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As some of you may know when I'm not not playing my Rick basses I spend most of my day in a cabinet shop. I am a cabinetmaker by trade and have been doing so for close to 20 years. We built kitchen cabinets, entertainment centers and an occasional piece of furniture from hard maple, oak, cherry, mahogany, hickory, alder, red & white birch but we use soft maple for our dovetail drawers. It is cheaper than hard maple and looks good with a lacquer finish. One day this past summer I came across a few interesting boards...






I'm really diggin' the flame!






So I got this idea....I'll build a cabinet to hold all my "stuff"


The frames for the front, sides and doors are hard maple and I used the soft maple for
the door and side panels, all of the drawers and the drawer fronts.

The flame in the hard & soft maple really stands out well but each has it's own characteristics.



Almost ready for sanding...





Some assembly required....


The CNC Router I use to cut out cabinet parts also doubles as a workbench sometimes...




These things were extremely heavy. My son and I had no problem moving the first one into
the house but the second one seemed to be a bit heavier than the first and ended up being
a statistic...

I'll fix it one of these days....

Anyway....this is what I came up with......




Plenty of storage for tools, goodies etc.



MapleGlo anyone?

Safely tucked away...


Dovetail drawers...


Easy access...





The flame in this soft maple is wild!





I once had a bass that matched!



So there 'ya have it...."Bass Case for Ten". Plenty of storage for my girls.
The one on the right will stay upside down until I repair the damage to the base.

They're not full yet....3 to go....



Makes for a nice workbench too....

SuperCool Ben!

You have some real talent there. Not to mention a great idea.

Beautiful job!

Great job and fantastic looking wood!!! Some basses can have a small frustration, when they see this material.....

Outstanding

NICE!

Steve,

Wow! Beautiful!

Great idea too, but you should move it into the bedroom where all RICS belong!

It looks great.

I'll take one in Walnut please, with a skunk stripe across the top, you can bring it with you to SERF!

Cool, really cool!

Nicely played sir!

Very NICE! I'm a real wood freak myself and just love flame & quilted maple. That's a great idea and turned out very nicely! I just love that flame! I'd love to have something like that, but I don't have enough basses to fill it... yet!

ben_brown wrote:I once had a bass that matched!

You could always put a picture of that bass in one of the drawers.


I could send you a few new ones if ya want...

Amazing workmanship.

So well thought out.

Oh my...I need my drool rag again!

Nicely done Steve...that lumber is giving me a woody!

You have done that gorgeous wood justice. Beautifully conceived and flawlessly executed, Steve. The simple hardware is an excellent choice; anything more ornate would have competed with that beautiful wood for the viewer's attention.

In one word, "wow"!

Steve, this "project" turned out even more beautiful than I imagined. Your work is art. What a beautiful way to keep your Ricks. That maple was truly inspiring, and like Paul said, "beautifully conceived and flawlessly executed." Kudos, Sir!

And it's MapleGlo!!!

You couldn't put the doors on before Jason's visit??? (I had to add the wife-like comment) Actually the cabinets are quite beautiful! I am glad they are finally assembled. Good job honey!

W O W ! ! ! Gorgeous. Nice job Steve.

Thanks for all of the nice coments guys......and gal.

...and to receive such a review from the master himself! Thanks Paul!
I like the subtile look of the thin handles and hinges. I was entertaining the idea of some CB perfling around the edges of the tops but I didn't have a source.
Maybe one day when I feel rambunctious I may decide to tackle that project.