T-bird's TLA-1R Ash Tele

[wazkelly]

Should look nice.

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[Thunderbird]

Four 3 ply pick guards from Vanson Guitars (ebay UK). Now with added GST since 1/7/2018

[wazkelly]

Do you have to buy all 4?

[Thunderbird]

Do you have to buy all 4?

No, Waz. When I buy from O/S, I like to stock up for the future to save on postage and time, although this mob usually only take a week or so to get here from England.

[Thunderbird]

I Can't recommend these enough for that fiddly type of flush or near flush cut..

https://www.carbatec.com.au/handtool...sh-cutting-saw

Carbatec got me, it was just a matter of time:



After doing a test run on my practice head stock, I decided to make the lower edge of the real head stock sharper:


Tomorrow I will be staining the neck. Not exactly sure how much to dilute this stuff though, seems just a little too dark at full strength:

[FrankenWashie]

LOLOLOLOL! Carbatec strikes again!

[Thunderbird]

The first attempt at staining the neck, I mixed metho 25ml to 75ml golden teak. The pic doesn't really show how dark it turned out, but I wasn't happy with it.



I sanded it back and added an extra 150ml of metho to the mix. This was much more to my liking but still very dark in places.


Is it just a matter of sanding the dark areas? I am totally in the dark with this stuff

[Andyxlh]

I'd guess not, I'd say sanding the dark areas will result in a patchy look. If you are after the aged look, I'd go much more dilute. The timber will yellow a fair bit with a gloss clear on it anyway, it won't look white with a clearcoat on it. Particularly if you use a polyurethane.
I'd sand it right back, shouldn't be too hard as you have the rosewood neck, and then restain with a much weaker solution.

[Thunderbird]

Makeshift guitar holder:

First sanding sealer coat applied:


Neck is giving me hell, using a walnut stain/varnish, now:

[Thunderbird]

The body got its second coat of sanding sealer. It's a pity I ruined the string through holes as it is looking nice with just the sanding sealer applied:



The neck, however, is a different story. The walnut stain varnish was a disaster, and sanding it off proved difficult due to it not drying completely. I have resigned myself to live with a linseed oil finish and patchy bits: