T-bird's TLA-1R Ash Tele

[wazkelly]

120 & 180 grit will get that off the neck.

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[Thunderbird]

120 & 180 grit will get that off the neck.

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That's what I used to get it like that, Waz. I'm not game to take any more wood off and I've already applied two coats of linseed oil.

[wazkelly]

Fair enough, you can only go so far with sanding before introducing bigger problems.

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[Thunderbird]

I'm back.
Only took me a year to nearly finish it (note wonky string ferrules and unfinished neck), but here it is anyway:



I had to wait for summer to paint it, too cold and damp during winter down here.


It's not my worst player and seems to possess a certain "Mojo", funnily enough.


When I hammered this in, I should have taken more care, obviously. It stopped the build until this week. On the positive side, the relic job has a flying start.


I had an issue with the neck pick up when I was wiring it up. I thought I had wired it wrong, but the pick up was faulty, so I used one out of my old Monterey Tele.

[I’ll give it a go]

It looks nice Thunderbird, great job mate.


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[Thunderbird]

It looks nice Thunderbird, great job mate.


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Thanks, mate Not exactly how I thought it would turn out, but it plays well enough, and holds tune, even overnight ( we had -3 last night).