Wazkelly build diary for DIY closing down sale Flame top Tele

[wazkelly]

nice one Wazz, you are getting bit of a collection of builds buddy, there's no doubt you have been sucked in by GAS !

has the tele been built with stock hardware ?

what is your public holiday in Qld for ? Anzac Day was only a week ago !

Thanks Woks.....only 4 builds were on the go and might ease up for a bit once these are finished before contemplating any more.

Upgrades are Wilkinson PUP's, also have some Bourns 250k audio taper pots, Sprague 0.047 Orange Drop Capacitor, Recessed Jack Plate with Switchcraft jack, plus 4 way switch so that I can wire it up in series on the 4th setting. Ah, also the custom home made Faker Wazzacaster transfer decals too.

Our State Labor Government moved Labour Day back from 1st Monday in October to satisfy their socialist roots as god knows we really need another day off just one week after Anzac Day. They have instead dropped June as Queens Birthday and we will celebrate that in October? Makes a lot of sense considering Lizzie's Birthday was on 21st April.
Apologies if I have offended any Labor Party supporters, just reporting things how I see it.

[Andy40]

Our State Labor Government moved Labour Day back from 1st Monday in October to satisfy their socialist roots as god knows we really need another day off just one week after Anzac Day. They have instead dropped June as Queens Birthday and we will celebrate that in October? Makes a lot of sense considering Lizzie's Birthday was on 21st April.
Apologies if I have offended any Labor Party supporters, just reporting things how I see it.

Its a bit crazy isn't it....I just can't keep up. Oh well when you work for yourself there ain't no public holidays.....

Love the flame top and colour scheme on that tele Wazz. The neck seems to have taken the stain as well as the body.

[wazkelly]

Its a bit crazy isn't it....I just can't keep up. Oh well when you work for yourself there ain't no public holidays.....

Love the flame top and colour scheme on that tele Wazz. The neck seems to have taken the stain as well as the body.

Thanks Andy.

Not easy getting stain to match on rock maple necks as the grain is so tight. The trick seems to be a very light 180 or 240 to take the very slightest roughness off and apply stain. If you go any further it gets too smooth and glassy and thus repels colour.

[wokkaboy]

thats a good tip Waz trying to get the neck stain to match the body. You can always sand the neck super smooth once the clear coats have been built up.

[wazkelly]

thats a good tip Waz trying to get the neck stain to match the body. You can always sand the neck super smooth once the clear coats have been built up.

Spot on Woks as that is exactly what I did with both the neck and flame top as I was paranoid about sanding through the paper thin cap and the necks arrive quite smooth straight out of the box.

Once half a dozen or more clear coats were done was when I started the ultra fine wet sanding and highly recommend such to help achieve depth of colour on the neck.

Also, for the flame popping I used cyan inkjet printer ink mixed 50:50 with water, left 24 hours to dry and then used a damp rag to wipe off as much of the ink as possible before applying the second coat. Surprised at how dark that stuff is out of the bottle and had to dilute it to get the lighter colour and by using this method saved heaps of time by not having to dry sand the body anywhere near as much.

I see plenty of guys doing the black ink pad trick and then dry sand to pop the grain and this hint could save them plenty of time and effort.

[andrewdosborne]

Nice Tele Waz and love the colour

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[wazkelly]

Nice Tele Waz and love the colour

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Thanks Andrew.

My first Tele and completely understand why everyone has a love affair with them. Compared to the Basses it looks so small and petite and nowhere near as heavy.

[Dedman]

Waz, I saw a doco on Japanese temple builders, they plane the timber so smooth that its actually water proof. So I'd say you are spot on with your theory.

[wazkelly]

Waz, I saw a doco on Japanese temple builders, they plane the timber so smooth that its actually water proof. So I'd say you are spot on with your theory.

Sounds right as when using a timber with very tight grain it doesn't take much effort to bring it up like glass. 30 odd years ago when doing the repair on my original Ibanez Explorer I went nuts with the super fine wet and dry. It had a maple neck, Korina body and it was impossible to match the timber so had to paint in a solid colour to cover the repair. Chose Black Gloss which meant a super smooth and shiny surface was required and I reckon it could have repelled water it was that smooth.

[SIMpleONe89]

The blue looks great! My favourite colour.