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    My Thinline Tele Build

    I received a kit for Christmas from my wife (after dropping many hints on my end).
    She actually paid attention and got me the thinline kit with the bigsby.

    Here is where I am so far...
    I've rough fitted the pieces together, had to open up the cutout for the humbuckers just a little (thank God for Dremel Tool).
    I've sanded the body to 600 grit, have the first primer coat on (and sanded)

    The headstock design is to match the standard telecaster headstock.
    I rough cut with a jigsaw, then finished the rest with handfiles and sandpaper.
    I have 5 coats of TruOil on the headstock and neck.
    So far so good. I'll post pix later today.

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    deleted the post
    Last edited by kel1985; 14-05-2017 at 09:09 PM.

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    deleted the post, bad links
    Last edited by kel1985; 14-05-2017 at 09:09 PM.

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    Yep, I am too now...I'll figure it out and try to post actual pix in the next couple days.

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    You don't seem to be linking to the actual pictures as the path reference should end with a .jpg or .png or whatever the picture type is. It's likely that you've copied the path to a temporary page they were displayed on, rather than a link to the picture itself.

    Once you manage to get a link ending with the file type, you should be there.

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    Headstock work

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    Pic of the headstock and template I used

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    Rough cut of the headstock with a jigsaw

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    Rear of the headstock pre shaping, penciled in areas were removed and was squared off

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    Rear of headstock post shaping

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    Front of headstock post shaping
    Last edited by kel1985; 14-05-2017 at 09:04 PM.

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    Front of headstock with 5 coats of truoil

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    Neck with 5 coats of truoil

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    rear of headstock with 5 coats of truoil

    sanded to 600 grit prior to application of truoil
    and 0000 grit steel wool between coats of truoil
    Last edited by kel1985; 14-05-2017 at 09:06 PM.

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    AHA!!! I figured it out! Thanks!

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