Woltz's TLA-1Q

[FrankenWashie]

Ouchy. I know this game, sympathies mate.

[Woltz]

Dang, was that a drop?
Was the fret funk from doing fret work prior to applying the Tru oil? Or just naturally accrued

Nah, the neck pocket has become too tight and when I removed the neck after a test fit the chip broke off.

I didn't actually have to do a lot of fretwork as they were pretty good but it was done prior to applying the tru oil. I had cleaned the neck pretty thoroughly I thought before applying any tru oil so I'm guessing fibres from cloths and dust in the air?

Ouchy. I know this game, sympathies mate.

Cheers Franken, honestly at this point I'm feeling a bit defeated.

[Fretworn]

Don’t give up. Relic the cr@p out of it if you have to, but at least get a playable guitar. Even if it is ugly.

[FrankenWashie]

Nah, the neck pocket has become too tight and when I removed the neck after a test fit the chip broke off.

I didn't actually have to do a lot of fretwork as they were pretty good but it was done prior to applying the tru oil. I had cleaned the neck pretty thoroughly I thought before applying any tru oil so I'm guessing fibres from cloths and dust in the air?



Cheers Franken, honestly at this point I'm feeling a bit defeated.

I know this feeling, there’s an ugly LP sitting in a box that nearly got Hendrixed or Townshended during its aborted build.
At some point it will get pulled out sanded off, and I shall start trying to get it to cooperate.

Call the chip character, and push on mate.

[Woltz]

Well I've started sanding back the finish to do it again. I've also decided given the effort I'm going putting in to get the finish I want on the body, that I'd use the time to do a couple things to the neck. There are a couple of chips on the fretboard that I'd been ignoring from the start and when I managed to dirty the fretboard by accident when I polished it and the accumulation beside the frets from the original tru oil finish....things escalated.



Frets and black dots out.



New paua dots in.

I've got a radius sanding block coming from Adam and I'll sand the fretboard and refret before finishing the neck with tinted lacquer.

[Richy17]

The paua dots look fantastic. I’ve got some sitting here for my es-1 build but haven’t got around to it, Cheers for the inspiration 👍🏻

[DarkMark]

That does look a little bit special. I’ve never seen paua against maple before, nice.

[wazkelly]

Just catching up on some threads and sympathise with the challenges you have faced. None of my builds have gone to plan and quite often ended up with something totally different to what I had in mind.
In the end they are only perfect for a short while and once you start playing them they develop dings and scratches anyway. Don't beat yourself up too much as whilst we all strive for perfection by aiming for something that looks good, how it plays and sounds will be far more important in the long run.
Cheers, Waz

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[king casey]

nearly got Hendrixed or Townshended

I remember a black and white shot of Townsend at the repairers with the caption 'What have I done?'
So there was some salvaging going on.

As for Tru-Oil on the neck, I'm not keen on that route. Lots of problems collecting dirt and dust.
Also easy to mark up while using the fret protectors in the buffing.
Wears quite quick too. Far better to seal it with a couple of layer of laquer set really hard.

cheers, Mark.

[Woltz]

The paua dots look fantastic. I’ve got some sitting here for my es-1 build but haven’t got around to it, Cheers for the inspiration 👍🏻

That does look a little bit special. I’ve never seen paua against maple before, nice.

Thanks guys, I'm liking the dots as well. Looking forward to seeing what they look like when the neck is finished.

Just catching up on some threads and sympathise with the challenges you have faced. None of my builds have gone to plan and quite often ended up with something totally different to what I had in mind.
In the end they are only perfect for a short while and once you start playing them they develop dings and scratches anyway. Don't beat yourself up too much as whilst we all strive for perfection by aiming for something that looks good, how it plays and sounds will be far more important in the long run.
Cheers, Waz

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Cheers Waz. I'm actually not bothered about them accruing dings and scratches once it starts being used. Just hoping for a nice finish to begin with to be really happy. I'm trying to see the positive side, which is that this has given me heaps of finishing practice (and hopefully skills) which I'll need to do a nice job on my scratch build stuff.

I remember a black and white shot of Townsend at the repairers with the caption 'What have I done?'
So there was some salvaging going on.

As for Tru-Oil on the neck, I'm not keen on that route. Lots of problems collecting dirt and dust.
Also easy to mark up while using the fret protectors in the buffing.
Wears quite quick too. Far better to seal it with a couple of layer of laquer set really hard.

cheers, Mark.

Yep I'm much happier with the plan to spray lacquer. I'm planning to go with amber tinted nitro.