TL-1R The King's 3rd Pitbull build

[Marcel]

?? cheers, standby for a change.

The Kmise neck 22 fret neck arrived.
I'll probably add a few mm to the butt end to bring the scale length forward.

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Still contemplating possibly fitting a Trem-King to it.

cheers, Mark.

Those Kmise necks are pretty good for the price. I used a pre finished 22 fret one on my Denim Tele build and it turned out fine.

Also got two yellow tinted 22 fret Strat versions for my Alder SD rails loaded partscaster and as a replacement on my '70's Ply Strat, and both of those came with some quite awesome/wicked flame and play well too...

[king casey]

Hi Marcel. Yes I had some luck with a Kmise neck for my Epiphone.
Quite surprised about the quality for a cheap item.

cheers, Mark.

[king casey]

Now it's in 'standard' Telecaster scale. i.e. I can willy-nilly swap pickguards with no fit issues.


Leave it as is for a few days.
I'm still thinking it will get a Trem-King upgrade at some point, so finishing will have to wait.

cheers, Mark.

[stan]

This is looking very cool, nice one

[McCreed]

Arrrrhhhh, just play it!
You don't need no stinkin' fancy finish!

[king casey]

Tightened budget means the Trem-King will go on long term consideration.
Meanwhile, I've decided to revert to something close to the original idea of finish.
I've thoroughly sanded it back to wood and then applied RIT dye.
Stained the neck with good old F&W Golden Teak (that small bottle has lasted yonks).
I'll then return to using Tru-Oil to finish both neck and body.

The blemishes from previous surgery will have to remain for now.
A Trem-King would have covered them but hey...it was intended as a work-horse. A well-ridden one.



P.S. Not that I visit very often but despite the 'downturn' in the Corona-Virus environment.
Clayton Firearms doesn't seem to be affected.
About half a dozen staff working behind the counter and no shortage of customers.
Bit of a worry to me. (customer beside me was viewing a suspiciously 'military' looking specimen')

cheers, Mark

[McCreed]

What colour is the Rit Dye?

That's a very passable butterscotch blonde, and will probably go even better with the slight amber of the Tru Oil.
As for the blemishes, think of them as battle scars. People pay good money for "relicing"!

BTW, what they charging for Tru Oil at your gun shop?
My local gun shop is about 4 km away and it's only $15 for the 90ml bottle.

[Cliff Rogers]

P.S. Not that I visit very often but despite the 'downturn' in the Corona-Virus environment.
Clayton Firearms doesn't seem to be affected.
About half a dozen staff working behind the counter and no shortage of customers.
Bit of a worry to me. (customer beside me was viewing a suspiciously 'military' looking specimen')

cheers, Mark

Can you wipe your asre on a gun? Asking for a friend. 🤔

[king casey]

Hi McCreed. The RIT colour is 'Golden Yellow' but I was hoping for the 'Lemon Yellow'.
Lemon was so that once the Tru-Oil was on, it didn't turn it orange.
It is the powder version as I didn't want to stump up $27 for the bottled one.
Fairly weak with even a small amount of water so it's looking quite good for a 'butterscotch' yellow.

Tru-Oil has gone up though...it's over $18 now and it was about $13 last time I got some.

Cliff. I was thinking of using the 'Any toilet paper mate?' line but with a few gun-toting-hair-trigger-dudes around, decided to keep quiet.

cheers, Mark.

[Cliff Rogers]

I was thinking of using the 'Any toilet paper mate?' line but with a few gun-toting-hair-trigger-dudes around, decided to keep quiet.

cheers, Mark.

Safe move.
😶 😎