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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    I can understand the cost's assoicated with finishes. They are labor intensive for sure, and you really need some skill.

    I'm sorry to hear about your frustrations and lack of success. My two pedals (new dramedy coming to NBC) enclosures are still untouched. But the more I think about it I think they are being sent off to a buddy of mines to have them polished and be done with it.
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    so this gives an indication of the amount of gloss possible with polymerized tung oil. i was surprised.

    this is about 7 coats. 5 done by applying and then wiping off after 5-10 minutes which seals the wood nicely and gives a matte finish. then 2 thin coats where i'm letting it dry without wiping which leaves the gloss.

    i sanded lightly between each.

    the grain was never filled so you can see feel it. it still feels like wood rather than the typical perfectly smooth guitar. this is what i was going for.

    tung oil is so easy to work with. very hard to screw up.
    http://lh6.ggpht.com/_G6CIMke3zfA/TSieC ... G_0596.jpg
    http://lh6.ggpht.com/_G6CIMke3zfA/TSieC ... G_0594.jpg

    the tung oil turned the overall finish into this nice, light honey shade too. i'm really happy with it.
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Well the decision was made, the pedal enclosures are off to my buddies machine shop. he is going to polish them. I'll add the stickers and clear coat them. If I don't like it after time, I will re-prep them and send them off to the powder coater
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  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    Damn Ex, that's a good-lookin' piece of ash. (get it?)

    Seriously, it's turning out pretty sweet. I vote for skirted amp knobs on the control plate!

    Some day I'll have the time, space, tools, and gumption to undertake my Tele build. I hope.

    Keep posting the pix so we can see how it comes together!
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    good thinking on the amp knobs. it ties things together nicely.


    almost there. because i have two builds on the go i'm missing some parts. ie. an output jack.
    photo.JPG
  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    exhausted wrote:
    good thinking on the amp knobs. it ties things together nicely.


    Does the arm of the Bigsby clear the knobs? In that pic, it sorta looks tight. It does look good, though.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    tons of clearance, yeah.
  • ScrapeMySky
    ScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    Well the decision was made, the pedal enclosures are off to my buddies machine shop. he is going to polish them. I'll add the stickers and clear coat them. If I don't like it after time, I will re-prep them and send them off to the powder coater

    I wish I had the determination to really finish my pedals. Mine are all still bare aluminum.
    exhausted wrote:
    good thinking on the amp knobs. it ties things together nicely.


    almost there. because i have two builds on the go i'm missing some parts. ie. an output jack.
    photo.JPG

    That really looks like it's going to turn out amazing. Great body. That's a one piece, right?
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    no, it's two. they just did a really good job with the join. it's dead centre and hard to see on the top side.
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    exhausted wrote:
    good thinking on the amp knobs. it ties things together nicely.


    almost there. because i have two builds on the go i'm missing some parts. ie. an output jack.
    photo.JPG

    Okay the finish looks fantastic. Was it the clear coats you were happy about?

    Really really looks great.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    That's a sexy looking tele.

    And those knobs tie the room, er the guitar together!
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    Okay the finish looks fantastic. Was it the clear coats you were happy about?

    Really really looks great.

    yeah, i didn't realize i'd be able to get a gloss with the tung oil but since it's the kind that has drying agents and varnish in it, i can. now, if i really wanted to, i could go further and fill the grain entirely by sanding down, adding more, sanding down etc. but i didn't want the perfectly smooth, typical finish. partially because i wanted to see how it would feel with some grain and partially b/c i couldn't be arsed trying to reach perfectly level, perfectly gloss because that would lead only to frustration for me. i'm way to perfectionistic and will generally, in efforts to make things perfect, end up ruining them. for instance, it took me three tries to mount the bigsby in an alignment that looked good (not easy because the whole thing is cockeyed. the tension bar isn't parallel to the string retainer isn't parallel to the ends of the horseshoe etc.). i did my best to align the tension bar with the ashtray.

    so how good this body looks in person depends on one's sense of aesthetics and whether seeing and feeling the grain is interesting or not. i think it looks fine and the guitar was meant to look rather rustic and get beaten up without the reality of chipping poly finish etc. with the neck, i'll finish the back with just a few light coats and it'll be matte finsh but i'll gloss the headstock to match the gloss on the body.
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    exhausted wrote:
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    Okay the finish looks fantastic. Was it the clear coats you were happy about?

    Really really looks great.

    yeah, i didn't realize i'd be able to get a gloss with the tung oil but since it's the kind that has drying agents and varnish in it, i can. now, if i really wanted to, i could go further and fill the grain entirely by sanding down, adding more, sanding down etc. but i didn't want the perfectly smooth, typical finish. partially because i wanted to see how it would feel with some grain and partially b/c i couldn't be arsed trying to reach perfectly level, perfectly gloss because that would lead only to frustration for me. i'm way to perfectionistic and will generally, in efforts to make things perfect, end up ruining them. for instance, it took me three tries to mount the bigsby in an alignment that looked good (not easy because the whole thing is cockeyed. the tension bar isn't parallel to the string retainer isn't parallel to the ends of the horseshoe etc.). i did my best to align the tension bar with the ashtray.

    so how good this body looks in person depends on one's sense of aesthetics and whether seeing and feeling the grain is interesting or not. i think it looks fine and the guitar was meant to look rather rustic and get beaten up without the reality of chipping poly finish etc. with the neck, i'll finish the back with just a few light coats and it'll be matte finsh but i'll gloss the headstock to match the gloss on the body.

    Peavey T-40's with the Natural finish are the same way. You feel the grains. They look great.

    http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... 29,r:1,s:0

    Really does look good. I'd talk my self out of the drilling for the bigsby right away. No matter how perfect I had it set up, I'd still talk myself out of it. I have the same issues with being a perfectionist, but working to fast in the first place.

    Does warmoth offer the bigsby pre drilled in the tele bodies?
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    no, they don't offer the bigsby holes.
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    photo.JPG

    the body is complete for what will be the 12-string once the neck arrives.

    5-way switch with the neck and bridge pickups. toggle switch turns the mid pickup on. so 10 tones. fender scn pickups.
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Looks good bud...
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,943

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