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Well its coming along, the weather is playing nice, able to get a couple of coats of tru oil a day on, so far it has been 4 then a buff, 6, buff and the 8th is drying now.
Want to get it finished before I head back to work on the 8th, so maybe rest of today and tomorrow oiling and that will do it.
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Done with the tru-oil, probably a couple less coats than originally intended, but getting to the bottom of the bottle and its full of crystals, its been open a year so not sure of its shelf life.
Coppered the routes, now time to try and be patient and leave it alone for a while to let it fully cure before the final finish on the finish.
Pleased that you can't really notice the filling round the neck pocket too much
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Looking great. Blue just seems to work with a maple neck.
So fitted ferrules, bridge, pickups and all soldering, just got the nut to replace before stringing it up and giving it a final polish.
And yes I know the control plate is on in a reverse orientation when compared to a standard tele, this isn't a standard tele, its my tele :D
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Nice rossco
I like the reverse plate. Definitely gives it that 'custom' look
All looking very good.
Cheers guys.
I'm not sure about the control plate more I look at it, amy end up reversing it again. we'll see.
This is not an uncommon T style customisation, as you can move the volume control closer to the picking hand. Fender has even had artist models with it oriented this way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rossc0;156919
And yes I know the control plate is on in a reverse orientation when compared to a standard tele,
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The control plate looks fine. A standard Nashville adjustment. If you'd fitted a scratchplate, you wouldn't notice it at all.