This year we've been lucky (DAMN lucky) that the snow held off until Nov 8, which is late for this neck of the tundra. And since I finally broke down and got a new drill, I figgered I'd take the remaining few days of clear weather to build something I've been debating about for a couple of years.
I believe the new term is "proof of concept," although I prefer prototype. The new guitar rack system:
More like shelves than hangers. I got the idea from this video of Vince Gill showing off his toys (which are worth a helluva lot more than my house is worth). I dug the drawer idea: takes up less space, which would help in my cramped pad. But instead of fancy drawers, I figger a shelf system would work better. And since I got more work to do in the Arsenal, I might as well try it out.
This is about $30 worth of 2x3's and 5/8" OSB, a little paint and some screws. L-patterned wood pieces on the side and back, flat edge on the body side. Screws countersunk into the wood, whole thing's solid as hell. Of course, I only took the depth off of 2 axes, so it's too shallow. But like I said, prototype: I'll make the final out of pine at a later date.
Of course, I cut all this wood in my unheated shed/workshop when the weather was @ 2°C. Fortunately, I was burning scrap branches at the same time: I kept having to run outside to get warm! I really need a proper workshop...
Now, the OSB is bullnosed and edge sanded. Instead of wasting hours sanding down the sheets, I left them. Now I know some of ya are saying, "dumbass, aren't you worried about scratching the finish on those axes?" Well, this thing is home to the marginal stuff, like Professor Chaos:
which is an Ibanez I picked up for $30. This is strung medium and kept in F tuning (up 1/2 step) for when I need that. Like I give a shit if this gets scratched. Remember, I don't have a collection: it's a shit horde.
Plus, I got a place for Stumpy Joe to live now:
Although I *really* gotta redo his guard. This is some 19" scale Burswood guitar I kept strung up in A (up 5 steps). Again, I think it was $25: came with a built in amp!
Plus, the top of this shelf I can use to rest guitars while I work on them. Speaking of which, I cleaned the table and bought a second one of these for the spare parts I got lying around. They changed the design on the Helmer, SO IT'S A PIECE OF SHIT NOW that won't slide evenly and isn't built to the same tolerances of my older one, nor as solid, so this thing is parts central. Went though a dozen coffee containers, pitching junk and sorting parts, so when I need something, it's closer at hand now.
Discovered I got a lot more pickups around here than I though:
Probably 90% of these work, and 80% sound like shit. But how do you recycle pickups? I gotta figger out how to make a 4 humbucker axe or 2 to get of some of these...
The whole point of this exercise is to create some space in the Arsenal, and to fix up the last of the guitar hangers, my cheap-ass Scotsman's design:
I believe the new term is "proof of concept," although I prefer prototype. The new guitar rack system:
This is about $30 worth of 2x3's and 5/8" OSB, a little paint and some screws. L-patterned wood pieces on the side and back, flat edge on the body side. Screws countersunk into the wood, whole thing's solid as hell. Of course, I only took the depth off of 2 axes, so it's too shallow. But like I said, prototype: I'll make the final out of pine at a later date.
Of course, I cut all this wood in my unheated shed/workshop when the weather was @ 2°C. Fortunately, I was burning scrap branches at the same time: I kept having to run outside to get warm! I really need a proper workshop...
Now, the OSB is bullnosed and edge sanded. Instead of wasting hours sanding down the sheets, I left them. Now I know some of ya are saying, "dumbass, aren't you worried about scratching the finish on those axes?" Well, this thing is home to the marginal stuff, like Professor Chaos:
Plus, I got a place for Stumpy Joe to live now:
Plus, the top of this shelf I can use to rest guitars while I work on them. Speaking of which, I cleaned the table and bought a second one of these for the spare parts I got lying around. They changed the design on the Helmer, SO IT'S A PIECE OF SHIT NOW that won't slide evenly and isn't built to the same tolerances of my older one, nor as solid, so this thing is parts central. Went though a dozen coffee containers, pitching junk and sorting parts, so when I need something, it's closer at hand now.
Discovered I got a lot more pickups around here than I though:
The whole point of this exercise is to create some space in the Arsenal, and to fix up the last of the guitar hangers, my cheap-ass Scotsman's design:
These are tool hangers that Dollarama used to sell, 2 for a buck. They're designed for shovels or brooms. Squeeze 'em tighter, mount some 7/8" ID clear pipe on them, and mount to a 1x8 mounting to the wall. Econo, solid, and they don't look bad. They stick out quite a bit more than off the shelf ones, but I find that makes guitars less likely to tumble down also...
Man, I got way too many axes, I should chat about them sometime...
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