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Thread: MetalMatts Cherry Flamenco Telecaster build

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    Ok, so here is the build diary of my very first Pitbull Guitar kit. It's a Telecaster TL-1 kit that I've decided to build straight out of the box, no modifications, small steps etc. The colour choice is the Wudtone Cherry Flamenco, with the silver highlights and extra gloss/no ageing as the final tint. I went for the colourless tint for the neck finish because I want a more 'white' look for the neck than the more common aged yellow (which I plan to do on a Strat build later anyway).

    I know there's been some conjecture on here about putting Fender/Gibson decals on these bodies but I'm only making it for myself so for now I'll just copy the logos, but I DO plan to scratch build my own designs down the track and they will definitely have their own brandname/logo.

    I must admit it was bloody exciting receiving the box from the posty and opening it for the first time to reveal all the goodies contained within! Apart from the actual guitar parts, a nice touch was the branded Pitbull stuff in there aswell, which gave the feeling that someone had actually prepared the kit with a bit of love. I should also say that there was brilliant communication from Adam too during the purchasing process. Very happy.

    Anyway, I did a bit of dummy assembly that night and decided to work out my scale/bridge position etc and to drill the holes for the bridge and neck before I started to stain it, just incase it buggered the finish up later.





    I didn't go nuts with hours of sanding because it looked/felt pretty good to me after going through the different grades a paper/steel wool and feeling by hand, but who knows, maybe it will come back to bite me that I didn't spend hours - I guess it's all a learning curve. I actually spent more time evening out the edge curves around the body to look get it all looking uniform.

    Next it came to time to start-a-staining! I gotta say I was a bit hesitant to start with the colour but it's amazing how easy it goes on! Unfortunately once I applied the first bit of colour I discovered I had a pretty large glue spot towards the bottom of the body that I didn't notice when damp ragging the body beforehand. I went and bought myself a set of those cheapo wire brushes and worked the area up a bit as suggested in a post by someone in the glue thread. I then applied what I had left of the deep colour coat and manage to mask/mottle the glue spot up a bit. As you can see in the pics it's still there but I suppose it's not as bad as before.







    Hit the neck with it's base coat of colourless stain tonight which gave the neck grains just enough colour to stand out a bit more. So I'm pretty happy with the progress so far, just have to be patient for a couple of days before moving onto the next coats.




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    Haha yeah, I got a few butterflies when I applied the first coat on my LP!!! The mess will clean up after about 3 or so coats, so don't get worried now, it's actually pretty noice already!!!

    Yes, Gavin's wire brush trick is the best, don't rush this build either!!! If you take your time you will have a sexy Tele that Adam might steal :P

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    Looks really good.

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    Great job on the glue spot, MetalMatt! Looking terrific!
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    Nice progress, that Cherry Flamenco is going to "pop" soon and you will be delighted!
    http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=1258&dateline=1443806  448Gavmeister

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    well done MetalMatt, great effort for 1st build and wudtone application, yes next deep colour coat and following base coats you will get a deeper colour.
    Hope you haven't drilled the holes into the neck without lining up the upper and lower E strings on ?
    These holes should be drilled later in the setup so you get the outer string offsets as even as possible along the fretboard.
    Whats with the list of Queens of the Stoneage songs on your board ? I like them too !
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    yeah I checked (and rechecked!) the alignment of the outer strings in relation to the fretboard/bridge before drilling and I think I've got it pretty close - fingers crossed!

    Whats with the list of Queens of the Stoneage songs on your board ? I like them too !
    ahh yes even though I'm a huge metal fan there is ONE band that I am infatuated with that's not metal and that's Queens Of The Stone Age! Infact anything that Josh Homme is/was involved with from Kyuss/early Queens through to Later Queens/EODM/Vultures has got me hooked - there's just something about the guy and the music/bands he can bring together. Amazing.

    That setlist was actually their own stage setlist from when they played Soundwave 2011 and at the end of the set one of the guys on stage folded it into a paper aeroplane and chucked it out into the crowd and I managed to grab it. I've just put it up on the board in my humble little guitar building area for some inspiration


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    /<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Gavin1393 on June 12, 2013, 07:13
    Nice progress, that Cherry Flamenco is going to "pop" soon and you will be delighted!
    Just hit the body with the first base coat (with some of the silver highlight mixed in) and you're right - immediately a nicer deeper red! Very happy and it will only get nicer with each coat. Awesome stuff!

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    good score Matt the set list for QOTSA. Any idea what the 'e' and 'c' mean on the right ?

    I'd recommend if you are going to mix the silver highlights with the base coat do it on your last base coat as you want the highlights applied just before the top gloss coat, and don't rush the process, cooler temps need more curing time !
    Current Builds and status
    scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
    JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
    Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck

    Completed builds
    scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
    MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
    Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in

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    Any idea what the 'e' and 'c' mean on the right ?
    I'm not 100% but I assume it's the key the songs are in so the guitar techs could hand the band members the correct guitars for the correct songs?

    Yeah I know I should have put all the highlight in the last base coat but I wanted to try a bit to see what it would look like, I only used a smidge so hopefully there's enough left for the last coat.

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