Thanks for the demo, sounds great.
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Thanks for the demo, sounds great.
Thanks DM. I think the kit pickups are quite adequate for the forseeable future.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkMark
One day I'll get myself a 'proper' amplifier.
Another can o' worms no doubt.
cheers, Mark.
You bet it is. I went looking for valve amps and in my price range it was a decision between the Vox AC30 and Fender Hotrod Deluxe. I liked them both for different reasons, but I went with the Fender.Quote:
Originally Posted by king casey
Love the colour scheme Mark. Looks and sounds great.
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Thanks, Waz. It's definitely a low-budget non-sealed finish.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
Difficult to put it down though.
cheer, Mark.
The unfinished stain was rubbing off, so I'm spraying it with a satin clearcoat.
Decided to dismantle the Squier at the same time and do some comparison measurements to determine EXACTLY the apparent differences in the dimensions.
Final Observations:
Neck route is identical on both.
Pickup route is a centimetre further south on the TL.
Fix: Simply extend the front edge of the route by 1 centimetre should fix the issue right?
Wrong. Other discovery was that the butt end of the neck was also 4-5mm short.
A cynic would suggest this an 'easier' fix to compensate for the mis-placed bridge rout.
(both necks are 'Pitbull', but the lower one is 22 frets and the TL is 21 frets)
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Appears to me that the kit bridge is based upon the Squier rather than Fender.
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Placed the original Fender bridge on the Squier rout, lining up the string-through holes.
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It's in the ball-park to intonate, but the pickup rout is emerging from the front of the bridge.
cheers, Mark.
Wow that’s a really interesting, it’s good that you were able to compare.
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After several weeks of extreme patience...
I've finally reached completion.
Once I put a sealer over the raw finish it dulled the yellow to an orange hue, which I didn't like.
Therefore (as it's going to be mainly for a blues style) I've redone it to something of a Muddy Waters tribute.
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It did involve some dremel work to re-locate the control cavity due to 'non-telecaster' body routing.
cheers, Mark.
Whilst I'm at it.
I've also finished the umpteenth Squier colour scheme.
Now a Pete's Purple Tele tribute.
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cheers, Mark.
You should be pleased with that Mark it looks great. No doubt sounds awesome too.
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It looks like you have a thing for Tele’s, not that that’s a bad thing as I like them too.
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Hi Glynn. If I had gotten a new kit instead of repainting the same one, I'd be up to 7 of them by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by I’ll give it a go
I have 2 Tele's and one Strat-Tele.
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cheers, Mark
Really nice colours there. I can see that being me. End up with lots of Tele’s and one strat.
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For the sake of closure, I'll upload a new demo of this project.
Swapped out the standard pots for CTS one's but retained the kit capacitor.
Using the kit bridge pickup.
Playing it through the Vox Pathfinder 10 via Sennheiser MD 421 mike into Sonar.
https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/...ongID=13892321
[edit] yeah I've pretty much worn out this backing track. I'll get a new one next time.
cheers, Mark.
Well time for a video demo.
Another notch in the belt 'The Gruesome Murder of Hank Marvin'
https://youtu.be/QbtxAJnikFM
cheers, Mark.
Sounds great.. might have to learn that piece.
Thanks Sonic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
I should do it justice and learn it properly also.
Will definitely knuckle down when my 'Trem-King' arrives.
...and see if I can murder the rest of Hank's repertoire.
cheers, Mark.
Nice sound right there Mark, I play the body of that around the Am & Dm in the open position and I'm pretty sure Hank does too, makes the transitions to the F & C smoother
Cheers Dave.
Ya see that's the beauty of doing video demo's.
You can display to your colleagues how to do it wrong!.
cheers, Mark.
Wow, that sanding work looks amazing man, are you hand sanding it all?
Being wrong something I'm rather an expert at just ask Mrs DK :DQuote:
Originally Posted by king casey
Tis a very nice demo though and given the mangling that YT does the tone is excellent
IT has the perfect tone for that song, it really sounds good. Actually I hear a bit of Mossy in the tone come to think of it (Breakfast at Sweethearts.)
Thanks Dave and Casey.
I record the guitar with a JVC camera and the guitar going into one of these...
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...and then into Sonar.
I then us Movavi to edit the 2 together.
