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Never happening!mooncobra":caudk1m4 said:
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Yeah, you have that Anderson. I've been getting into Stones stuff and many of the songs are in Open G. Will be nice to shift from standard to Open G in the push of a button!gibson5413":9i7m2t92 said:
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Badronald
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The knobs/switch are installed backwards. 
Looks great.
Looks great.
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Yeah, it was just a mockup, but stillBadronald":38kqqfig said:The knobs/switch are installed backwards.
Looks great.
...Steve
JackBootedThug
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killer. what you doing with the other neck?
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Selling it with the Tronical Tuners if someone wants it.JackBootedThug":wyhhb0vi said:
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MrDowntown
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My god that's so sexy. Reminds me of the Strat QMT I had...except of course the roasted neck.
I've been loving Teles more and more recently. And if I could build one I swear I would build exactly what you're building...not to be a copy cat but damn that roasted neck is luxurious! Question: does a roasted neck feel any differently? My ebony board was very hard and slick, the rose woods have a bit more texture to them. The maples are, of course, very bright.,..some are really hard to the touch, some aren't. I suspect the real difference in my mPles is the amount of urethane. I'm wondering if the process of roasting changes the feel or tone or texture.
Enough rambling....love it man.
I've been loving Teles more and more recently. And if I could build one I swear I would build exactly what you're building...not to be a copy cat but damn that roasted neck is luxurious! Question: does a roasted neck feel any differently? My ebony board was very hard and slick, the rose woods have a bit more texture to them. The maples are, of course, very bright.,..some are really hard to the touch, some aren't. I suspect the real difference in my mPles is the amount of urethane. I'm wondering if the process of roasting changes the feel or tone or texture.
Enough rambling....love it man.
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I don't notice the roasted maple felling any different than regular maple necks, personally, but truth be told, if you blindfolded me, I doubt I could tell one would from another as long as they were all oil finished. Of course, roasted maple needs no finish at all because it is so stable. To me, my oil finished, light satin nitro finished and unfinished roasted maple necks all feel identical. It's hard to say if they sound different because I've never rotated multiple necks on the same body and tested them.MrDowntown":3kofrmsp said:
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rottingcorpse
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sexy bitch! i love a flamed neck.
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Thanks man!rottingcorpse":1calccbw said:
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JackBootedThug
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sah5150":3p1jhxst said:
did you get it working? damn that is sexy. you have exquisite taste sir....
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The tuners are brand new so I'm sure they work and I replaced the one tuner that wasn't working. That neck doesn't have a nut yet, so I can't test the system.JackBootedThug":1f2hhfvq said:
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supersonic
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What pickups are you using?
Shawn Lutz
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I love that new neck. Project looks really cool. I think I'd like it little more with a pickguard to give it some a traditional tele look and add contrast , could have went (parchment or black/white/black).
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Lollar Special T Series neck and bridge pickups.supersonic":lliozgek said:
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I mocked it up with a black parchment pickguard as well and I thought it looked better without the pickguard. I may try it again before the final build...Shawn Lutz":1a08d0nh said:
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Jdub
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sah5150":3bek0du6 said:So, some progress has been made. The body is back from paint (by Dan Lawrence - he does such insane work!). It's a nice Honey Burst. I was debating between a black parchment pickguard and no pickguard and so I did mockups of both and have decided to go with no pickguard for this one.
I also decided to go with a different neck. Flame maple, but roasted this time and 22 frets. It's a Warmoth with the headstock adjust truss rod and 10-16 compound radius. It will get the same headstock decal and finish as the other neck and this neck fits the C1 Tronical Tuner setup, which has been ordered. I'm going to sell the other neck with the Tronical Tuners installed - obviously, that neck will ONLY work with the Tronical Tuners now. Hit me up if you want a great neck cheep!
The string ferrules won't fit now that the body has been painted, so I ordered a tool from StewMac that will allow me to manually remove a bit of paint with out chipping so that the ferrules will fit again (They are the correct size for the holes, the paint is the issue). Also will begin the headstock decal/finish process this weekend.
Here are some pics of the mockup. Whaddaya think??
Steve
Looks great Steve!
supersonic
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A white pearloid pick guard!sah5150":1nwh2ti3 said:
gokart mozart
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That's killer. Love the new neck.
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Another update.
When I tried to install the string ferrules, they wouldn't fit because the paint had pooled around the holes and they would not go in even a small amount. I tried some sandpaper in one of the holes, but forget it - that wasn't going to work. What I needed to do was slightly countersink the holes to remove the paint and I was really concerned about chipping it. I found that Stewmac had some perfect tools to address this.
Here is a pic of the tools. On the bottom is a hand countersink. You simply position it in a hole and twist slowly by hand and it works perfectly. In just a few seconds, I could fit the string ferrules into the holes. At the top is a tool to actually insert/push the string ferrules fully into the holes. You just put it in your drill press and push them in - also works great. Highly recommend these tools if you find yourself in a similar situation:
Here is the result of using the tools:
Got the body finished with all hardware installed and the pickups wired up:
Here is the decal application on the headstock face after 10 coats of nitro and sanding to get the decal close to flat:
I did 12 more coat of nitro this weekend and the headstock front will be ready for final wet sand and polish next Saturday. Then I can finally put this thing together and set it up and see how that Tronical system works! Getting close...
Steve
When I tried to install the string ferrules, they wouldn't fit because the paint had pooled around the holes and they would not go in even a small amount. I tried some sandpaper in one of the holes, but forget it - that wasn't going to work. What I needed to do was slightly countersink the holes to remove the paint and I was really concerned about chipping it. I found that Stewmac had some perfect tools to address this.
Here is a pic of the tools. On the bottom is a hand countersink. You simply position it in a hole and twist slowly by hand and it works perfectly. In just a few seconds, I could fit the string ferrules into the holes. At the top is a tool to actually insert/push the string ferrules fully into the holes. You just put it in your drill press and push them in - also works great. Highly recommend these tools if you find yourself in a similar situation:
Here is the result of using the tools:
Got the body finished with all hardware installed and the pickups wired up:
Here is the decal application on the headstock face after 10 coats of nitro and sanding to get the decal close to flat:
I did 12 more coat of nitro this weekend and the headstock front will be ready for final wet sand and polish next Saturday. Then I can finally put this thing together and set it up and see how that Tronical system works! Getting close...
Steve
