Tarkus406 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 After seeing Geddy Lee's new fangled custom pickguard this tour it got me thinking of getting a new one myself. But I'll be damned if I'll pay 50 bucks for a different colour I work at a countertop shop that deals with mostly solid surface (Corian, Avonite, Hi-Macs, etc...) and my job is handling all the AutoCAD drawing and CNC router operation. So I figured "hell, why not make one out of Corian!" About 20 minutes of drawing and checking, 15 minutes of CNC programming, 10 minutes to cut, and about 45 minutes of sanding and polishing, BAM! A brand new jazz bass pickguard made entirely out of Corian solid surface (colour "Witch Hazel") http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk264/Tarkus406/CIMG3849.jpg http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk264/Tarkus406/CIMG3848.jpg http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk264/Tarkus406/CIMG3853.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Half-Forgotten Stranger Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Cool deal....make your next one out of granite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Sharp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidSteel Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Whats that thing weigh? Its pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinwoodsman Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Kudo's Tarkster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 And best of all, you can rest a dish of hot food on there without the worry! And spills clean up *snap* just like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusX-1Bk2 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Very nice, but you should have cut a trussrod access area so you don't have to take it off to adjust the neck. Other than that it is extremely cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarkus406 Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 QUOTE (CygnusX-1Bk2 @ Aug 5 2010, 05:07 PM) Very nice, but you should have cut a trussrod access area so you don't have to take it off to adjust the neck. Other than that it is extremely cool! Good thinkin, I never actually thought about that since the pickguard that came with the bass didn't have a cut-out. I'll add that in when I get a chance. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarkus406 Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 QUOTE (LiquidSteel @ Aug 4 2010, 10:19 PM) Whats that thing weigh? Its pretty cool! Surprisingly it weighs pretty much the same as a normal pickguard. A full sheet of this stuff (144"x30") is normally about a hundred pounds, but after being milled down real thin like that, it's almost nothing (really, you can even see through it ) Fragile at this point, though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdouglas Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Very Nice. Ship 2 HSS floyd rose cut ones in black my way!! I don't wanna spend $50 either....ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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