TL adventures

[JohnH]

Cool colour!

Is that grain showing, or the reflection of your roof?

Its the roof! Ha ha

[Simon Barden]

You just need to find a way to keep the reflection!

Looking very good.

[McCreed]

I'm actually relieved to hear that! I was a bit worried

[dozymuppet]

This is looking great

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[Gunut75]

That looks fantastic! I'm going to have to do the same style spray booth tactics. It's winter here, and outside isn't an option.

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[JohnH]

Your pic shows a nut to centre-of-saddle distance of roughly 648.5mm. As the design scale length is 25.5” or 647.7mm, you are a lot closer than you think to being spot-on. It’s the nut to 12th fret distance that appears to be 1mm too short for the design scale length and is throwing your measurements out.

Can you take a photo of that measurement to double check?

Too easy! I almost mentioned checking that the heel was seated all the way, but didn't.

Glad it's sorted. Now get back to sanding!

Thanks guys!

Still lots of opportnuity for me to bugger it up once it's dry lol

That looks fantastic! I'm going to have to do the same style spray booth tactics. It's winter here, and outside isn't an option.

You should! I think it cost me $10 in plastic dropsheets, and totally worth it. I was also looking at a large fold-down, plastic greenhouse that would work (for when we eventually renovate the sunroom and turn it into a living space)

[McCreed]

...(for when we eventually renovate the sunroom and turn it into a living space)

I think you meant "studio/workshop" didn't you?

[JohnH]

I think you meant "studio/workshop" didn't you?

Shhhh, don't tell anyone!

[JohnH]

Got these in the mail last week



I can feel my window of opportunity for guitar related adventures rapidly closing, but I had so much fun spraying the tele that I think I'm going to order some more TL kits and do a whole batch at the end of this year.

I've been really inspired by a couple of artists who paint guitars, and I've been thinking it could be a nice way to dovetail my actual work with my hobby. Perhaps inviting artist friends to paint on prepped bodies and then we can do something nice with them - maybe auction for local music community fundraisers or something. Not sure on the details yet, but I have a few artists in mind.

As an example of what I had in mind, here's a telecaster painted by David Kassan for Fender.

[McCreed]

Man! I just checked out some of Kassan's other work. He's amazing!
His paintings look like photographs. Just mind blowing...