So youtube ... bring it ON!!!
cheers, Mark.
I have some nice Shadow patches on my Boss Katana 50 mk2. I'll have to brush up and do a demo too!
Chris
As Build no:2 has reached completion.
...and no:1 is in hiatus awaiting finalising fretboard radius.
My attention is now back on no:3.
Call it OCD or whatever but I am not satisfied that the dimensions are not a standard Tele.
Therefore, I am going to take the next colour change opportunity to put this right.
The white pick-guard is standard issue Telecaster and the control plate/bridge assembly as you can see is out.
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It will mean some more sanding and wood surgery.
Also have a 22 fret Kmise tele neck coming.
Undecided about the colour so far.
cheers, Mark.
Hardware removed and re-positioned in the 'correct' place.
Looks like some routing and hole fillling is in the offing.
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cheers, Mark.
Nice job on the string Thru! I love the colour scheme on this one.
?? cheers, standby for a change.
The Kmise neck 22 fret neck arrived.
I'll probably add a few mm to the butt end to bring the scale length forward.
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Still contemplating possibly fitting a Trem-King to it.
cheers, Mark.
Ah nothing like a fresh packet of dowels.
6mm this time.
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To plug the mis-placed string through holes.
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cheers, Mark.
Now have it in standard Telecaster scale.
If I do go ahead and install a Trem-King it will mean gouging out all the dowelling work that I just completed.
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I still have some pickup cavity routing to complete.
I think I'll stick with RED, however a standard candy apple version as opposed to the darker.
cheers, Mark.
Those Kmise necks are pretty good for the price. I used a pre finished 22 fret one on my Denim Tele build and it turned out fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by king casey
Also got two yellow tinted 22 fret Strat versions for my Alder SD rails loaded partscaster and as a replacement on my '70's Ply Strat, and both of those came with some quite awesome/wicked flame and play well too...
Hi Marcel. Yes I had some luck with a Kmise neck for my Epiphone.
Quite surprised about the quality for a cheap item.
cheers, Mark.
Now it's in 'standard' Telecaster scale. i.e. I can willy-nilly swap pickguards with no fit issues.
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Leave it as is for a few days.
I'm still thinking it will get a Trem-King upgrade at some point, so finishing will have to wait.
cheers, Mark.
This is looking very cool, nice one
Arrrrhhhh, just play it!
You don't need no stinkin' fancy finish!
;)
Tightened budget means the Trem-King will go on long term consideration.
Meanwhile, I've decided to revert to something close to the original idea of finish.
I've thoroughly sanded it back to wood and then applied RIT dye.
Stained the neck with good old F&W Golden Teak (that small bottle has lasted yonks).
I'll then return to using Tru-Oil to finish both neck and body.
The blemishes from previous surgery will have to remain for now.
A Trem-King would have covered them but hey...it was intended as a work-horse. A well-ridden one.
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P.S. Not that I visit very often but despite the 'downturn' in the Corona-Virus environment.
Clayton Firearms doesn't seem to be affected.
About half a dozen staff working behind the counter and no shortage of customers.
Bit of a worry to me. (customer beside me was viewing a suspiciously 'military' looking specimen')
cheers, Mark
What colour is the Rit Dye?
That's a very passable butterscotch blonde, and will probably go even better with the slight amber of the Tru Oil.
As for the blemishes, think of them as battle scars. People pay good money for "relicing"!
BTW, what they charging for Tru Oil at your gun shop?
My local gun shop is about 4 km away and it's only $15 for the 90ml bottle.
Can you wipe your asre on a gun? Asking for a friend. 🤔Quote:
Originally Posted by king casey
Hi McCreed. The RIT colour is 'Golden Yellow' but I was hoping for the 'Lemon Yellow'.
Lemon was so that once the Tru-Oil was on, it didn't turn it orange.
It is the powder version as I didn't want to stump up $27 for the bottled one.
Fairly weak with even a small amount of water so it's looking quite good for a 'butterscotch' yellow.
Tru-Oil has gone up though...it's over $18 now and it was about $13 last time I got some.
Cliff. I was thinking of using the 'Any toilet paper mate?' line but with a few gun-toting-hair-trigger-dudes around, decided to keep quiet.
cheers, Mark.
Safe move.Quote:
Originally Posted by king casey
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