Pea Turgh

I think the trick these days is to buy only. Too much hassle to post!

I had a Perspex strat for years. Sooo heavy!!!!

Do it!

Chrome corners turned up early! Looking sah-weeeetttt…

Had to paint over a couple of bits, so progress has slowed, but just put the final coat of varnish on the last two panels, and murdered a pillow for wadding the inside. Tried to staple it in but that didn’t work, so went with drawing pins. That plus friction fit seems to have worked out nicely! Feet fitted, too.

I now have the front grill and back plate. Chrome corners and leather handle still in the post. Just put the last coat of blue on, I shall coat it in matt varnish tomorrow hopefully.

This one 👍

https://www.thomann.de/gb/warnex_strukturlack_1kg.htm

I fancy something small and daft for my small and daft micro cab (currently under construction!)

Sanding and filling and sanding done. On with the paint. Accidentally bought satin black, and made a mess of the spray job, so it’ll be out with the sander again tomorrow 🤦🏻 However, I have mixed a nice shade of blue (in emulsion, then will seal it in with Matt varnish). Will paint over the black bit with it too. Maybe.

Looking at the image above, I clearly used the wrong edge to run the router bearing guide thing along - it dipped in the screw holes. Guess I’ll be using more filler then!

Filler filler filler filler….. I’m amazed at how this is turning out (ie I haven’t effed it up yet). Once the filler is sanded back, I shall be a painting.

After cleaning it up for filler, I realise there is too much tear out to make a good job of a natural finish. I shall go with paint. Fancy a dark greyish blue. Looks like Tuff Cab is all out of stock in the colours I want, so will see what I can get elsewhere.

Roundover done! This ply is a nice colour - contemplating several hours with the sander for a natural finish. Any guesses on the wood type? Very red. Looks like mahogany, but mahogany ply doesn’t exist, does it?

Awesome!

Oh I got a couple of peaches. Simple, but massively effecting destroying my confidence for that gig. 1. Early days of gigging, maybe ‘97. Some Battle Of The Bands thing in a uni bar. Funky number, everything but the vocals drop out, I try to start a crowd clap. Despite my flailing arms, nobody in the audience joined in. 2. Much more recent (age has not bestowed me with wisdom) at a decent venue, just us playing to an almost sold out crowd. A little tipsy, tried to moonwalk on to the stage for our 2nd half. Knocked both my basses over.

Best sound I ever had was with a Trace combo. Bloody lovely! Keep. Just make sure to lift it every day to keep fit enough to carry it!

All stuck together now. Though my cutting isn’t perfect - small gaps and overhangs. Nothing copious amounts of filler and sanding can’t sort. I had an old tube of No More Nails to use as filler and extra grip between the gaps. It’s actually helped quite a lot. I’ll leave it dry fully, then take a sander to it to make all the panels and edges as flat to each other as possible. Then find a router somewhere (popping the screws out to do the roundovers). Maybe try the new Library Of Things that’s recently been set up in town.

This little cab was going to be for me, but my lad has started playing recently, and he needs something small for his room. Perfect! Popped out the shed during my lunch break to cut the front baffle hole and stick some bits together. I’m glueing and screwing through lack of clamps, so will pop the screws out to round over the edges, then either reinsert or fill with skinny dowel. I messed up measurements on the side panels - they are a bit too short. I failed to take account of the 3mm blade width when setting my straight edge. Ah well. Got the lad in to help (never mind the GCSE revision 🤪).

Hello peeps! I’ve finally started my house jam cab, designs courtesy of @Phil Starr!! I had a big old offcut of 18mm ply that has served as a trestle table, desk, and shed work bench. It’s very rough, with some delamination but overall solid (and I really hate waste). I don’t have a huge variety of tools, so mostly I’ve been waiting to borrow a circular saw from my neighbour! It’s a 1750w beast!!! I used an old IKEA wardrobe door as my straight edge 🤦🏻. I now have all the panels cut ready for assembly!

Finally borrowed a circular saw. I think it would have been quicker to chew the panels to size. We’ll see if I can squeeze in some time this week to chop chop chop. Anyone else finished theirs yet?

Panels are so easy to make;

I really like the look of that.