Steve from Wake Forest

[FenderFan]

Hello to all. My name is Steve and I am in Wake Forest. Born and raised in Burlington. Moved up to NH in 2000 and that is where new woodworking hobby started and ended. By 2005 we had two kids and there was no time left in the day to do anything. Fast Forward to present day, the kids are a little older and I have a little, very little, more time. So I am firing up the table saw and finally making some dust. Had a shop set up in the basement up in NH. Now everything is in the garage, it sure makes lugging an MDF sheet easier!

Looking forward to being an active member of the site.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[JackLeg]

Welcome, Steve! Glad to have you aboard! You'll like this bunch! :wsmile:

 

[Mt. Gomer]

Welcome Steve, great to have you! Safe to assume you're a guitar man too?

Trav

 

[FenderFan]

Yes been playing for a while now. I would love to make my own Telecaster some day.

 

[froglips]

Almost as cold down here as up in NH? Well, maybe not quite!

Glad to have you onboard!

Jim

 

[Mt. Gomer]

Yes been playing for a while now. I would love to make my own Telecaster some day.

Cool! I'm a long time musician but realitively new to guitar. I mostly play acoustic but have aquired to electrics in trades. The first was a MIM Fat Strat that I fully customized with new electronics (mostly to learn how electrics work and are put together). Here's a link. Once that was done I had the original wired picguard which I put on CL. I ended up with a tele knockoff by Waterstone (looks like this with the white pickguard) that needs a bit of TLC (good cleaning, new nut, may new machine heads and pickups) that will be a project for later. I made the strat a multi-purpose gutair so I'll probably leave this one closer to a standard tele config.... time will tell. Now I just have to learn what to do with an electric... i have no clue.

Trav

 

[pbaileyjr]

Welcome Steve. I have a few Fenders here also, 3 bass amps and an American Deluxe Presicion. Just sold a '65 Precision last year to someone that wanted it a lot more than I did. Hey, maybe we should try to put together a NC Woodworkers Band....?

 

[FenderFan]

Same as the acoustic, you just turn it up louder!

Nice looking axes.

I recently got a Taylor acoustic. Had been playing an Ovation. Man it is nice, makes me wanna play it more often. I am a big Rolling Stones fans, so I play mostly electic and mostly in Open G tuning. The ring of Open G tuning on an acoustic is beaultiful.

Steve

 

[Ray Martin]

Steve,

Welcome to the NCWW pile-o-sawdust. Glad you joined us. Can you tell us a bit more about the kind of woodworking you like to do? What kinds of projects have you tackled? ... and post a photo or two... we love photos.

Again, welcome.

 

[rcflyer23]

Welcome to the site FenderFan. I'm another guitar guy. Actually I am slowly getting into building them. I hope to build a couple of electrics this year and possibly get into the acoustics next year. I play mostly Rhythm guitar. Trying to figure out the lead thing. I play both electrics and acoustic, a little banjo and want a mandolin.

 

[FenderFan]

Hey Ray,

I am still a newbie, so most anything. I do like to make clocks. I have tackled:
Maple Enty Table
Mantel Clock (3)
Toy Chest
Baby Changing Station
Simple Bookcases
General Case work
Santa & Reindeer (Scroll Saw)
Shop Tools and Tables

 

[Trent Mason]

Steve, it is great to have you here. :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap I may be on the beginning part of that journey myself pretty soon. Right now just tons of work, but I'm sure kiddos are not to far off. Anyway, I'm glad to hear that you're making sawdust again and I look forward to your input in the forums!!! :icon_thum

 

[red]

Welcome to the forum.

Red

 

[Tarhead]

Welcome Steve!
Another woodworking guitar guy here too. Had a bunch of different acoustics and electrics and basses. Got stuck on a Taylor in 1989. Sweetest sound I've ever heard. Plays like butter still. If I ever got back into it I would consider their new electrics.

 

[Mt. Gomer]

I agree whole heartedly with all the Taylor comments. I'll own one someday, but probably not for a while. My current AE is an off brand but it's surprisingly well made and has good electronics so it will hold me over for quite a while. It's also good since it's inexpensive enough that I'm not scared to work on it. Learning how to do setups, make saddles, upgrade parts, etc. If I had a Taylor I'd be too afraid I'd mess it up....


OOhhh, NCWW band....... guess we'd need a stange and a PA for the picnic huh?

 

[ScottM]

Welcome to our space Steve. Glad you joined. Lots of talented folks up in Wake Forest to buddy up with.

 

[woodArtz]

Great to have you on board Steve!

 

[McRabbet]

Glad to have you as a member of our great big sawdust pile, Steve. Enjoy!

 

[skeeter]

Hello Steve and welcome to the site.

 

[sapwood]

Welcome to NCWWer, Steve!
I figured you were a Freddy Fender fan :gar-Bi
Enjoy and participate :icon_thum

Roger