Going to make some meteoras!

[Elias Graves]

It’s greeeeeeen! Grain filler goes on.

 

[Bob411]

I think this might work!

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Bad Ass!

 

[MonkeyZero]

I'm excited to see the final on this one considering how good the others look.

 

[Elias Graves]

Getting there. After about 3 applications of filler and subsequent wipe-downs, I think I have it. Now to get the rest of the haze buffed off and then clear coat!

 

[Elias Graves]

Wow, I switched to Mowhawk stringed instrument lacquer. What a difference in application. I don’t see I’ll need to be doing any wet sanding at all with this. Maybe some polish and call it good. How gorgeous!

 

[Elias Graves]

Finally there! It still needs strong trees and logo decals but she plays! What a monster too. The Suhr pickups get my endorsement wholeheartedly. Excellent kit.

 

[Elias Graves]

 

[Elias Graves]

And done. I’m taking it out to let a friend test drive it this evening. He’s an old time Strat guy.

 

[Elias Graves]

So tone report. The Suhr pickups are new to me and I am quite impressed. the humbuckers are maybe the brightest sounding PAF types I’ve heard. Very articulate and beautiful sounding. The middle pickup is pure Strat.
with the coil split function, it’s doing the 2 & 4 position quack quite nicely.
I’d say she’s a true jack of all trades guitar. You can get some believable LP tones and believable Strat tones with it.

 

[Elias Graves]

Time to move on! I have two more of these planned. The next one is a red tele style. I have a Hipshot stainless bridge and locking tuners. Have a partially completed mahogany neck/wenge fingerboard. Have a poplar slab but I’m thinking about getting mahogany instead. Black pickguard material.
Still debating pickups but right now im leaning either Duncan Broadcaster+P90 or maybe some fender twisted tele pickups.

Performance red is my color.

 

[Elias Graves]

The new telemeteora will be powered by TV Jones! A Starwood bridge pickup. This is a hybrid tele/dynasonic design.

 

[Elias Graves]

Do I want quarter sawn maple+wenge or quarter sawn maple?

 

[Chad]

The new telemeteora will be powered by TV Jones! A Starwood bridge pickup. This is a hybrid tele/dynasonic design.

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can’t go wrong with TV Jones

 

[Elias Graves]

Delivered the black guitar to its new owner. Experienced player in a cover band. Main guitar currently is a Warmoth Strat partscaster he made himself. He flipped. Loved it.

 

[Elias Graves]

Farewell black guitar. May you rock many fans!

 

[Elias Graves]

Pickups are here. A pair of TV Jones Starwood telecaster pups. The Hipshot bridge. And I found a good deal on a very light piece of Honduran mahogany. By my calculations, I should see something in the neighborhood of 7.5-8 pounds.

 

[Elias Graves]

My “paint grade” body blank arrived. It’s three pieces of quarter sawn figured mahogany and light as a feather. The three pieces are sequential cuts from the same plank and they match perfectly.
The only flaw I found is one wormhole, which I can hide on the front. The back, I’ll decorate with a tiny bit of worm art lol. This piece is just crying out for a clear finish.

 

[Elias Graves]

Quarter sawn maple for both the neck shaft and fingerboard. This one will get a 7.25” radius and medium frets along with a U channel style truss rod.

 

[Elias Graves]

Template is all set. Traditional tele down the middle, offset freak around the edges.

 

[Elias Graves]

After some overthinking, I decided I like the darker fretboard with natural mahogany so I’m using a mahogany neck and wenge fingerboard. I just got the mother of pearl dots in!