Back from the grave with this one. I quite liked this build, it sounded great and was reasonable to play with one exception.
Early on in the build I noted this:
In trimming the fret ends the factory took way too much of the edge of the fretboard. This resulted in the high E sliding off the fret board constantly, which was super annoying. I tried compensating with nut postion, but was never really satisfied. I also finished it in Rustoleum, which I don't really like, especially since discovering the joy of satin poly on necks.
Anyway, this guitar has been cannibalised for parts on the Deluxester and a few other jobs so it was kind of sad and hanging on the shed wall. Given I'm mostly watching paint dry at the moment I decided to embark on a resurrection. Helped along quite a bit by Woltz offering up some tele bits on the forum earlier.
I have nearly everything to put it back together, I just ordered a prewired plate and tuners from Wish..I think $13 and $12 respectively, so it's going to be a cheap and cheerful rebuild.
So neck off
Frets out
This was gross as well, I figured If I gave it a re-radius it might clean up a bit and also clean up the un-needed chamfer at the top of the board.
It's a little hard to see, but you can make out just how sketchy the original radius on the board was by where the finish has remained while sanding. Lots of low points and wobbles.
Didn't seem to affect playability, but I'm sure it'll be nicer now its properly straight.
Unfortunately this bit of bird poo seems pretty deep. Considering doing an inlay or something there to get rid of it... not sure how enthusiastic I feel...
Also has this bit of untidiness where part of the fret board has been eaten when they've tidied up the heel.. then I've made it worse sanding.
I'm considering radiusing off the corners to tidy it up.
Probably need to order some more fret wire I suppose.
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