Dig it! Took Some New Tele Pics

Elias Graves said:
Thanks.
I kinda thought this guitar might be my travel partner but now I'm afraid it's thief bait. :embarrassed:
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Just let me keep it at my house and you'll never have to worry about the thieves. I will take good care of it and after a few months I will spill a crown and coke on it for you even. :grin:
 
By golly, this is shiny now.

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Doing some maintenance/touch up work.
I had two mistakes that needed correction and the finish needed leveled and buffed.
Since I used the shellac as a filler, I knew it would shrink some. I also put the guitar together with the finish really green.
Now that it's had time to cure, I'm sanding the top level to where the filler shrank to. I ntentionally left a thick clear coat to allow for this. I'm interested to see if thinning the finish down has any effect on the toanz. :tongue:


The mistakes I corrected were the location of the neck pickup and the bridge.
I mounted the bridge 1/16" too far to the bass side and the neck pickup the same distance off from the treble side. The low E was barely over the blade and the low A string was twice as loud as the E.
I filled all the screw holes, tidied up the finish and I'm goin to remount the bridge soon in the correct location.

Also a new CRL switch and new pots. The ones I used are acting up. I probably cooked them when I installed them.
 
I tried a different technique for polishing the neck. It was kinda sticky. This time, I stopped sanding after 1000 grit and forgot about the liquid polishes. Went straight for the old t shirt and elbow grease. Much softer and slicker feel this time around. I also scraped down the fretboard, which removed the boiled linseed oil I had on there. The wood looks lighter now.

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It's nice and shiny and not road worn.
I like not road worn.

Shiny guitars have better tone than beat up guitars.
 
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