DIY Jazz Guitar Cabinet 8"

[Doctor Jeff]

I had some time this weekend to spend in the wood shop. We have just finished retiling the music room floor, and getting a digital piano—Yamaha CLP 645 (which my fiancee LOVES, btw). She more or less insisted I not clutter the room up with guitars, therefore most guitars are on the wall.

I wanted to organize the amp and pedals, so I made a box on wheels that would hold the pedals when not in use, and could be wheeled around if I wanted to play next to the piano, for instance. The only pedals I have at this point are a Ditto X4 looper and an EHX B9. The amp is a Fishman Artist—I made the cabinet for it as well.

The construction is simple—5/8” Baltic birch plywood butt-ended and glued and pinned. The finish is Danish oil, then a coat of Johnson’s paste wax. The wheels are from Harbor Freight—excellent source of wheels for projects, btw. It took me all of 2 hours to do yesterday.

Now I guess I have to play some more...

[feet]

That's really neat. Always fascinated by woodwork. My pedal board has more of a metallic sounds, so I see how this helps. It's like a storage unit for your amp and a pedal cozy.

And even with no tolex, the amps covering is more durable than the one it came with

[Doctor Jeff]

That's really neat. Always fascinated by woodwork. My pedal board has more of a metallic sounds, so I see how this helps. It's like a storage unit for your amp and a pedal cozy.

And even with no tolex, the amps covering is more durable than the one it came with

I love that amp but the "Tolex" is the worst I have ever seen on an amp. Despite babying it to death, after 2 years of taking it to gigs it looked horrible.

I debated recovering it with tweed, but I like working with wood, not fabric, and the birch cabinets always have a nice clean look, which fits this amp I think.

[neatomic]

nice...johnson paste wax is a great tough finish..they use it on bowling alley floors!

not for guitars tho!..you want your guitar polishes silicon and wax free


cheers

[oldane]

.... The finish is Danish oil, ....

Nice work. I wish I had such carpenter skills.

I'm Danish but I have never heard about Danish oil. The closest thing I can imagine covered by that term is lard. But then, here in Denmark Danish Pastry is not called that either but "wienerbrød" = "Wienna bread". And of course they don't know of such pasty in Wienna. Their Sachertorte, however, is named after the very real Hotel Sacher behind the Wienna Opera though there's a discussion going on for more than a century if it was them or Cafe Demel who invented it. When I was in Wiennna last time, poster ads for Hotel Sacher "warned" against "counterfeit" Sachertorte from other cafées. Me, I happen to like Demels version better.

But I digress ....

[Doctor Jeff]

Nice work. I wish I had such carpenter skills.

I'm Danish but I have never heard about Danish oil. The closest thing I can imagine covered by that term is lard. But then, here in Denmark Danish Pastry is not called that either but "wienerbrød" = "Wienna bread". And of course they don't know of such pasty in Wienna. Their Sachertorte, however, is named after the very real Hotel Sacher behind the Wienna Opera though there's a discussion going on for more than a century if it was them or Cafe Demel who invented it. When I was in Wiennna last time, poster ads for Hotel Sacher "warned" against "counterfeit" Sachertorte from other cafées. Me, I happen to like Demels version better.

But I digress ....

Well apparently it was commonly used on Scandinavian furniture which was being imported in the late 1800's. I personally love Danish furniture, one of the things I obsess about.

As far as Danish oil, it's a mixture of an oil like tung oil or boiled linseed oil and varnish (made from tree resin). It really highlights the wood grain, and dries to a hard but not thick finish. I use it both as a finish for wood products with nice grain, and as a "prefinish" to bring out the grain highlights before applying a final finish like shellac or poly. The oil I have is rather old, and I think a lot of the oil has solidified, therefore it didn't go on as well as I would have liked. Need to get some more before the next project--Watson's is the best.

I have had a Sachertorte sitting outside on the veranda of the Hotel Sacher. I count it one of the more memorable moments of my first trip to Europe in the 80's.