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	Telecaster Guitar Forum > The DIY Channel > Tele Home Depot > SX STL Body PDA SX STL Body eric_o July 10th, 2009, 07:21 AM http://www.rondomusic.com/tlbody.html http://www.rondomusic.com/stbody.html I know there's some Rondo Music lovers out there, so has anyone actually tried one of these unfinished bodies from them? $40 for an alder body seems like a steal, even if it's not that great. grievousangel July 10th, 2009, 10:23 AM I was wondering about these too. They're available here in the UK/Europe through the Belgian eBay seller 'dn-store': http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Guitar-SX-Telecaster-vintage-1952-styl-Alder-body-NEW_W0QQitemZ170347651322QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Gui tar_Accessories?hash=item27a982e0fa&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A1%7C66%3A4%7C39%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294 %3A200. Jack Wells July 10th, 2009, 11:00 AM These look like a good start for a solid color painted body. You will have to drill the neck holes and string through holes (if you choose). Without a 12 in. drill press the string through holes could be a problem. guitarbuilder July 10th, 2009, 11:52 AM I bought a couple of them. The " alder" must be some kind of different asian alder. It really looks more like oak to me but that's just me, ymmv. They are pretty heavy, however not a bad deal considering what lumber costs these days. The only real drawback is a thick sealer coat of some poly finish and a bit of filler here and there. Marty alias23k July 10th, 2009, 02:21 PM Yep, i got one also for a build i did a few months ago. Took me two 3 hour nights to get that sealer off. If i remember correctly its a water based sealer....maybe. I used a min-wax colored stain and a wipe-on poly and this is what i ended up with... http://home.comcast.net/~zjcsiplon/pwpimages/P1020888.JPG Tried to find a pic where you can maybe see the grain. eric_o July 10th, 2009, 03:59 PM Thanks for the info. I'm just planning on doing a solid color finish w/ rattle-can lacquers from ReRanch. Should I be good to go, or will using a lacquer over the sanding sealer cause problems? alias23k July 10th, 2009, 09:00 PM Thanks for the info. I'm just planning on doing a solid color finish w/ rattle-can lacquers from ReRanch. Should I be good to go, or will using a lacquer over the sanding sealer cause problems? I'm pretty sure the sanding sealer is water based so you may have to email reranch and verify their compatability.