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I've had surprisingly good results using an iPad and a Tascam plug in mic. It plugs into the device /charge socket on the iPad. I wouldn't compare it to a studio grade mic by any stretch, but it's quiet and efficient and has its own preamp. The best thing about it is that as a plug in device...

I've been making slow progress on the guitar; life keeps intervening. But here's a shot of the side bending form with a set of spring loaded cauls to hold the side tight against the form as it cools in place. Still need to install a steel mesh over the curves to combat kinks and so forth.

Back is ready for assembly. Still have to rout the back for a center strip, of course. But it's at the right thickness. The sides are also at 0.08". . . finally. Next step will be to build some cam clamps.

I've been thinning the sides and back plates, and took the opportunity to wipe a little denatured alcohol on one of the sides, snapping a photo before it evaporated. It gives me a hint of what this may look like when finished. I like this stuff!

Back plates together So far, so good. The back plates jointed well and I think I have a good glue seam. No problems with glue adhesion using titebond. I'd prefer to use hide glue but I haven't yet learned how to manage it. The time will come though. One side is a bit thicker than the other and...

I agree that Stanley took a quality dive over the last twenty years or so. Part of clawing their way back has been to re-introduce the Sweetheart line, which back in the 1930s was its premier line. It's really doing a pretty nice job of it. This plane is straight, flat, sharp enough to shave...

Had some fun with this project so far. Here are some pics - I built a shooting board, which is like a bench hook with some more stuff happening. Basically you use it as a guide for your plane as it slides on its side and planes a piece you put in its way. This is a great way to plane a perfect...

Other cool things to make your neighbors love you I always kinda liked these.

Pfffftttt! Had to put my coffee down after that. In Vermont the low humidity in the winter months is a real problem. I've seen it drop to 10% relative humidity. Not only do we feel it, but my skin will crack and bleed from the dryness. It can literally destroy a guitar top by causing it to...

Got away but with a happy ending. So to speak. The other guitar that "got away" has a happier story. I bought this one in a pawn shop a few years after the tele. By this time I was living with some buddies who were all string wizards and we had something like 40 instruments kicking around the...

When I was in college (this was the 1970s, you understand - I wasn't responsible for my actions. We grew pot in the first floor dorm windowsills) I came across and bought a telecaster at some used instrument sale thingey. I think I paid a couple hundred for it, which was respectable money back...

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Yep. It's the only pron my wife will let me watch.

I need a good excuse like that! I've gotten a few decent automotive tools by rebuilding brakes on the Subaru. The only thing I don't like about that car is that it eats brakes and rotors for breakfast. I think I need to pull the calipers and sandblast them. (Saaayyy. . . That might end up...

Yessir! Go to it! Aus, check out Beez's projects. He checks in here now and then, but is more active on facebook. He's designed and built a number of electric basses and is figuring that stuff out. I'm at the stage where I'm jointing the top plates and the back plates - just bought a...