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Author:	Sam Price [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:08 am ]
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Have you chosen an unconventional place to build guitars? I have, from tonight... My kitchen has 16ft of FLAT surface space with cupboards all around for a makeshift gobar deck if needed.It's very easily humidity controlled, I can put my main workbench in the centre of all this, with the worktops all within reach. It's clean, with no gritty bits to scratch precious tonewood, and most of all, I have no wife to stop me from using the kitchen as a temporary place to make guitars... That's 'cos I AM the wife!!! Wow, the benefits of being a female-guitar-making hobbyist!!!! Sam Price39069.6749189815

Author:	peterm [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:12 am ]
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Sam, I guess thats a benefit! Hesh did a bathroom..... so why not a kitchen??

Author:	Sam Price [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:15 am ]
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Hesh used a BATHROOM as a shop??

Author:	Mark Tripp [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:32 am ]
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Ten beautiful guitars I might add! -Mark

Author:	Lillian F-W [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:45 am ]
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[QUOTE=Sam Price] Have you chosen an unconventional place to build guitars? I have, from tonight... My kitchen has 16ft of FLAT surface space with cupboards all around for a makeshift gobar deck if needed.It's very easily humidity controlled, I can put my main workbench in the centre of all this, with the worktops all within reach. It's clean, with no gritty bits to scratch precious tonewood, and most of all, I have no wife to stop me from using the kitchen as a temporary place to make guitars... That's 'cos I AM the wife!!! Wow, the benefits of being a female-guitar-making hobbyist!!!! [/QUOTE] I like that Sam. Not sure how the rest of the family will feel, but from my experience they won't even notice as long as dinner is on time. As for Hesh, yup he sure did. That's why some of the guys were telling him that his build style "stinks" among other things.

Author:	Sam Price [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:46 am ]
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Well at least if all works out, at least more delectable euphamisms may be used rather than ones that pertain to a rest room... Fantastic stuff, Hesh. You are proof that nothing can stop you from making beautiful guitars.Sam Price39069.7001388889

Author:	Colin S [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:22 am ]
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Yeah since Hesh moved out of his bathroom, his standard of work has gone down the pan! Colin

Author:	TonyKarol [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:55 am ]
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I built my first electric (post university) in a basement apartment - used a Workmate and a friends router to do most the the work, cavities etc, out in the small hallway - freehand, I had no idea what template routing was !!! - what a mess that made (tile floor) then finished it (minwax poly) on the top of the huge wet bar in what used to be the house family room (it was our living room - beat that !!!) Also made my first tube amp from scratch in the same room, 50W Marshall from an old Elk head. Except for some 60 cylce hum from the heater circuit that needed some tweaking, it all worked first time. Ah, the good old days.

Author:	Serge Poirier [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:03 am ]
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[QUOTE=TonyKarol] I built my first electric (post university) in a basement apartment - used a Workmate and a friends router to do most the the work, cavities etc, out in the small hallway - freehand, I had no idea what template routing was !!! - what a mess that made (tile floor) then finished it (minwax poly) on the top of the huge wet bar in what used to be the house family room (it was our living room - beat that !!!) Also made my first tube amp from scratch in the same room, 50W Marshall from an old Elk head. Except for some 60 cylce hum from the heater circuit that needed some tweaking, it all worked first time. Ah, the good old days.[/QUOTE] The effects of all the sawdust in that basement still have repercussions for coach Tony, even today, his wife catches him often Rolling in a pile of Zoot!

Author:	jhowell [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:45 pm ]
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I'm another person working with limited space -- a corner of the loft bedroom of an apartment. I use mostly hand tools, but as a hobbiest, I have time. The three on the wall came from a store!

Author:	Anthony Z [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:20 pm ]
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Tony -- you've come a long way. Here's a small corner of the current shop where some of the heavy lifting happens. My favorite part is his wine cellar just off the workshop, the swimming pool and hot tub! Grrrr -- upload problems againAnthony Z39069.9329861111

Author:	Mattia Valente [ Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:55 pm ]
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My 'shops' have been corners of my parents garage, my uncle's basement, but mostly my tiny student room and the large flat roof (it's not a terrace, really; chimney's sticking out the middle of it) right outside my window. Thankfully, I now have a shed (poor climate control) and an attic space (single bench, few shelves, next to the washer, much better climate control)

Author:	alambert [ Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:20 am ]
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hesh you must have really wanted to build some kind of bad.

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