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Hey guys!
My TL1 kit arrived today.. Quite impressed! Love the smell of freshly sanded timber!
Anywho, off to bunnings now to get some sandpaper for the initial sanding which will then be followed by my deep colour coat of 'Azure Lagoon'
I'm sure I will have many questions to come but Ill post again in two days after I can get a picture of the deep colour coat looking nice and pretty :)
TheDangerMan
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...1v16z-Tele.jpg
Enjoy the journey, plenty of support to be had from the group.
Hey Dangerman,
looks good, might be worth getting some better quality sandpaper than from the big green building (that will land you 2 weeks in the naughty room !), are there any more specific timber hardwares near you ?
Otherwise order some from the PBG store but that will delay you. Try and use better quality sandpaper like Norton. I did see that at my local big green building once !
Thanks for the tip, wokkaboy!
I went ahead and chose some (Not so good) sandpaper from Bunnings, which did the trick.. Well, kinda
Anyway, here are some progress pics
My apologies for my mysterious foot making its way into the photo again!
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...xv-Sanding.jpg
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...s9c2-Light.jpg
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...First-Coat.jpg
wow looks great Dangerman, so thats just a TL-1 basswood body ? the grain looks good, so thats 1 deep coat of azure lagoon ? Looks like it soaked in well and you sanded any machine marks out !
I wish my azure lagoon turned out blue like that :(
Looks great.
great start - nice colour!
Hey Wokkaboy, yep thats just one coat!
There were a few little dings but I was pleasantly surprised with how well the guitar came to me.. Not that I expected it to be too banged up mind you
Always worth another crack, ihasmario? ;)
Thanks Stan!
Looking great! Awesome colour taking shape there. She's going to be a beautiful Tele!
cheers,
Gav.
Looking great - that said - don't be afraid to take your time getting it right - these should be around for a long time yet!
look forward to seeing it after the next deep coat, how deep are the dings Dangerman ? If they are obvious could be worth stopping colour coats and filling them
Thanks Gavin!
Hi Brendan, dont worry! I am! Spent atleast 6 hours yesterday sanding it back... Not touching it again for another 24 hours!
Hey Wokkaboy, not very deep. They were more scratches then anything, and they came out in the sanding
I did find a few marks closer to the neck so I may get my steel wool out and smooth them over and re-coat them
Ordered a clear neck wudtone for the neck so later tonight im going to begin my designs for my headstock... Will post more pictures when I get somewhere :)
sounds good Dangerman, clear neck will look good with the azure. Another option is vintage yellow would look good too.
Whats with the word Danger, why are all your axes got danger in it ?
Aw sweet Danger! Yer try some Original Vintage Yellow for the neck, makes a good match if you get it right!
Ahhhh a long, long story
Basically, when I was younger I thought i'd be funny to tell everyone my middle name was 'Danger'
More or less, the name has stuck
Now all my friends, family and my partner refers to me as Danger
So naturally, thats what my guitars are christened ;)
ok cool story Dangerman, I know how much nicknames stick, I can list at least 10 for myself !
Maybe you thought you would be a stuntman when you grew up ! haha
Haha cheers Keloooe! Maybe next time friend!
Depending on how this guitar sounds, there will be a few more kits with Vintage necks on the horizon ;)
Haha perhaps Wokkaboy,
Although I think I got the inspiration from Austin Powers; 'Ausin DANGER Powers'
A quick question for anyone who has had much experience; Do you guys have any websites that make decent logo designs? Or is it standard practice to DIY headstock decals? Bit stumped for ideas as to how I can put my little name on the headstock
Hey Dangerman, we are lucky that a forum member Andy Port has a sign printing company, email Andy -->
citysigns@internode.on.net
He will be more than happy to help you out with a headstock logo and he can print small logos in vinyl so you don't see the clear part of a decal logo
Cheers Wokkaboy!
Have a few ideas that ill have to run by him :)
Just read this thread and gotta say that the grain you scored on a basswood body is excellent. The colour really shows it off well too. This will be a sweet Tele. If you live in WA you'd better hide it from the Tele Napper.
Cheers Lawry!
Looking forward to putting on another top coat to see how it shines through :)
Build update: Neck finish first coat on, will do the fingerboard tomorrow night when this has dried :)
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...8nx8-Neck.jpeg
Are you going to shape the headstock? If so, it would be better to do it now before you go any further with neck finish
agreed, Dangerman the headstock needs to be shaped before any more neck coats, you got any shapes in mind ?
Never fear, Fretworn!
Will be shaping it tonight, then applying the finish over the top. Thanks for the reminder though :)
I think the telecaster shape will be my aim... Although I may give it a bit more curves
sounds good Dangerman, probably best thing to do is to trace the paddle shape, photocopy it and draw/cut out a few shapes, stick each one on the paddle and see which one you like the best
Looking forward to seeing your headstock shape!
cheers,
Gav.
Hey guys,
Build update: Finally finished my headstock design today... I know I was looking for a tele but mid-way through the filing I thought, why not be a little bit original?
So ive changed it up a smidge :)
I also received my pit-bull pick-guard today too (yay!) and so I have attached a picture as little tease :)
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...ody-2-coat.jpg
Oh and this is my headstock 8-)
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...z4-Shaping.jpg
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...-Shaping-2.jpg
wow Danger that pickguard looks excellent on the azure body. Are you using toilet rolls to prop up the body ?
I reckon about 50% of your photos you have your feet in there - good work.
Any headstock pics ?
ah just got the headstock pics as I posted the last comment. Are you using chisels to shape the headstock ?
you would get a much smoother shape with a jigsaw or coping saw, do you own either of these ?
It will need some cleaning up rounding the edges but its got a narrow profile like a tele
Yeah im still working on the headstock :) Bit smoother edges but im getting there!
And, i've literally had to hack away at this by hand- Handsaw and a hacksaw are the only tools I have.. And sandpaper of course. But Im getting there!
Good work Danger!
A half-round bastard file will make short work of smoothing out all those convex and concave curves.
chers,
Gav.
ok you are doing a good job then Danger with very limited tools. You might need some pretty harsh sandpaper or as Gav suggested half round bastard file to get the edges rounded nicely before going up to higher grits. I'd clamp it down and get sanding those edges !
Cheers Gavin and Wokkaboy!
Hey guys!
So i've finished with my neck coats and nearlyyyy finished with my body top coats!
Thought i'd post up a picture of where its at :)
Should hopefully be doing the electrics this weekend then she'll be all done :)
Will post pictures when its all there
TheDangerMan
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...ith-coats.jpeg
Lookin dangerous Dangerman! Love that colour..
cheers,
Gav.
Nice colour combo - think it all comes together well!
looks great Dangerman and you managed a photo without your foot in it ! well done.
Pretty exciting stage of the build when you wire and string it up.
Have you got any basic tools to do a fret level ?
Even if you get a scrap piece of wood resting on say 2 frets and give the wood a tap with a hammer and make sure the frets are seated.
You may be lucky and have a flat fretboard but generally they need levelling.
Also take your time drilling the neck holes in. String up both E strings as a guide and clamp the neck to the body when the string/fingerboard edge offset are about the same, then drill the holes. I normally drill one or 2 holes then put the screws in, then check the neck alignment and drill the last 2 holes
Yeah, I left my feet out of this one Wokka haha
Ah yes, I should be able to manage that, thanks for the tip!
Wow thanks for the tips, would have never thought of that!
Will be sure to post on here if I get stuck!