spacey
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/11 17:55:50
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build--- + + + 1 ashtray --- ?
Thanks Dude! An ashtray is a bridge cover for Tele's. The original style has a border all around except the side towards the neck. The cover would slide on it. The cover was to protect your picking hand from the bridge saddle screws. One big reason I didn't go original is because of that border. It can interfere with finger picking. Some of them have some of the border removed due to that. They remind me of when AMF took over Harley....cheap slab of chrome era. lol Well I managed to repair the blowout. I also got the fretboard started and the ebony control cover....busy afternoon. It's easy to see the line where the "ear" is added. I was lucky in that the blowout didn't go past that. Made for a pretty easy repair. 
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/11 18:38:15
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spacey
BIABDude
build--- + + + 1 ashtray --- ?
Thanks Dude! An ashtray is a bridge cover for Tele's.
The original style has a border all around except the side towards the neck.
The cover would slide on it. The cover was to protect your picking hand from the
bridge saddle screws.
And it was referred to as an ashtray because, well, musicians would take it off the guitar and use it for an ashtray... 
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spacey
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/13 18:55:30
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In the last photo you can see how I shaped the head and drilled for the machines. Sure want to do that before ya start working to where I'm at in the photo below. Cut head close to finish thickness. Install truss-rod. Glue on fretboard. Glued the fretboard yesterday so this eve I cleaned/sanded where it meets the neck/body and sanded the taper/curve from nut end of board to the head. I'll press the frets in next. I'll be easier without the body. I didn't want this guitar to have a Tele shaped head so I made a little modification. If it's like some other...oh well. If you notice the darker spots....just sweat. This is the first piece of ebony I've seen that I liked the light gray....you may be able to see it ( I know it's there) in the first shot. Right now I'm thinking leave it.- don't dye it. We'll see. What cha think Grant? ....LOL I'm tryin' bro! Haven't given up...be patient with me..please  We should be seeing some body work in the next few days...weekend probably.  
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/14 11:19:55
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Hey! It's a fretless Tele! Cool...
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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spacey
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/14 20:59:42
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Fretboard progress...sanded to 320. Will have to dye. Sand to over 6000 grit before setting frets. After frets set I'll wrap the head and neck to protect and move to body. Leveling, dressing and polishing frets will be after body is ready for hardward....probably. The black liquid is black super glue. 5mm abalone fret dots 2mm side markers    
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/14 21:36:49
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Oh my that's pretty, thanks for the update Michael.
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/16 09:02:56
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Beautiful work. Is that a neck through design? Excellent save by the way.
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/16 09:27:45
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Michael, I showed my son a picture of the bass you built for Ed and he said he had a friend who built an electric guitar in high school. It wasn't until he got it finished that he realized he'd built it for a left-hander. And he's not left-handed. (He was quite impressed with the bass, too, btw.) :)
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/17 01:22:57
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Probably seems slow to you Grant....me too, lol. Wouldn't sound right if I said I was trying something new... everything i try seems new to me! Thanks Craig. Yes it's a neck thru. I'm glad I could save it as I've lost a neck block (2 necks) that warped and two zebra tops (blow outs) already in this build. I'm sure getting a taste of things that can go wrong. That's quite a story Janet. That guy doesn't do tatoos now does he? lol Well the frets are in now. Trimmed but I'll wait before I level and dress them and polish the fretboard. Got top and back routered. Tele's have a 1/4" roundover on the edge. Got the control cavity ebony cover inlayed. I really like it. Flush with the body seems so cool opposed to just a metal plate screwed to the top. The screws to hold it are inset too. Got the pickup cavities for the top and the soft maple ready with wire channels so tomorrow I'll start the body assembly. Four different pieces for the body...I think I have the assembly figured right....never done it so....we'll see. More and better luck than what I've had would be welcomed. Long day. 
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/17 02:15:54
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/17 09:27:10
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Now I'm really starting to drool 
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/17 11:00:30
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Now I'm really starting to drool
+1 which is not a pretty sight, a Wookiee drooling that is.
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/17 11:25:45
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Maybe when it's done Wookiee it'll sound like this. lol Man glueing this body together is sure going to test my patience.... I could be carving out another neck or cutting a body shape......... lol. Steve.
