That’s really lovely Tony, I really dig the gold and maroon scheme, great work!
That’s really lovely Tony, I really dig the gold and maroon scheme, great work!
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
Thanks BuffaloGhost. Honestly nothing special with the painting process. Just a couple of cans of spray paint and a can of clear coat. I had stained the body and applied polyurethane so I had to sand off the poly first but then it was just a case of masking the binding and spraying it.
This is my Thanoscaster.
I used dartfords wood dye to get the colour, innumerable very diluted coats as I didn’t want to overpower that grain.
Grain filled with a darker mix on the neck for a dirty effect.
Multiple coats of Tru Oil on the body polished with 3000 grit wet and dry as well as three coats on the neck.
I decided against using the pickguard included as I couldn’t stand the idea of drilling into that body.
In its place I used a p90 pickup cover routed out to hold the lipstick in place.
My original plan was to use a hot rail hunbucker in the bridge but I decided against it for numerous reasons.
I used a template from a 50s tele for the headstock and added the “pinched” effect on the outer curve to distinguish it as my own.
No real upgrades from the original parts supplied in the kit as I was really happy with the quality of all of them.
Looking great Coganite!
Thanks mate, I very nearly didn’t enter when I saw the other builds entered. Both incredible looking guitars.
Love the purple, great finish
Nice work Coganite. That looks really good. Think my next one might be a tele.
Some great entries so far this month. I wasn't sure about entering this but i figure i may as well have a crack.
Heres my JTL-1 kit "The Blasteroid"
Modifications & Upgrades
Both horns cut and reshaped
Reshaped the forearm bevel
Made a custom pick guard
Painted Block "inlays" on the neck
Countersunk washers instead of a neck plate
Brass screws for pick guard and selector switch (To accent the brass bridge saddles)
4 Layer 2K Paint
Joe bardon Vintage Tele bridge
Kluson tuners
Tonerider AC2 Neck pick up
Tonerider Vintage Plus Bridge pick up
PIO Cap
4 way oak grigsby switch
Recessed jack socket
Overall i really enjoyed this build, Its really nice to play and has that tele twang about it but with a little more oomph in the neck. The string through drilling didn't go the best but i learnt some valuable lessons there. Probably if i was to do it it again i would take a little bit more off the top horn.
Currently planning my next build. Its going to be quite different to this