Hey guys,
I have finally began working on my first kit that I got around Christmas time last year. It is a TL style Mahogany body w/maple neck (I forget the model, perhaps TL-1A?)
For the finish I plan to have a walnut brown, open pore with a light relic look. I'm going to use a 3 part process of a sanding sealer, Stain and oil.
I deffintly jumped the gun 2 weeks ago and started by putting 3 light coats of sanding sealer over the body and 1 light coat on the back of the neck and headstock. It looks great but deffintly not the best starting point so I have joined the forum, read the guides and did a semi mock build.
Everything is looking good so far, neck is a good fit but will have to adjust the pickguard so it lines up with the control plate a little better.
My next step is going to be drilling in the bridge to the scale length which I have a question on.
Is it better to go off the 648mm Scale length or should I measure my own? I seem to get 628mm when I do the 12th fret measurement but have heard that that method can be false?
My second question is in regards to the head stock pattern as I have done a rough sketch by hand and like the slim look but not to sure if it will be to close to the tuning holes?
From what I can tell teles have a bit more distance especially near the second to last hole
Keen to hear what you guys think! I'll pop some photos in
-Jackson
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