wild turkey wrote: »

I have 2 quite old solid mahogany bar table tops that eventually will become a few guitars
nothing wrong with an old table for wood !

You cuold also go down the gift box route
My son, with a little help built this as a school project
Bottle of JD was polished off by me of course !

that JD guitar looks class man! i wish i could makes guitars and stuff dor a living! This **** makes happy!

3wayswitch

I picked up this Variax 700 cheap in a Musicmaker sale round two years ago:



I love how it sounds but I hate everything else about it. I'm currently on the planning stages of transplanting the electronics from this into a Strat, just looking for a suitable body on Ebay.

SamBrugha

3wayswitch wrote: »

I picked up this Variax 700 cheap in a Musicmaker sale round two years ago:



I love how it sounds but I hate everything else about it. I'm currently on the planning stages of transplanting the electronics from this into a Strat, just looking for a suitable body on Ebay.

really looking forward to seeing that! when you get it done id love to see a video!

3wayswitch

SamBrugha wrote: »

really looking forward to seeing that! when you get it done id love to see a video!

It's going to be a while yet Just bought a router so I need to learn how to use it before routing out a body for the electronics.

ham_n_mustard

so I mentioned this thread to the missus, she thinks the "Dining Bass" is a cracking idea in theory, just not for our dining table though. if I can source a freebie table deep enough to accommodate a neck, i'll be doing this. I also have a cheapie strat neck that may make its way on there as well.... i'll keep ye posted

KeithTS

ham_n_mustard wrote: »

so I mentioned this thread to the missus, she thinks the "Dining Bass" is a cracking idea in theory, just not for our dining table though. if I can source a freebie table deep enough to accommodate a neck, i'll be doing this. I also have a cheapie strat neck that may make its way on there as well.... i'll keep ye posted

Just for the record, you're mad!
Keep us posted, I look forward to seeing it played live one day

Ravelleman

3wayswitch wrote: »

I love how it sounds but I hate everything else about it. I'm currently on the planning stages of transplanting the electronics from this into a Strat, just looking for a suitable body on Ebay.

I actually think it looks great!

SamBrugha

Ravelleman wrote: »

I actually think it looks great!

I really like those guitars aswell but they scare me for some reason! there's a shop on ebay called the stratosphere and they sell all sorts of bodies and parts mainly for fenders but they have others too.

Can't wait to see the table! Check out adverts or done deal!


I've been playing the diddly bow I made might have a video up in a few days! I want to make a bass version now!

rbanks1000

If your interested in getting a guitar/bass body thats a little different and guaranteed Irish, you could check out www.facebook.com/callanguitars . They are mostly Acrylic and can custom make any shape pretty much

SamBrugha

rbanks1000 wrote: »

If your interested in getting a guitar/bass body thats a little different and guaranteed Irish, you could check out www.facebook.com/callanguitars . They are mostly Acrylic and can custom make any shape pretty much

I used to have an acrylic strat! it was a heavy mofo! one down side

KeithTS

I'd love an acrylic guitar.
Ever since Dave Grohl started with the Dan Armstrong I've been fascinated with them. His was particularly cool mind.

On a side note I'm designing a series of treble/bass boosters and on board OD/distortion circuits.

The idea is to have a small module which could be connected directly to the guitar input and will clip onto a strap or something (haven't really thought out the details of that), the output of this will be sent to the pedal board or whatever from there. Looking at doing that wirelessly but that's a project for a later date.

Does anybody have any input on this kind of thing. I have the circuits designed and all that its more input regarding what you could see being actually useful. Would something like this have a purpose other than being a cool little thing to build?

SamBrugha

KeithTS wrote: »

I'd love an acrylic guitar.
Ever since Dave Grohl started with the Dan Armstrong I've been fascinated with them. His was particularly cool mind.

On a side note I'm designing a series of treble/bass boosters and on board OD/distortion circuits.

The idea is to have a small module which could be connected directly to the guitar input and will clip onto a strap or something (haven't really thought out the details of that), the output of this will be sent to the pedal board or whatever from there. Looking at doing that wirelessly but that's a project for a later date.

Does anybody have any input on this kind of thing. I have the circuits designed and all that its more input regarding what you could see being actually useful. Would something like this have a purpose other than being a cool little thing to build?

Wesley guitars used to make acrylic models! the electronics were bleh but the build was always nice! Pity he only does repairs now a'days! i have no idea about circuits though

KeithTS

SamBrugha wrote: »

Wesley guitars used to make acrylic models! the electronics were bleh but the build was always nice! Pity he only does repairs now a'days! i have no idea about circuits though

Yeah I noticed a while ago on his site he wasn't making new models, shame really.

Mr. CooL ICE

I have a 5-string Wesley bass. The tone was good for the price but I was never a fan of the build. It was so heavy it gave me shoulder pains and the nut was pretty big and sharp, making dropping down to the first fret a sometimes painful experience

SamBrugha

LordChessington wrote: »

I have a 5-string Wesley bass. The tone was good for the price but I was never a fan of the build. It was so heavy it gave me shoulder pains and the nut was pretty big and sharp, making dropping down to the first fret a sometimes painful experience

So heavy it digs into your shoulder! Heavy b***ards! i could never played my acrylic strat for too long standing up! was a sit down job!

wild turkey

Just putting the finishing touches to this one
Its a Nick Greer Sucker Punch ( high gain Marshall Lead) housed with an EP Booster





Made this one to bring on holidays

This is a 1 watt Noisy Cricket (amp in a coffee can)
Have a little speaker that fits into the can not in the pic

The bike headlight works when on

Ravelleman

More quality stuff from wild turkey!

I really need to learn how to solder etc.

KeithTS

Some class looking stuff there, tidy up your wiring for god's sake, it makes it impossible for us to try and steal your designs!

zafo

My latest custom build. Three fuzzes in one.





and something else I'm working on:

zafo

wild turkey wrote: »

Just putting the finishing touches to this one
Its a Nick Greer Sucker Punch ( high gain Marshall Lead) housed with an EP Booster





Made this one to bring on holidays

This is a 1 watt Noisy Cricket (amp in a coffee can)
Have a little speaker that fits into the can not in the pic

The bike headlight works when on

What changes did you make to the EP Booster?