well after seeing the dude on ebay who sells the walnut cases and shit for 300 bills.. i wanted my own. i didnt want to buy one. i wanted to make it. my p1 deserves it. its been to so many shitty gigs and always has delivered.. and hen some. so i looked at his and then took apart mine to see what exactly had to be done. this coincided also with the tracking room at the studio being turned into a complete wood shop for remodeling of main control and a studio partnr getting a seriously huge load of old seasoned walnut. PERFECT! so i set about the making of it.. along with all the other projects..
took raw 4quater walnut and planed and planed to get it downto 2 sizes. 1/2 inch 4 the side caps and about 3/8 or so 4 the rest...
lots of sawing cutting, sanding planing gluing joining, etc etc. so finally i ended up with the product in the pics! been workin on it slow and just chuggin along piece by piece.
along with that though i figured i better figure out how to remake those fuckin bushings in the keys. wow. they suck. crumbled and dry rotted. so im using a plastic and metal sheet of heat shielding from a TX16w parts machine and making new spacer/bushing from it. cando about 6 keys a sitting (36 keys total) so its not real bad. but bad enough. i have to make 3 pieces for each key. i can order them , but i as usual i want to figure it out myself. ill pic them later on.. anyway heres the case..
i ordered the new pro one badge and the sequntial badge from the synthwood guy off ebay (figured he deserved some of my cash for the inspiration) and also bought a set of p1 (p5 style with the metal flange) knobs for the poys. cant wait to puthem on. also re did the power cord to have a regular 3 prong computer cord and such. mine was 1/2 step away from starting a fire i think... i used a power port and such from a spare eIIIxp parts machine.
but any way .. heres the pics of the stained and oiled (only 2 coats-needs about 6 more) p1 case..
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