Little Guitar Works » Shop Talk http://littleguitarworks.com Handcrafted Ergonomic Basses and Guitars Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:28:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Custom Knobs http://littleguitarworks.com/2010/03/custom-knobs/ http://littleguitarworks.com/2010/03/custom-knobs/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:54:52 +0000 melissa http://littleguitarworks.com/?p=305 I almost always make my own knobs for the instruments that I build, and I occasionally make custom knobs for others too.  This is one of those things that, thanks to my lovely little old South Bend lathe, is a relatively small task which adds a finishing touch that doesn’t compare to anything “off the shelf”.

Ebony knobs on a mahogany 5-string Torzal bass

During my time at Parker Guitars, one of my tasks was to make ebony knobs for the Spanish Fly guitars, which were a classy upgrade to the standard plastic and rubber knobs.  Somehow word got out on the forums that I could still make custom wooden knobs, and it became (at times) a regular part of my business.

This time around, as I was making knobs for a new 5-string Torzal bass, I decided to pull out the camera so I could capture the process and share it with the world.  Take a look….

Here are a couple of examples of knobs I have made for other guitars:

Ebony bell style knobs (photo: Chris Young)

Parker style ebony knobs on a Parker Fly "Artist" model

]]> http://littleguitarworks.com/2010/03/custom-knobs/feed/ 1 New Things at Little Guitar Works http://littleguitarworks.com/2009/11/new-things/ http://littleguitarworks.com/2009/11/new-things/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:47:30 +0000 melissa http://littleguitarworks.com/?p=275 We are in the process of changing our website to a new format, with this blog style home page.  In this way, we can easily keep visitors up to date on what we’re working on and share information that we hope you will be interested in.  So please bear with us as we work out the bugs and feel free to let us know if you find something that doesn’t work or something you wish were better or different.

Also, we just moved to a new, larger shop and are ready to rock on a whole host of new and exciting projects!

Dave Pomeroy checks the straightness of his Torzal neck.

Dave Pomeroy checks the straightness of his Torzal neck. Check out what Dave's up to at http://www.davepomeroy.com/

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