JPs TL-1

[stan]

Battle on, JP, it's coming along well

[gavinturner]

Looking great JP. Got that primer on there nice and smoooth.

cheers,
Gav.

[wokkaboy]

primer coat looks good JP,don't worry about the spray booth, as long as no foreign material falls on the wet paint you are laughing.

[J.P]

Thanks for the encouragement lads.

Should I be fitting and drilling holes for the bridge, neck, pick guard , tuners etc pre or post final finish??

What is the general consensus here ? I'm sure there's pros and cons for both schools of thought, let's hear em .

Cheers

[Dedman]

I like to have everything ready to go before the final coats ( not just on guitars but any project) That way the only tools coming any where near it is a couple of screwdrivers and because the screws have already been in once they don't require loads of force that can induce a slip...........

Just my theory

[peterh]

In retrospect, I wish I had done all my drilling up front. Certainly not a deal-breaker but it is nicer not to have to worry about the finish once it's done.
I also really wish that I had done ALL my finishing before doing the soldering. I thought I'd have more room to do a couple finish coats and polishing once I'd mucked around with soldering and mounting the bridge and scratchplate but if I did it again (and I might) I'd completely finish everything then just do the mounting.

[J.P]

I've sorted out the pickups 😀
Got a Seymour Duncan Little 59 single coil humbucker for the bridge off eBay and a Fender twisted Tele neck from gumtree. I'm hoping this will give me a nice fat sound with a strat like tone in the neck . my original idea was a HH configuration but by using these pickups I won't have to rout the bridge cavity or mess with the pickguard for the neck.

I think I can just stick with a traditional 3 way switch , any opinions on 250k vs 500 k pots for this set up ?

[J.P]

Made some more progress this weekend.

Got the machine heads positioned and locator holes drilled. I also shaped and cut out the headstock, still quite a bit of work to do but it's starting to look like a Tele !

I mocked up the body, I think I'm going to have to enlarge the bridge route as the bridge will have to come forward to get the correct scale length. Sanded back and filled a couple of small dings that I missed first time round and hit it with 3 more coats of primer.

Who puts a finish on these maple necks ? Are they ok without any finish ? I've got some lemon oil I use on rose wood boards will that go ok over maple?

[Joe Piler]

Made some more progress this weekend.

Got the machine heads positioned and locator holes drilled. I also shaped and cut out the headstock, still quite a bit of work to do but it's starting to look like a Tele !

I mocked up the body, I think I'm going to have to enlarge the bridge route as the bridge will have to come forward to get the correct scale length. Sanded back and filled a couple of small dings that I missed first time round and hit it with 3 more coats of primer.

Who puts a finish on these maple necks ? Are they ok without any finish ? I've got some lemon oil I use on rose wood boards will that go ok over maple?

I used tru oil on my maple neck

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[Andy40]

I use Dingowax on the fretboards and dingotone neck finish (without stain) on my tele neck. I prefer the feel of the DT neck finish on the neck than the Tru oil, but I know some guys prefer a Tru oil as a neck finish rather than others. Its kinda personal preference.

I have other guitars with no finish whasoever on the maple fretboard and back of the neck only finished on the front of the headstock. the back just polished by sanding. It does feel quite nice to have a naked neck as well.

Sorry to confuse you more, but plenty of options for you