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TELEDUDE84 · December 20th, 2011, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Buckocaster51

Nice!

White guard.

You are probably dinked re the pickup route depth.

I'm thinking so too. I guess I'll pull out the tools and make a deeper hole before wet sanding anymore.

lol:

RocknDrTom · December 20th, 2011, 06:26 AM

How about a clear pickguard? I'd rather see all the swirl.

RocknDrTom · December 20th, 2011, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Oakville Dave

Cool, it has a rather VanGogh "Starry Night" vibe.

I had a guitar with a Starry Night vibe once (back in the '80's):

TELEDUDE84 · December 20th, 2011, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by RocknDrTom

I had a guitar with a Starry Night vibe once (back in the '80's):

That's a cool axe. I coulda told you that was an 80's pic without you even saying it was.

I was just a kid but I remember'em

SixShooter · December 20th, 2011, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by RocknDrTom

How about a clear pickguard? I'd rather see all the swirl.

I'm with you. Those pickguards just don't look right and they cover up the nice paint work. How about no guard? Use a trim ring for the neck pickup:

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TELEDUDE84 · December 20th, 2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SixShooter

I'm with you. Those pickguards just don't look right and they cover up the nice paint work. How about no guard? Use a trim ring for the neck pickup:

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I thought of that. But I'm on an extremely tight schedule for getting this done. Its like a biker build off on the discovery channel where they have 5 days to build it.

I still have to wet sand it and put its innards in, and set it up. No pressure.

I have another swirlcaster I'm going to build after this one and I'm going to take more time with it and I'm definitely going to keep the "no guard" thing in mind. I just need to figure out the colors :-O

I'm thinking
orange and black
orange / yellow
Yellow / red
Orange / red
Lime green / black
Purple / black

The possibilities are endless!!!!!!

TELEDUDE84 · December 22nd, 2011, 05:32 PM

I fit the hardware on it, later I'm bustin out the heat to do some wiring.

TELEDUDE84 · December 22nd, 2011, 11:34 PM

Wired it, strung it, set it up and it makes noise!! Plays like a beauty! It was my quickest build from paint to playable in 5 days and plays better than the ones that took me months to do. Go figure that I'm giving it away. Hope my buddy likes it. What do you guys think????

lespauljr · December 23rd, 2011, 04:16 AM

Great job.

adirondak5 · December 23rd, 2011, 05:23 AM

Cool , good job.

Badabing · December 23rd, 2011, 05:26 AM

Too Cool!!!
I wonder if you could tape off sections and dip different color swirls on the same body??

TELEDUDE84 · December 23rd, 2011, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Badabing

Too Cool!!!
I wonder if you could tape off sections and dip different color swirls on the same body??

I'm sure you could, but the swirls wouldn't match up design and pattern wise.

fretman_2 · December 23rd, 2011, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by RocknDrTom

I had a guitar with a Starry Night vibe once (back in the '80's):

What the h3ll where you wearing??? LOL.

fretman_2 · December 23rd, 2011, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TELEDUDE84

Wired it, strung it, set it up and it makes noise!! Plays like a beauty! It was my quickest build from paint to playable in 5 days and plays better than the ones that took me months to do. Go figure that I'm giving it away. Hope my buddy likes it. What do you guys think????

Fantastic!

jimdkc · December 23rd, 2011, 11:06 AM

Very nice! Makes me wanna swirl something!

I'm sure your friend will love it!

stratelespaul · December 23rd, 2011, 11:30 AM

Fantastic job!
Earlier when you were considering pickguard colors, I was thinking blue pearloid but, the white really makes it jump at the viewer.
Now I'm getting swirl ideas too

bcarter_1 · December 23rd, 2011, 11:31 AM

That is cool.

Greg M · December 23rd, 2011, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by fretman_2

What the h3ll where you wearing??? LOL.

And how did you pry it off Boy George?

TELEDUDE84, maybe try the Paisley method of clear pickguard with blue sprayed ring around the neck pickup ring. That would show off the cool paint job better.

TELEDUDE84 · December 23rd, 2011, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Greg M

And how did you pry it off Boy George?

TELEDUDE84, maybe try the Paisley method of clear pickguard with blue sprayed ring around the neck pickup ring. That would show off the cool paint job better.

I thought of the clear pickguard with a blue ring. Maybe I'll try it on the next one.

celeste · December 23rd, 2011, 10:17 PM

I am liking it a lot and am thinking of a future build now

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jimdkc Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Independence, MO Age: 56 Posts: 890	Very nice! Makes me wanna swirl something! I'm sure your friend will love it!

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stratelespaul TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Columbus, Oh Age: 49 Posts: 28	Fantastic job! Earlier when you were considering pickguard colors, I was thinking blue pearloid but, the white really makes it jump at the viewer. Now I'm getting swirl ideas too

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