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hi guys,
Well I started this one a few weeks ago but for once I've been very slack starting a build diary. So here's a quick status catch-up! It's a TLA-1 Ash Telecaster. As usual there's some great figure in the body, and the plan is to do a completely black dye job in the same vein as Rob's Black Ash Strat from a few months ago.
I sanded to 360 and dyed with Colortone black dye. There were a couple of really obvious glue spots that I missed before the first dye pass, so I had to go back and try to sand them off. On the whole this was successful. On went the dye again and then the naughty oil.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...3_truoil_1.JPG
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...3_truoil_2.JPG
Currently I've got about 7 super-thin coats of Tru-Oil on there and she's looking pretty awesome. I've left a little translucence in the dye job so that the grain can shine through - especially on the back.
I'm not going for a high gloss this time around - I'd just like the Ash grain texture to be front and centre. She's not going to win any awards, but I've always wanted a black Telecaster, and this is certainly she! I don't think I'll need many more coats - I'm pretty happy with how she looks right now.
The neck will be Tru-Oil as well, with just a slight Amber tint added to the oil. I'll have photos of the neck progress in the next installment!
cheers,
Gav.
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What's better than a Tele?.... A black Tele of course. You're off to a winning start with this one Gav:-)
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looks awesome Gav, I know for a fact black stain on the ash grain works well, I've seen it with my ash explorer
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... none more
black.
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]<\\/p>/Quote from WeirdBits on September 10, 2014, 23:58
... none more
black.
ROFL. Love it. :)
cheers,
Gav.
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Hi guys,
I'm back from 3 weeks in NZ. The guitar building withdrawals were hitting pretty hard! Today I got onto the neck for this black Telecaster. I decided to go for a traditional Fender "yellow neck" look to contrast with the black body. I took the headstock from the standard Tele headstock templates, got it cut out and sanded the neck with 180, 240, 360 and 400. I raised the grain a couple of times and knocked it down with 400.
For colour I used Colortone Vintage Amber, and applied it to the headstock, neck and fretboard. This is the first time I have dyed a fretboard, so it's kind of an experiment. All in all I think it looks pretty cool, but time will tell.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...4-4_neck_1.JPG
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...p-4_neck_2.JPG
For clear coats I used two products. On the headstock and neck I applied a soak coat of naughty-room inducing Tru-Oil. On the fretboard I balanced the equation with some Dingotone guitar wax. I'm hoping the DT wax will keep the dye off my fingers ;) . The DT feels really nice on the fretboard, so my expectation of a beautifully smooth playing neck is now very high!
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...3-4_neck_3.JPG
cheers,
Gav.
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looks good Gav, like the yellow fingerboard. Should look sweet on the black ash body
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Looks very nice indeed. I've been wondering how to approach the neck on my black/blue strat, and have some vintage amber neck wudtone left from a previous project, so I think that might be the go.
