GlennGPs Tele #2 ("Tanias Red Menace")

[stan]

it finished up nicely, Glen

[GlennGP]

I got up to six coats of the "Base Coat" Carmine Gypsy and wasn't happy with how red it was. I only put a single coat of "Deep Colour" on the body. So I've put another two coats of "Deep Colour" on top of the "Base Coats" and then another "Base Coat" on top of that. The wood didn't complain, and I'm much happier with the result. I've got enough "Base Coat" for one more coat of that before moving to high gloss top coats, which will make a full 10 coats of colour, and for the newbs playing at home, the more coats of Wudtone you whack on and let cure (for the required 2-3 days) the better the result will be. The Yellow Peril had the bare minimum, and I can completely tell the difference now. This is going to look so sweet, and sound even better. I'm stoked. Thanks Adam!

Hi Glenn, Great colour. I need to put down a deep base coat, but never tried that finish before, hope it turns out as good as yours is.
Good work.

[Tim]

I see red I see red I see reeedddd.
Very nice Glenn

[Brendan]

Glenn - gotta love the red guitar - red Wudtones rock!

[stan]

wow Glenn, that's coming up a treat

[GlennGP]

Stan, you should see it with a couple of coats of high gloss on it!

My care package from StewMac arrived today, so it was on with setting up the neck.

Here we are ready to go with the radiused sanding block. I'd levelled the neck as closely as possible with the truss rod, and then masked around the frets, then put a texta line across the top of each fret, so that low-points could be identified as the sanding progressed.



This is an overhead view after a few passes with the sanding block. Not much to see, not much to tell. There were a few irregularities but nothing to get very worked up about.



This is a close-up at the same point as the pic above. Like I say, not much to get worried about.

[GlennGP]

I got one of those double-sided crowning files - fabulous piece of kit. Using the "medium" side, filing the flat tops off those frets was a breeze. Just keep filing until the sliver of flat disappears. Brilliant.

On the right, a re-crowned fret. On the left, levelled and flat-topped - yet to be re-crowned.



Nearly there ... seven to go! (the top fret was already done!)



Once I'd re-crowned all the frets, I gave each a quick rub with 1000 grit paper, then a polish with 0000 steel wool. In this pic, the two frets on the left have been polished, the two on the right are yet to be done.

[GlennGP]

And here's the finished product. Nice and level, and shiny.

[stan]

Great work Glen, you make me feel lazy getting DB to do mine prior to shipping...