Looking great so far.
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Looking great so far.
Decals arrived today and fitted. Also the graphics for my scratch build .
Clear on the Tele tomorrow if the weather is good
sounds good Dedman, any pics of the decal ? presume it's Wonderboy logo ?
It's a waterslide from Decalpaper. I also got a bunch of my Dedman logo's done and the graphics for my scratch build I hope to start soon (they are fairly complex and secret for now :cool: ) but my 27 yr old nephew said "Thats gonna be the F***kin most bad ass guitar ever" when he saw them in photoshop
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cool, the logo looks great Dedman
look forward to your scratch build
Top coats of clear are on, had one small run that refused to be sanded out so I had to dig in and sand it right back about the size of 5cent piece, broke out the air brush and touched it up, saved the day! Not overly happy with the decals on seeing them in bright daylight. Not quite black and not overly sharp. Lesson learned. Will get them screen printed or laser cut in future.
Will leave this to harden over the weekend, sand cut and polish on Monday hopefully, wire up on Tuesday if the switch arrives on time.
good work Dedman, any photos of the build ? The forum loves progress pictures !
Will get pics next week, didn't want the camera around while spraying, left my specs on and well.........seeing specks :P
haha no worries Dedman, look forward to pics next week then
1000 w&D followed by 1200 followed by 2000 then cut and polish then polish. Hopefully the switch turns up tomorrow I can wire it up, put the nut in and string it. Then comes the setting up and intonation :P
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The guitar is looking awesome, Dedman.
Dedman that's a killer looking tele, luckily you live far enough away from the tele napper !
great job, love the simple clean elegance of it all. Great job Dedman!
thanks guys!
Very nice, love it, great colour as well.
Ashtrays may be impractical, and would probably annoy me as I use palm muting, but day-um they look cool!
For some reason I had it in my head that the colour was going to be a sonic blue? but white is cool.
probably had a blueish tinge while it was in primer. Had people on FB telling me they loved the colour when it was in primer too :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Andy40
Looking good mate.
IT'S ALIVE!
Hard to believe but my first attempt at building a guitar actually sounds pretty dammed good. My volume switch doesn't seem to be working properly but I'll check that tomorrow, lots of hum despite sheilding, will check I haven't lost an earth somewhere still some setting up to fiddle with. *tiny bit of fret buzz on B string.
Great twangy tex-mex sound when picking over the bridge pup.
Pictures tomorrow.
Colour me happy. :)
excellent Dedman, first thing to check is your output jack is wired correctly.
Make sure the outside lug of the volume pot is earthed and no stray wires are touching another lug or wire on both pots and the 3 way switch.
look forward to the pics tomoz !
Well done mate, there is always a lot of fiddly bits after the build is complete.
Very nice and like the ashtray
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Good thing is they just clip off for playing, clip back on for looking way cool on the rack :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fretworn
I never knew you could remove the ashtray Dedman, that's a cool feature
don't forget to empty the cigarette butts when you put the ashtray back on haha
Yea unlike the Bass ones the Tele one just snaps on .
Gave up the cigs 2 yrs ago, that's why I 'm still alive :)
Good job deddy on kickin the cigs, if the health reasons aren't good enough the cost at the moment surely is! For each 10 packets you don't smoke you can buy a new kit!
Pulled the switch panel off today and started over with a different wiring diagram and now everything works. Vintage Toneriders sound awesome.
So... final pics, as you can see I decided to use a DB approved strap :p
Back of the head stock
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Front.I should have remembered I still had the string guides to go on when I applied the decal...lesson learned
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body front , a few little flaws that again...lessons learned
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Full shot
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yea, I like Black and white things OK.
Miss Gretchen had to barge her curvaceous arse into the shot
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So.... FINISHED
awesome Dedman great looking tele and love the backdrop. Did you sort out the wiring/hum issues ?
is that a Triumph Thruxton 900 ? hows does it go ? is it a twin cylinder ?
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Yup, sorted the wiring, I had missed earthing one pot to itself.
Yup thats a 900 twin, goes OK, gets dusted by V8's but that's not the point. My mate has a later model injected version that is quite a bit faster, mine has carbs, I can tune carbs :) Also the later ones have flat bars rather than clips ons
Very very nice trumpy, the guitar is looking awesome also ;)
Dedman that's a classy looking tele.
Very, very nice Dedman
Love the simplicity of your black & white theme. Came up brilliantly.
Thanks all!
That looks great, Dedman! One of my workmates introduced me to Gretches a while ago... That'll be my next project!