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Sometimes Tim can special order a kit that is a little different than what he's got in stock. It may take a while though. You may want to send an...

I have been doing a little more thinking about this, and I think the most important thing, is that you get shims with three different tapers, if...

Ha! +1 I also think that pickup box has some additional potential. You could add a jack/plug arrangement and make swappable boxes with different...

Amazon is good for some things ;-) I had seen enough complaints about shims that were not tapered that I figured it might be worth posting the...

That was quick! FWIW, I had purchased a set of non-angled shims. Very annoying.

Great work. I like the headstock pattern. I do think the headstock logo should include the bull's backside and river like in the picture!

Hopefully the pics are working now. My site host seems to like messing uo the settings for me:( Plan is to paint the box to match. Cheers

Somehow the pics magically appeared. I guess big brother decided I was allowed to see those images after all! The headstock is great, particularly...

Welcome MM! There are a couple of other car guys on the forum. I am not so much a car guy, but do favor a guitar aesthetic that is consistent with...

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...