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The shims arrived today and did the trick. They were roughly as advertised. They seem to be made out of maple, although it's hard to tell....

Years ago I made a tapered shim from some veneer, but I haven't a clue where I put it. I made it pretty much the way you make your plastic shims. I...

You can purchase wooden shims from lots of places online. Or you could make up your own from wood veneer, card or hard plastic. If you make...

I was planning to do a TRAIN setup...and should have known there'd be trouble when I got stuck after "Tune." There was no real difficulty in...

Looking very cool! My wife is Colombian so between that and all the insanity with the US team it was a dark week at my house...but there were...

Wasn't expecting those colors. It's going to be unique in a collection of unique teles ;-)

Looking good. I like the fade to the middle!

Added a coat of Ubeaut sanding sealer, waited to dry and then denibbed with 600 g paper. The added 2 coats of Ubeaut red water-based dye diluted to...

Thanks for the wiring confirmation and the bee clarification. I stained the guitar, gave it a couple of coats of poly, it was too purple, sanded it...

I don't think I could trust myself using this method!

Sanded the body's wood filler back with 240 g. Then added some Ubeaut sanding sealer to the neck and body, and when dry, denibbed with 600 g...

I use an angry grinder with a flap disk for that, and go easy

I prepared a slurry of cedar coloured Timbermate wood filler and hand rubbed it onto the body. Hopefully this will raise and fill the grain.

Added an arm contour using a Shinto rasp-saw. Then sanded with 180 and 240 g.

Good point. I have not done one before so it must be time to learn! I'll order it ASAP.

Wouldn't push pull pots be neater than extra switching for splits

I have some p-90s ready to go. I'm not quite sure how I intend to connect the rhythm/lead switch yet.:confused:

Ditto about authority!!

I have widened the Pup pickup routes to allow for a humbucker in the bridge position (and also routed out the neck just in case I want to use it...

That's why you're the king ;-) The agonizing is because I am not considered an aesthete around my house. I am generally not authorized for fashion...

I love those bathtub routs. You can use any sort of pickups you like with them. Any plans for them? Also curious what you plan to do with the...

I do not like agonizing over choices, so I probably would have built a guitar in each colour!:p

Sanded the body from 180 g to 240 g. Also, noticed a couple of dents in the back, so used the soldering iron with a damp cloth to fix them up. I'm...

I am glad you like it! The color choice was dictated by the pickguard--and I agonized over it. The donor bass was black, and I bought the pickguard...

It looks great. I love the colour combo of the body and pickguard.

FINALLY! I decided not to do anything job related today, and failed, but did manage to get the bass put together, shielded and wired. It is...

While I had the new G style bridge out, I thought the comparison between it and the bass bridge would show how really massive the bass version is. ...

Looking good.

I have a feeling that these chrome plates have been in the warehouse for a very loooong time. The protective covers had changed to a sticky goo. I...

Finally corrected finish/hole mistakes and did the final polish of the body. Work is very busy these days so I won't be making TD style progress any...