Great job man at practicing.:cool:
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Great job man at practicing.:cool:
Nice headstock shaping
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Nice work.
My only tip is to use low tack masking tape ( the blue stuff ) to do your marking out on, saves having to sand pencil marks off the wood and a simple cleanup with Goof Off.
Conversion bushes are in and all tuners line up :)
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More bits arrived today, from Ace guitar parts:
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Lining up OK,except for the string through holes. Strings do go through, though:
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G'day Thunderbird. Looking good so far (and bringing on a sense of deja-vu).Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderbird
I reported in another thread that the Wilkinson Tele bridge is 10mm shorter than a Squier version and doesn't cover the string-through holes.
cheers, Mark.
It covers them fine, Mark, I just drilled them badly :p Luckily the bridge plate covers my sloppy work :)Quote:
Originally Posted by king casey
You must mean the modern type bridge. My Wilkinson, Fender MIJ and Squier '62 Custom's ashtray type bridges are exactly the same dimensions.
D'oh!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderbird
BTW to cover the sloppy string through holes on the back, I got one of these.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1Pcs-Electr...EAAOSwi8xaS2uH
cheers, Mark.
Thanks for that Mark :) I might get that for this build, and save the single ferrules for something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by king casey
Today I found out that the local mechanic has a drill press, so I decided to fill and drill.
Lucky it's going to be a solid colour:
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That bridge plate is also a string through from on top so no need to re-drill string through if you don't want to.
Though it won't sound quite like a Tele without them.
For a nice neat line of string ferrules on the rear of the body, you really need to drill from both sides.
Start by getting the bridge positioned correctly on the top of the body, then mark the position of the six string holes.
Ideally using a drill press, or else a drill stand to keep the drill vertical, drill the two outer holes all the way through the body, but the four inner ones only 2/3 of the way through (mark the drill bit with tape to stop going too far.
Turn the guitar body over and using the bridge as a template, position the two outer string holes over the holes in the body and mark the position of the four inner string holes.
Now drill these string holes, again going about 2/3 the way through the body (so don’t remove the tape from the drill until you’ve done this).
Now you should have a nice neat row of string holes on the back, all ready for widening to fit the ferrules in.
Thanks for that Simon, I will ask the mechanic to do it like that, but haven't seen his press yet :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Whilst waiting for second lot of filler to dry, I did a bit of levelling:
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Last try:
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I think this will be OK:
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I put it together again, but this time tuned to pitch (top load configuration only, no electronics). I am happy to report everything fine and quite loud acoustically :) I still need to drill holes for the PG, but it is too cold and damp for painting ATM, anyway.
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Looks good.
On my phone the scratch plate looks pale mint green?
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Lovely work Tbird!Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderbird
It is mint green but I can't remember if it was pale or not, Waz. I took it off my old sunburst Monterey Tele for test purposes, will probably opt for white or pearl white (subject to change without notice).Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
The mint looks cool and cannot remember what you had in mind for colour scheme?
Ocean MistQuote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
Should look nice.
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Four 3 ply pick guards from Vanson Guitars (ebay UK). Now with added GST since 1/7/2018 :(
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Do you have to buy all 4?
No, Waz. When I buy from O/S, I like to stock up for the future to save on postage and time, although this mob usually only take a week or so to get here from England.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
Carbatec got me, it was just a matter of time:Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
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After doing a test run on my practice head stock, I decided to make the lower edge of the real head stock sharper:
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Tomorrow I will be staining the neck. Not exactly sure how much to dilute this stuff though, seems just a little too dark at full strength:https://s19.postimg.cc/4qdicy87n/20180717_194520.jpg
LOLOLOLOL! Carbatec strikes again!
The first attempt at staining the neck, I mixed metho 25ml to 75ml golden teak. The pic doesn't really show how dark it turned out, but I wasn't happy with it.
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I sanded it back and added an extra 150ml of metho to the mix. This was much more to my liking but still very dark in places.
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Is it just a matter of sanding the dark areas? I am totally in the dark with this stuff :confused:
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I'd guess not, I'd say sanding the dark areas will result in a patchy look. If you are after the aged look, I'd go much more dilute. The timber will yellow a fair bit with a gloss clear on it anyway, it won't look white with a clearcoat on it. Particularly if you use a polyurethane.
I'd sand it right back, shouldn't be too hard as you have the rosewood neck, and then restain with a much weaker solution.
Makeshift guitar holder:
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First sanding sealer coat applied:
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Neck is giving me hell, using a walnut stain/varnish, now:
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The body got its second coat of sanding sealer. It's a pity I ruined the string through holes as it is looking nice with just the sanding sealer applied:
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The neck, however, is a different story. The walnut stain varnish was a disaster, and sanding it off proved difficult due to it not drying completely. I have resigned myself to live with a linseed oil finish and patchy bits:
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120 & 180 grit will get that off the neck.
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That's what I used to get it like that, Waz. I'm not game to take any more wood off and I've already applied two coats of linseed oil.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
Fair enough, you can only go so far with sanding before introducing bigger problems.
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I'm back.
Only took me a year to nearly finish it (note wonky string ferrules and unfinished neck), but here it is anyway:
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I had to wait for summer to paint it, too cold and damp during winter down here.
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It's not my worst player and seems to possess a certain "Mojo", funnily enough.
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When I hammered this in, I should have taken more care, obviously. It stopped the build until this week. On the positive side, the relic job has a flying start.
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I had an issue with the neck pick up when I was wiring it up. I thought I had wired it wrong, but the pick up was faulty, so I used one out of my old Monterey Tele.
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It looks nice Thunderbird, great job mate.
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Thanks, mate :) Not exactly how I thought it would turn out, but it plays well enough, and holds tune, even overnight ( we had -3 last night).Quote:
Originally Posted by I’ll give it a go