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Old November 27th, 2010, 10:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Dig the "Western Sugarcaster"!
I'm not a country-western player but - what the heck! - I thought I'd go ahead and build a Tele with a country-western flair to it. I'm really happy with how it turned out!

Started with a one-piece sugar pine body from Marc Rutters, tinted it with a few coats of amber shellac (Hock flakes in ethanol, applied with a Preval sprayer), and finished it off with clear gloss nitro lacquer. The neck is an Allparts TMO-V that I finished with Reranch tinted clear.



The hand-tooled leather pickguard was made by M.K. Holloway from the Dallas area. M.K. is a true artist and a joy to work with! The custom leather strap was made for me by TDPRI's own Bob Schell of Brookwood Leathers. Bob was also a joy to work with. I sent him the guard and he was able to color-match the strap. Incredible quality too!



Other particulars.... A fabulous set of Lollar Vintage T pickups in this guitar, Fender vintage bridge plate, Barden compensated saddles, and Gotoh vintage style tuners. She sounds great! Yaa-hoo!



Thanks for lookin'!
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Old November 27th, 2010, 10:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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That's cool! I want one.
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Old November 27th, 2010, 10:17 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old November 27th, 2010, 10:35 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old November 27th, 2010, 10:48 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I'm not a country-western player but - what the heck! - I thought I'd go ahead and build a Tele with a country-western flair to it. I'm really happy with how it turned out!

Started with a one-piece sugar pine body from Marc Rutters, tinted it with a few coats of amber shellac (Hock flakes in ethanol, applied with a Preval sprayer), and finished it off with clear gloss nitro lacquer. The neck is an Allparts TMO-V that I finished with Reranch tinted clear.



The hand-tooled leather pickguard was made by M.K. Holloway from the Dallas area. M.K. is a true artist and a joy to work with! The custom leather strap was made for me by TDPRI's own Bob Schell of Brookwood Leathers. Bob was also a joy to work with. I sent him the guard and he was able to color-match the strap. Incredible quality too!



Other particulars.... A fabulous set of Lollar Vintage T pickups in this guitar, Fender vintage bridge plate, Barden compensated saddles, and Gotoh vintage style tuners. She sounds great! Yaa-hoo!



Thanks for lookin'!
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Love it. Great job!
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Old November 27th, 2010, 11:13 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Beautiful! I've never used shellac because I assume it's a lot of work, but that finish has me thinking about giving it a try some time.
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Old November 28th, 2010, 12:15 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Beautiful! I've never used shellac because I assume it's a lot of work, but that finish has me thinking about giving it a try some time.
Actually, you can spray/sand/buff shellac just like one would with nitro and it's a lot less work that nitro since shellac cures faster and goes on in fewer coats that dry much faster.
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Old November 28th, 2010, 12:22 AM   #8 (permalink)
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That pickguard is incredible! How stable is it, will it move with humidity?
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Old November 28th, 2010, 12:24 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Nice job,looks really great!
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Old November 28th, 2010, 12:37 AM   #10 (permalink)
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I would sure like to see the back of that V neck
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Old November 28th, 2010, 12:43 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Congrats! That's one nice fiddle you've got there.
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Old November 29th, 2010, 11:11 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Thanks for the kind words!

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I've never used shellac because I assume it's a lot of work, but that finish has me thinking about giving it a try some time.
You should give it a try. I had a couple of false starts with shellac but finally managed to figure out a good schedule. Great stuff!

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That pickguard is incredible! How stable is it, will it move with humidity?
I guess I'll find out over the next couple of years. It has a really nice stiff backing so I'm optimistic that it'll hold up well.

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I'm not sure there's much you can see in this pic, but it has a really nice feel. Much beefier than a modern C-shape but not quite all the way to fat.



One more pic with the Princeton!



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Old November 30th, 2010, 02:26 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Never been a fan of leather pickguards - but that one just Fits! It looks awesome - nice job!
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Old November 30th, 2010, 11:30 AM   #17 (permalink)
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That's one of the best looking Tele's I've seen here.
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Old November 30th, 2010, 11:50 AM   #18 (permalink)
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That is a sweet looking tele. Great job!!!
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Old November 30th, 2010, 12:12 PM   #19 (permalink)
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I really like it. It looks different and yet very classic.
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Old November 30th, 2010, 12:41 PM   #20 (permalink)
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I just got a pickguard from M.K. Holloway. Not exactly like yours. That site is http://theothersideof635.blogsot.com.
He makes some nice ones for Nashville and a '51 p Bass. I wish I could afford the Brookwood strap. Very nice combination.
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That's really nice. I can't really tell from the pic, is it a hard V or a softer one?
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Soft V (if there's a "V" there, I can't feel it! LOL)

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