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| Tele Home Depot Building a T-Style guitar? From scratch or from parts. This is the forum for you. |
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November 25th, 2011, 10:41 PM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Joplin,Missouri
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First tele build... A RAINBOW PAISLEY!!!!
i started this build a few weeks ago... and committed the unspeakable... i didnt start a build thread... so now i am! well better late than never.
this build will be have alot of firsts for me. 1. build a body 2. build a neck from hd maple/ cocobolo 3. do a fabric finish (rainbow paisley!!) w/ a hard poly clear coat the body is made of a pine 2x6 with a plain maple cap.
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November 25th, 2011, 11:09 PM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Aug 2011
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me holding my new pride and joy (even in its rough form...)
http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...Photo-0130.jpg heres the body clamped to the work bench so i can safely cut the excess maple off the edges http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...Photo-0131.jpg ahha! making sawdust! thats the only way for progress! http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...Photo-0132.jpg here are my ideas for the paisley. the rainbow http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...Photo-0125.jpg or http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/...Photo-0134.jpg
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November 25th, 2011, 11:26 PM
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Pictures of Tele builds, 1,000 bucks!
Picture of smiling builder holding body. 1,000,000 bucks! Picture of feet and sawdust:  PRICELESS!!! 
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November 25th, 2011, 11:42 PM
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You know it, I am jealous of your feet and sawdust, no shop in this rental we are in...
But, we looked at a house today and making an offer tomorrow: Look at the nice building at the back of the property, what would I do in there I wonder... You are getting me excited with this paisley build talk... 
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November 25th, 2011, 11:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Kentucky
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When you said rainbow paisley, I had something in mind that looked absolutely terrible- a rainbow striped pattern with black paisley outlines on it. Yuck. But what you have picked looks great. Either of those should look awesome. What color are you gonna use for the 'burst sides? |
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November 26th, 2011, 12:05 AM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Aug 2011
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robt57 thats the size of shop i dream of having! good luck man hope u get it!
danny hojo the burst will either be black w/ a white pin stripe on the top, silver, or grey. im contemplating doing a tummy cut on the back. so idk yet if ill put the fabric on the back yet...
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November 26th, 2011, 12:13 AM
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I hate to keep hyjackin your threads, so I will ask 1st. I have a cloth paisley body in the works I can post if you think it may inspire or provoke methodology thought etc
EDIT: Heck, here is the thread when I did it. http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home...er-advice.html It is in a box awaiting me to get a shop....
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November 26th, 2011, 12:45 AM
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Tele-Meister
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ya man dont worry about it!
thats one nice pattern u found there! any help, advice, or suggestions u can offer from ur build experience is greatly appreciated! im a total neeewbee... to the whole guitar building experience.
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November 26th, 2011, 01:11 AM
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November 26th, 2011, 01:35 AM
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Tele-Meister
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when i wrote that reply i had not read ur thread yet.
where did u get ur poly-cril? what u did with ur finish is exactly what i was planning to do with my project. do u think it would be possible to put a round over on the body after the fabric was glued on? like a 1/8th round over so nothing to dramatic.
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November 26th, 2011, 02:51 AM
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I am not going to do it the same way on the next one.
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November 26th, 2011, 08:41 AM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Seriously, this one with black edges!
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Also, change the url tags to img to embed them into the post like above. Luke. |
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November 26th, 2011, 11:11 AM
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Tele-Meister
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i got the fabric at the local Joanns in the mall near my house.
im leaning towards the black burst myself. im contemplating using white pin stripe tape to give it a little class.
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November 26th, 2011, 02:00 PM
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Tele-Meister
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robt57 i definately will be running alot of test pieces to c how the different methods r gona work out.
later today ill post some pics of the other aspects from the build that ive already assembled. pickups hardware neck blank. (i havent decided what the headstock style should be...) any suggestions? nut material fretboard wood (ill prolly end up doing a couple practice ones on some maple i have laying around.
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November 27th, 2011, 03:55 PM
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Tele-Meister
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heres the fretboard blank i have selected
 heres the neck ill prolly use for this build  or  and all the hardware ive collected so far.   chrome neck plate chrome jackplate chrome straplocks chrome knobs .047 orange drop cap 3-way toggle switch mono jack 500k push/pull pot 500k mini pot (can use fullsize pot if need arises) 6-in line grover mini tuners chrome string ferrules plack pickup ring thin copper shielding tape chrome seymour duncan 59 still need to purchase: chrome tele 3 barrel bridge tele bridge pickup miniwax polyacrylic high gloss finish buffing wheels buffing compound dunlop medium jumbo (6150) 9.5" radius sanding block trussrod - martin style from stewmac.
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November 29th, 2011, 11:51 PM
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Tele-Meister
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i glued up some test pieces of the fabric using tightbond finish and trim glue and a clear gel craft glue.
the tightbond seemed to absorb to much into the fabric itself. the clear gel seemed to have the best adhesion and it didnt seem to soak up into the fabric at all. ( if it did i couldnt tell)
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November 30th, 2011, 12:30 AM
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I rolled tight bond on top after laying the cloth down while still wet when I did mine FWIW.
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