Segway's Thinline (TL-1TB)

So as a birthday present a bunch of my mates went in on this kit for me.:D. I may delay this one a bit in favour of finishing my Yb-4 however I've always wanted a guitar with a bigsby (the first guitar i wanted was a Gretsch streamliner) so I'm incredibly happy. I have a small issue though. When I was doing a mock-up build I realised the kit was missing the control panel. How should i go about getting this fixed?
Anyway I'm thinking of doing the guitar in an uluru red body with an acacia neck (both dt obviously). Thoughts?

So this is the mock up build.
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Hey Segway, email Adam at PBG and he should be able to send you out a control plate with switch and volume/tone knob/pots. Have you got a jack plate and jack ?

Thanks Wokka the Jack plate and Jack are both there just not the control plate. I'll send of an email

Great looking kit - at least you have the YB and can do sanding and finishing while you wait for the plate to arrive

Woo! the new control plate is in the mail:)

Any advice in advance on how to finish in regards to bindings( will be going w DT uluru red)?

mask that binding and press it down HARD. The plastic auto pin lining tape bends to the curves nice and doesn't have a "grain" like the paper tape which allows stuff to seep under . I just did both the ES2 and a V and had stain get into fine cracks on the V's binding but not on the ES ( it just had so much fine fiddly bits it was a chore). You can scrape stuff off the surface but once it gets into cracks you are stuck with it so take your time

Picked up the missing control plate from the post office today. Finally the kit is ready. On the walk back home thought about the guitar and totally changed my plans as far as staining. I'm thinking of doing a weathered look body and head-stock top (i saw that it's possible to do a chemical stain with vinegar and steel-wool) and a walnut stain on the back and sides. I heave the following feast Watson walnut stain
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Would this be good. As I said I've seen the weathered chemical stain with SW and vinegar, Has anyone done this and can give me any pointers? Lastly what final coat should I use (not a massive budget btw)? Thanks in advance

Hey Segway,I have used FW prooftint stains and had good success with them. Walnut is a nice shade of brown. Have never tried the weathered look with vinegar and steel wool. Maybe you could do the whole body in the FW and just sand back the top a bit to make it look weathered. For the final coat you could use DT final coat if you have any left. Otherwise (DB will shoot me for this haha) tru oil or FW do a wipe on poly, otherwise a rattle can clear coat.

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As I said I've seen the weathered chemical stain with SW and vinegar, Has anyone done this and can give me any pointers? Lastly what final coat should I use (not a massive budget btw)? Thanks in advance

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Hey man,

Check out Wazkelly's swampy caster. I think it may be the look you are going for.

So I think I'm going to go with feast Watson black for the top. I want to darken the fretboard a bit what due would be best for this and is there anything to worry about with the inlays (triangular ones btw)?

If you want a darker board, then unless you want it really black, I'd first try wiping it with lemon oil. It's the standard oil for conditioning rosewood boards. Wipe some on, and depending on how dry the board it, it may soak in over a few minutes or a few hours. Once it's dry, apply some more oil. Keep applying it until the board stops soaking it up, then wipe off the excess. It should now be considerably darker. Lemon oil won't affect the inlays at all.

If you want it a lot darker, then some people here have used leather dye pens. This can stain the markers (though it should polish off if there aren't any small cracks in the markers), but it's best to try and mask them if possible. Probably easiest to do by covering them with clear tape and then cut round the markers with a sharp craft knife or scalpel. The tape will probably leave some sticky residue (unlike masking tape) but you can easily clear that off.

Got some more stuff for the kit today
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What would be the best way to cut the headstock? was thinking kind of like a strat headstock.

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What would be the best way to cut the headstock? was thinking kind of like a strat headstock.

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This works well for me
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This works well for me
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As long as it has a sharp blade.

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What would be the best way to cut the headstock? was thinking kind of like a strat headstock.

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I used a jigsaw for my telecaster shaped headstock for a rough cut, then a ton of hand filing and sanding.