Andrews tla

[wokkaboy]

yer sounds like a good plan Andrew.
See you in the naughty room for a welcoming pint and pizza !

[andrewdosborne]

Not sure on what stain you are looking to apply but I've just applied a Wudtone finish on alder telecaster body. I sanded body and sides to 320. No problem with blotchiness in my case. The alder was VERY thirsty, 3 applications of Wudtone (butterscotch) was all that was required and achieved nice even colour. The body before this was the same apart from application of Timbermate grain filler, the Wudtone did not apply as well. For another experiment I used 240 grit sanding on alder body, Timbermate and a mix of feastwatson golden teak / liming stain. Came up a treat, similar to the TV yellow found on the old on LP Junior guitars.

[ponch]

Thanks lads.
Woks I probably should have been in there long ago using 2k paints
Andrew, I'll be using Japan black and a lighter Amber colour, all prooftint. I heard the end grain just acts like a sponge and goes real dark real quick.

[gavinturner]

Hi Andrew,

Wow that Strat looks awesome! There's a guy called SOG Guitars on Facebook who regularly does this scorching on pine bodies. He might be a good source of information if you have any questions.

cheers,
Gav.

[ponch]

Thanks gav. I saw his name pop up during the sale and checked his work out and its pretty much exactly what I'm after. Even fender did a limited run a few years back with ash bodied strats.

[ponch]

A few pics. Did a super fast mock build. A few glue and filler spots and some holes and stuff that I'll have to fix up before stain. What's the best course of action to remove the bulk of the filler? The holes will be timbermated and the glue spots will be sanded and wire brushed.

[wokkaboy]

Andrew I'd wire brush the filler and try get as much grain filler in as possible

[ponch]

Will do. Going to mackay on Wednesday to stock up on supplies for these two.

[ponch]

So the Tele got some love today. Candycaster is done, the schpalty lp is done and the firecaster is spending time in the naughty corner covered in naughty oil. Tomorrow I get to unwrap the 7 string so today was Tele appreciation day.

The plan for this unit is to keep it it nice and classy looking, but beefcake underneath. Not metal beefcake but more than the lp. So.

Fw black too, faux natural binding, fw golden oak back and sides, tru oil that sucker. Gfs lil puncher modern vintage buckers in neck and bridge, coil tapped, drop caps, vintage cloth wire, shielded, pearl white guard and white switch button, string through 6 saddle bridge.

For the neck, natural tru oil back and head stock, dingo.wax fretboard, wax transfer logo on the stock and a ornate W behind the hesdstock/ neck join bit.

All the parts are ordered, just waiting on arrival but today I got the body sanded and stained. Here she is. Not sure what to jam her yet.

[Nickosaurus]

Damn that turned out nice dude.

Post that 7 stringer ASAP! \\m/