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/17 12:35:29
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spacey
I could be carving out another neck or cutting a body shape.........
lol. Steve.
 Shhhhh Michael....
That Spacey bloke might be listening
Lol...no worries mate....I think he finished a guitar and headed out to visit some friends in the UK....crazy American. 
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/17 12:37:37
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He he 
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/17 14:39:33
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spacey
Lol...no worries mate....I think he finished a guitar and headed out to visit
some friends in the UK....crazy American.
Is that the Captain at the bridge?
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/17 15:00:14
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Outstanding work, Spacey. Glad you were able to recover the head.
What color is it going to be when it's all done?
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/17 15:41:00
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Outstanding work, Spacey. Glad you were able to recover the head.
What color is it going to be when it's all done?
Thank you! Natural wood. I'll oil it to bring it to life. In a few days I'll have a better picture to post that will give a real good idea. I'm currently assembling the body to the neck. Zebra would not be a good would to paint. It would be a waste of money and would take a lot of prep work for a nice paint. Just not a good thing to do...lot better wood choices for painting.....Alder would be mine probably.
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/19 19:43:01
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Man it seems everything is so hard to do. Trying to glue stuff together without pins/dowels, pieces just slide around when they're being clamped and all the time taken fiddlin' around trying to line up...the glue is setting up. Unclamped it last night and cleaned up the side enough to check laminates. Drilled and routed out pup cavities. Well I did make it this far and looks like it might make it so I'll start shaping the neck next. Then sanding...days and days and just when you think it's there..sand some more. Gotta love it. The cavity cover as I mentioned is ebony. It'll be sanded flush. My favorite part of the build so far.      
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/19 19:58:16
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Why don't just block all the peices place? Two blocks in the rear, two blocks in the front. Clamp from sides and top. Looks wonderful.
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/19 20:29:51
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/19 20:40:46
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That's looking amazing.
I might have to go on ebay and try to find another telecaster now... i don't have your luthiery talents or patience.
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/19 21:15:16
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Wow! That's looking sweet.
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/19 21:36:33
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Craig- thank you and thanks for the tips too. Grant- I'm slow but that darn day job.... Slugbaby- I just started liking Tele's a few years ago. I'm getting ideas for how I'd like mine to be. I hope to start it late summer. Drewfx1, the original X1- Thank you. With all those beautiful bass guitar you own it sure feels good to get your wow. And did I see an Alembic in the back, on the couch? You hiding your fav? lol
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/19 22:06:35
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Coming together nicely!
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/19 22:42:11
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spacey
And did I see an Alembic in the back, on the couch?
You hiding your fav? lol
No Alembics here.  The one you might be thinking of is an 8-string Schecter Stiletto Studio 8.
In order, then, to discover the limit of deepest tones, it is necessary not only to produce very violent agitations in the air but to give these the form of simple pendular vibrations. - Hermann von Helmholtz, predicting the role of the electric bassist in 1877.
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/20 09:04:55
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Re:Tele build pic's
2011/04/20 17:14:31
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Drew- I can't find that thread with pics...if you post them here that would be good to me. I'd like to see that one...and the others. Thanks Mike! That zebra is tuff my friend....stinks too. Mark, you asked about neck shaping on my last build so I thought to take these for you. I'll try to get different stages to show my approach. It's like 80 and high humidity...and after about 20 minutes I took a break... this is how much I got done. What you see is me working it down at the first fret. I'll keep going until I'm an eight or so from my target. The "target" is predetermined thickness measured from the top of fretboard to back center. Then I'll move to the 12th fret- next target and work it down the same way. Then the ends working into head and body. The third shot shows how I need to move back towards the head... The fourth was to show how the laminates can help guide but I guess that may be hard to see....but the thinner the neck gets the farther out towards fretboard they go. Pretty cool about a laminate. Best to wait awhile if the fretboard was just glued on. Quite a bit of pressure when one gets into it. Enough so the file and wood will heat up...lol Oh yeah...notice how I stay away from the fretboard....I won't get close to it until I'm close to finish and ready to sand ...then I try to stay about a 1/16th away.    
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