Members TuomasEaston Posted March 4, 2014 Members Share Posted March 4, 2014 Hey guys, I wanted to share the process for making my Wooden Keytars! For this model, I used an M-AUDIO Keystation 49es for the components, and Oak boards for the casing. 1) Out of the Box 2) Cutting out the components 3) cutting out the bed for the keys 4)Cutting out hand-control section 5) mounting in controls and wiring 6) Building the case layers 7) Backplate and input access 8) Routing and sanding 9) Staining 10) Logo and Finished! Hope you like it!! If anyone is interested, these are custom made-to-order and I'd love to build you one! http://www.tuomaseaston.com/ http://www.eastonboards.com/ (or until site is up, email me: tuomaseastonofficial@gmail.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted March 4, 2014 Members Share Posted March 4, 2014 Wow, thats allot of work just to have a wooden box around a cheap keyboard. It looks nice and all and some may prefer it in their studio or living room for astetic purposes. I'm not into branding some other companies gear as if it was my own though. Its kind of like like sticking the word gibson on a fake guitar except in reverse. It shouldnt infringe on any patents, unless you attempt to sell it, and if you do plan on selling it, I dont suggest post it on sites like this owned by Musicians friend that sells M-Audio stuff. You have a record in their data base now and it could come back and haunt you if your business takes off and you are using their electronics without their permission. If you sell just the housing, or sell a rehousing service, then theres nothing they can do. Its just if you sell it as though its your own electronics in the unit that could land you in court up to your eyeballs. Companies, especially Japanese companies have no problem nailling your ass to the wall for infringements. I know I worked for many over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TuomasEaston Posted March 5, 2014 Author Members Share Posted March 5, 2014 WRGKMC, That's certainly true, and good advice. I never intended to rebrand M-Audio's keyboards as my own, just offering a more unique casing option for people, hopefully to make keytars seem a little cooler to the masses. This one was a prototype, and mostly a test of my wood-working skills to see how a 'wooden keytar' would actually end up looking. Eventually, on the website, people will be able to choose which internal keyboard they'd like (right now I'm working with Musicians Friend directly as a distributor for M-Audio). The customers can then choose the type of wood, stain, style, etc they'd like for the made-to-order case. Ultimately, for this post, I really just wanted to show the work I did in building this one because I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I hope this might inspire other people to build their own custom instruments. Thanks for the response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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