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I got an orange crush 20. I really like it.

So I finally ordered an amp but it took a little while to arrive so I used that time to refinish the body as it was a bit patchy. It came up much better this time. I just tried to torch the grain...

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Okay so string trees attached, now I have one last piece remaining that I’m not sure about.33024
Where does this go? Or perhaps is it just to help get the string trees on easier?

Is the G/D tree necessary? I’ll probably put it on anyway.

No string trees yet, I’ll try to get to that this weekend.

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Sorry, it didn’t attach in the last attempt

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So I thought about it all night after posting the last one and remembered I wound the saddles right up. So I wound them down and itÂ’s pretty well all good. Still playing around with the the...

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One thing I’m not sure about is the fall away of the strings. In the photo you will see a really low action close to the head stock, then it starts to fall away at the third fret. Also there...

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I’ve been a bit slack lately with the posts. So I got a neck pick up ring, had to shim quite a lot as the routing didn’t match the size of the ring. But it looks fine. I watched a video by...

So assembling is just around the corner, and I’m not a fan of the pick guard. Is there anything I should know before going ahead without one. Would the screws extend enough?

Thanks Simon, that’s given me a lot to think about. I only bought the bigsby as I thought it was a cheap trem system as it was $36.
Had I realised I would have to add an extra $100 dollars to it I...

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First coat of oil, starting to come alive.

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So today I gave it a bit more of a sand then back to the wire brush and I think it has come up a treat. The texture of the grain is you beaut and I think with a good drink of...

Nice job mate, looks good. I dig the head stock.

No I don’t. And that was probably going to be my next question, if the strings go thru the holes in the back of the Tele bridge. I guess that’s a no then.

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In other news my bigsby showed up today. I wouldn’t say that I regret buying it, i wanted a trem and I think bigsbys look hot,...but I think it’s going to be too busy with it and the Tele...

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So I gave it a good hard scrub back with a wire brush today. It didn’t take as much black off as I was hoping so I gave it a sand back and it’s starting to get to where I want it. The fire and...

If you have a weak stomach, then look away now
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Turns out I went too hard with the file when crowning the frets. Unfortunate but I can live with it. A lesson learned.
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Sanding all done, it was already pretty good, just a quick lick with some 180 and 240 grit. Now on to the finish.
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You may be on to something there Rolf.

Yeah I’m really happy with it hey. I wanted something different to the standard Tele style, I just traced around the curve of some washers and the cut it out on the band saw

I really wasn’t looking forward to the neck and frets but it wasn’t too bad. I got lucky with the frets, only had two high ones, they’ve polished up a treat with some 400, 600, 800 grit then 0000...

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Was tossing up between feast Watson prooftint maple or teak but now I’m pretty set on shou sugi ban, a hard scrub back, oil then wax.