Why I love woodworking

[FLWoodworker84]

It has been a while since I have posted. I was formerly Vawoodworker84 but couldn't seem to get that login to work. My job brought me to Florida in the fall of 2015 and this has been my first significant project since trading in my Virginia basement for two bays of a 3-bay garage.

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to acquire a guitar whose previous owner was my favorite guitar player from my favorite band. He autographed it for me at my request. When I got in my new house, I knew the foyer niche would be perfect for displaying it. However, I wanted to do something more creative than just hanging it on the wall. I just didn't know what that was.

While I was repairing some speaker grills a few weeks ago, I had the inspiration that amplifier grill cloth would make an interesting backdrop for the guitar. That idea snowballed into building facades of two Marshall speaker cabinets. I am about 75% done.

Here are the rough cabinets as I was fitting the french cleats


Here is the sill. I tried to make this look like a stage. The hole engages the guitar's strap pin





One of the tasks that remains is to tune the brace that will hold the guitar at the neck joint. I am going to add four 1/2" neodymium magnets to engage the steel plate at the back of that joint. I will also add some additional wood that form-fits the guitar. I wanted this solution to be reliable yet make it easy to remove the guitar to actually play it.


I am hoping to get the tolex and the corner guards on the cabinets next weekend.

[Arlin Eastman]

You did a swell job and should work great.

[Bill Wilson]

Very


Great idea and execution!

Now to be totally gloatworthy, you need to tell us who gave you the guitar. 

[teetomterrific]

Totally and completely awesome!

[FLWoodworker84]

Thank you Bill. The original owner was Brian "Damage" Forsythe of Kix. The band was huge in the DC, MD, VA area in the 80s and 90s.

[Bill Wilson]

I remember them.  They got some radio airplay around here back in the heyday of hair metal bands.

[Steve N]

The original owner was Brian "Damage" Forsythe of Kix. The band was huge in the DC, MD, VA area in the 80s and 90s.

Worst thing happened to Kix was getting the genre "Glam Metal" attributed to them. Some of their stuff got airplay back here in the MidWest too.




Nice work, welcome back.

[Woodshop]

Very nice
just a heads up /reminder.  magnets can effect your guitar pickup, not sure if transfer to the plate would be an issue.

[PaulJohnstone]

That display came out fantastic.. thanks for sharing.

[FLWoodworker84]

The niche is done. Here are the pics of the finished project...






The 5 magnets that grip the steel neck plate





The finished niche | The original rendering