Whoa! Turned out nice. About 8 coats of tru-oil. Going to dry for a week. Then a wipe on poly to smooth the gloss surface. This veneer is terribly rough.
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Whoa! Turned out nice. About 8 coats of tru-oil. Going to dry for a week. Then a wipe on poly to smooth the gloss surface. This veneer is terribly rough.
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Very cool
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It's almost flat enough to clear coat. Using the sanding method of applying tru-oil works great. Takes a bit of time. Then a poly. Then, on to the back of the body, and the neck. The bridge gives me options of thru-body or topload strings. Going to put both options to use, and see if I prefer one over the other. Cheers. 🍻
It's getting very flat, and very beautiful. Lot of work to get it here, and I learned a huge amount. Long way to go with this one. Neck is all maple, and unfinished. Next is an ebony stain on the back and sides. High gloss clear all around. Gotta drill ALL of the holes for EVERYTHING. Shape the headstock. Got a black pickguard for it. Think wiring is going for standard tele with a push/pull for series/parallel. Maybe a 4 way switch. Not sure yet............. decisions, decisions........
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Have you done series/parallel on a Tele before?
If not, be aware that you’ll need to disconnect either the metal base plate (if the pickup has one) or the neck pickup chrome cover from its signal ground and run a separate ground wire for it. It needs to be done for whatever pickup doesn’t have the fixed ground connection. You can of course decide which pickup that is but you may need to swap wires round if it doesn’t match the wiring diagram you’re using.
Almost there. Had to fill some of the holes with CA. Getting good and level.
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I haven't done a tele in series/ parallel before, but am aware of the pickup mod. Got a couple china units that I can fiddle with before working on the upgraded pickup.
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Oooooooo. Effin' around!
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That's a really nice veneer you got - it's going to look great
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