Congrats to the winner and runner up, a couple of cracking builds there.
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Congrats to the winner and runner up, a couple of cracking builds there.
Very nice work mate, love that colour ! Great build.
That looks really nice, gonna be hard to beat :D
Thanks all for the kind comments.
@Wokkaboy any suggestions to get a decent sound recording with only an IPad? I,m in the Northern suburbs BTW.
So here's my entry. After some problems getting the wiring right its now officially finished bar a headstock decal.
Upgrades: Fender " twisted Tele " neck pickup, Seymour Duncan " lil 59 " bridge...
Thats Gold !!
Thanks gents, fingers crossed I will have it making some noise this weekend
Thanks FW, unfortunately didn't get any more done today..... No such thing as a quick trip to IKEA ...
Thanks Dedman, used the paints on your recomendation, very impressed with the results !
I did some work on the finish yesterday . Started with 1200 then 1500 and finished off with 2000. A quick polish by hand with T cut then finished it off with some title wax. It came out much better...
No didn't dull it at all, looks awesome in natural sunlight.
I used Duplicolor clear, same brand as the gold. Got them both from Supercheap auto.
Thanks Wokka , it's called aurora gold, a Toyota colour apparently .
Got some colour on today and about 5 coats of clear. I will give it a week or 2 to dry and I might cut it back and put a few more coats of clear on. Will see how it goes.
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Me too , can't wait to get the paint on, it's the only thing holding me back now. im thinking 3-4 coats of clear over the gold, dry for a week or two, cut back with 1500 and re coat with another 3-4...
Things have been ticking along slowly with this build, I thought it was about time for an update :D
I have been applying tru oil to the neck and am really pleased with the results and amazed at...
Looks great Wokka.
I'm planning on painting my Tele gold as well.
Did you use a clear coat over the gold ? If so what type and did you cut and polish ?
Cheers
Looks killer
Great job and very quick too!
+1 nice build
Looking good
That came out very nice, The pickguard is an interesting colour combo but it works well. Well done !
Looking good, what type of finish you going for ?
Some surgery required today, firstly the pickup was to big for the bridge plate so I had to grind it out to make it fit. I then had to route the pickup cavity to move it forward so I can get the...
👍 Got it, thanks !