So during the crazy weather we had early in the year, the neck twisted like Chubby Checker in a washing machine. A new neck from PBG was ordered and fitted. Still have some fretwork, string trees and adjusting to do but thought you might like to see it. Sorry for the poor lighting.
White gloss paint on the head first, one coat of clear gloss, water decal applied and dried, then hit with more clear gloss.
love the headstock rethink ILR, the graphic it great as well. It echoes the last one but seems cleaner and ties in nicely to your reduced scratch plate. Shame it was necessary to replace the neck but it think that's come up a treat.
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
nice work - both headstocks look great. I like the minimalist pickguard and the way it shows off the top
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I just finished my first kit and thought what the heck.. so here you go..
Kit- TL1-Q
Tuners- wilkinson quick locks
Pickups- guitarfetish humbucker and hot tele bridge
Pickguard- white pearloid
Bridge- guitar fetish individual saddle tele string thru
Brass compensated nut bought from online
Upgraded pots and switch with quick plug from guitar fetish
Abalone inlaid knobs from GUitar Fetish
Custom water slide decal from Ekraft in Argentina
Keada water analine dyes
General Finishes water based polyurethane.
Complete fret levels and finish by me.
I think that about covers it.
Last edited by Drummerdude; 30-06-2017 at 07:15 PM.
Beautiful guitar Drummerdude ! the color and the laquer of the body is magnificent
Thanks JJGeodus
Beautiful guitar!!!
SO... I had some time on Father's Day to myself and decided to re-wire this baby.
I thought I would try some 'vintage' wiring as the tone wasn't quite right for me. It was getting a little muddy as I rolled of the treble and there was not much to play with before the mud started.
After the re-wire...WOW! what a difference. The tone is a lot tighter, even with the treble rolled off, the tone is clear. There is also much more tone width to use. Add a little overdrive and I swear. I'm Albert Collins (in my dreams).
I can highly recommend trying vintage style wiring if your tone is not quite right.
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