I think I will work on the larger gecko, I'll grab the graphic and start cleaning it up.
Then I'll shrink it a bit to fit better.
The neck logo looks ok, but I might add "made by the lizard people" in Fender script to it....
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I think I will work on the larger gecko, I'll grab the graphic and start cleaning it up.
Then I'll shrink it a bit to fit better.
The neck logo looks ok, but I might add "made by the lizard people" in Fender script to it....
Rang my to suppliers today, (mumble mumble mumble)
My bridge should arrive this week, and the pickups should get to the retailer , any day now ....
My colleagues at work say that they will have decal paper soon.
Just a little bit frustrated.
Ok nothing new to show.. But
My bridge is stuck in customs.
My pickups are in Melbourne and will be on the way on Wednesday because of a donkey race on Tuesday
My water slide decal paper is on order
Waiting waiting waiting
it's the toughest part, waiting for parts, so your guitar can look the part...
The Mike B pickups have arrived, they are thing of beauty !
I have had to re- route the bridge pickup cavity to get the bridge in the right spot.
Note to self, next time do a mock up before doing the finish and watch Adam's videos.
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looking good Bruce, so you just about ready to assemble and wire it up ?
Yep I've just got to get the Barden bridge out of customs and I've got some cloth covered wire coming to match the pickup wiring.
The five way switch is in the control plate, almost blast off time.
I'm going to watch a few more of DB's and Adams videos before I make another blue :-)
nice one Bruce, how you going to wire up the 5 way switch ?
I've got a couple of schematics off the inter web, but I've decided to be a bit off the wall about it.
I'm going front , back, serial, parallel, Arlo cocked wha.
The cocked why adds an lcr filter to the circuit that is like having you Wah Wah pedal half way open ;-)
sounds awesome the plans for the wiring Bruce.
Sure the resident wiring guru Weirdy can cook up a nice schematic for you, or he probably has already done a 5 way tele diagram
There are plenty of options available here, including some super switch Arlo layouts:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ay%20Arlo2.jpg
I have started the wiring, but I'm still waiting for customs to clear my bridge.
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Hey DB, is that him in your Avatar?
Finally got the neck and bridge on yay!!
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looks good Bruce on the home stretch now !
Well done Bruce, axe looks great, am thinking doing the same colour scheme on my son JM.
BTW did you have to re-drill to install Gotoh (SD-91 ?) machine heads.
Budi
Nice Tele Bruce and liking the colour scheme.
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Looking great!
cheers,
Gav.
No the tuners where ok, but you need to change the ferrals
Ps the colour is a Holden car colour Champagne goldQuote:
Originally Posted by sulistbu
The stings are on, the neck has been adjusted.
It makes noise on most of the switch settings, yes the soldering iron is coming out again.
But it plays well and sounds good , so far ;-)
Just got to tidy up now.
did you mean the bushing/sleeve that goes on the front side of the tuners?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alm_63
Hi Bruce Thanks for the info. Did you prime it first or apply the paint directly on the body?
Budi
The Gotohs are a little smaller than the kit issued machine heads, so I changed the bushes at the front.
Budi,
I got a bit anal with the preparation for the paint job.
I sanded, and then sealed it with grain sealer, then I wiped it down with metho and discovered that I needed to raise the grain.
So it was back to sanding again , then a re-prime and seal. Then sand.
I put a white under coat on before I went to colour, the White is really good at showing you when you have sanded to much ;-)
The colour is an automotive deluxe spray can paint, champagne glow.
I then started to put the clear on, BZZT wrong type of clear it gave my colour coat a bad case of solvent burn so make sure you get a compatible clear.
Don't do what I did and use whipe on poly over the auto paint.
Then I went onto a sand and polish.
In saying all that I'm not happy with the quality of the finish, once I have dressed the frets and I'm happy with the playability I will strip the bugger back to the filler and use the lessons I've learnt to get it right!
Other traps for young players
1 get ALL your hot rod parts before you start any assembly.
2 read and or watch all the how to videos, the guys videos are really good and the advice is invalable.
3 the tl1's bridge pickup route on mine was in the wrong spot, so measure the scale length and dummy in the bridge really early in the build!!
4 do all your, cuts, routes and holes before you start any finishing, obvious hey (but not to me )
Bruce
good advice Bruce, everyone has made mistakes and hopefully you learn from them !
Ps the Mike Brearly pickups are the ducks nuts, their the poodle's plumbs.
The build quality is superb , the sound is brilliant.
The Ausi built and great value for money!
I have just finished levelling the frets(to a point).
It has made a big difference, I've only one errant feet now the 13nth on the low E, I can live with that.
The next step is to pull it apart and start again LOL.
I'm going to strip the paint , fill a couple of dings and refinish it .
I will try and learn from my previous stuff ups.
After that, I have bought a couple more go-faster bits.
A no loader fender 250k tone pot and a tusc nut.
good work Bruce, sounds like you have alot of work ahead !
lots of work going on, time for update pics!
I will try and get a sound clip done, it's really very impressive.
Time to break out the Mac.
All right a little progress but no sound yet,
I broke out the Marshall JTM-30 to do some recording and it started to make alien noises.
If you have ever owned an Alpha Romeo car you will understand my love hate relationship with this amp.
I pulled the f#%##%er apart resoldered the tube sockets and a couple of sus solder joints, cleaned the jacks ( deoxit 5 )
Wacked it back together and Bobs your uncle, good as new :-)
The buzz at the 12 fret finally got to me so I gave that end another dressing, much better now.
I'm hoping to get something on the net soon for you to listen to?
sounds good Bruce, sounds like the axe is almost there
Yeah, those little Marshalls can be as temperamental as an Alfa. How do I know? Owned a couple of both and since moved on to something more reliable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alm_63
The JTM 30 does the best clean fender sound around, the dirty channel is a bit farther.
The design is more for Iceland than Aus, the horizontal power tubes vent into circuit board and that vents.... Well nowhere.
Apparently the solder they used in making this was 'bad' so dry joints are not uncommon.
Then there are the spade joints on the standby switch, and the cheap jacks that tend to corrode.
BUT the sound!!!!!!
And yes I had an Alpha Sprint, there's nothing like having to hold up peak hour traffic while you roll the fuses so the idle circuit works LOL
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String trees and strap buttons on
getting there Bruce !
A better photo
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That looks like a fun room!
Fourteen guitars one mandolin one cigarbox guitar, bass amp (1970's) acoustic, JTM 30 and just for sanity a fender mustang III.
And pedals of course 😊
The product of thirty years of obsession .........
No GAS here