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Originally Posted by odiemann
this is a real influence tone somewhat scientifically.
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Well I don't know how scientific it was coming to this but a few years ago I picked up a Godin LG - P90 at a good price. I was really impressed with the guitar but since this is a Tele site I won't go into those details. What I will say is that I was looking at installing some boutique made pickups like Lollars , WB, or Harmonic Designs as we all know ( or think) that the "Made by Seymour Duncan" couldn't be all that good, right? One day while changing the strings I pulled out the thin brass plate ( .120 thick ) that Godin uses. The pocket that they put in for it is . 50 wide and .4 deep give or take how much paint they have in there. I went into my shop and made one grabbed a 1/2 square piece of brass and made a new one up and put it back together. We I tell you what that guitar that was pretty good , came alive. I just could not believe the difference it made. Nether could anyone that had heard it before. They all asked "What did you do? " Did you put new Pick ups in it?" Well needless to say the made by Seymour Duncan stayed in the guitar and I have made and sold a bunch of them to other Godin owners.
Then one day while I was changing the strings on my Tele I was looking at the string ferrules and thought same-same with the Godin and I have not looked back. I have made and sold a bunch of them to other Tele owners. In using the different materials ( Alum, Steel, 304 SS. Titanium or Brass ) You can tweak and lean the guitar to the desired tone before running off and changing pickups. The biggest compliment I get is from the pro players that play for a living. They are the ones that really know their guitars and their amp settings. When they call or email me to tell me that they changed their amp settings because of my bar, I know I done good.
Yes you have to mill or rout a slot in the back of the guitar and some purists throw up their arms at the thought of removing the string ferrules and shout "if Leo this and that" but that's OK I am not out to win anybody over. I know what I know.
As far as my girl is concerned I have cleaned her up, sanded her, wet her down to raise the grain and sanded her again and she is ready for finish. I was going to put Feed-N- Wax down on her but I am having some reservations. Let me explain. I put some ( 4 coats ) on a test piece over two days being real careful, let it dry another 2 days and buffed it out. It looked real, real good. But my concern is that I picked up the piece later in the day after I had been machining and although my hand were not all that dirty I put some smudge marks in it. When I went to wipe them off I sorta wiped them in. They did not come out so I thinking that's not good.
I grabbed another piece and took some boiled linseed oil. Heated it to 150 degrees or so and wiped in on. Waited 20 mins and wipe it of then wiped some more on waited another 20 mins and wiped it off. Then I let it dry overnight and put 2 coats of shellac on let it dry overnight and then 2 more coats. I must say it looks pretty damm good and almost the same tone/tint as the Feed- N - Wax but not quite as dark. Grain looks good.
My question is has any one every used Boiled Linseed oil/ Shellac in this manner? Anything I need to look out for before I put it on my girl?
Thanks