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Old April 28th, 2008, 10:50 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I'm building a tele, so I registered here.

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here a new forummember from the Netherlands. After building a few strats and a hollowbody PRS it's time to build a tele (everyone should own at least one, so it better be a good one).

It wil be an Esquire with a high output humbucker hidden under the pickguard, ash one-piece body, LPB nitro finish, binding on the front-side, lightly reliced and a big chuncky neck.

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One piece ash body, big fat maple neck, nitro finish, GFS pups, lefty Diego Deluxe tremelo, Sperzel locking tuners.



Two piece alder body, maple neck, ebony fretboard, GFS pickups, lefty tremelo, vintage tuners:


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Old April 28th, 2008, 10:58 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Nice stuff. I like the multi finish relic job there. I'm looking forward to this thread.
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Old April 28th, 2008, 11:00 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Welcome... ya couldn't have registered in a better place..

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Old April 28th, 2008, 11:10 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Thanx Woodman en Ronkirn.

Today I did some rough routing, need to use some filler in a few spot, but thats no problem because I want a white primer an then LPB.

The humbucker will be mounted in a mountingring that will be held in place by the pickguard. That wil make trussrod adjustments easy (small channel between neckpocket en humbuckerrouting).

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Old April 28th, 2008, 11:26 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Cool stuff - nice work man! Looking forward to how this one progresses!
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Old April 28th, 2008, 11:30 AM   #6 (permalink)
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There a ton of great builders here. Welcome.
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Old April 28th, 2008, 11:40 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Welcome aboard and looking forward to seeing the finiahed product.
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Old April 28th, 2008, 12:38 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Old April 28th, 2008, 01:14 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Hey g.g. welcome.

I see you have built a strat and I'm thinking about contouring one of my Tele's. Any advice on how to get the right angle and keep it smooth.

Oh and no fancy shop here. Mostly hand tools.

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Old April 28th, 2008, 01:24 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Very interesting work! Please share every step and aspect of your latest project build with us. There are some incredibly great inventive guys around here, and also many class-a players who can add some insight on what they would like to see. The info shared around here is pure gold!
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Old April 29th, 2008, 07:02 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Very interesting work! Please share every step and aspect of your latest project build with us. There are some incredibly great inventive guys around here, and also many class-a players who can add some insight on what they would like to see. The info shared around here is pure gold!
I will....

I taped my fingers so I won't get superglued to the body and glued the cream binding to the body. It's a pretty simple job to do, as long as you use enough tape to keep the binding in place. In an hour I will fill some gaps with superglue (if there are any)





The dark colour on the body is a stained porefiller (I was afraid the ash would soak up all the superglue)
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Old April 29th, 2008, 07:50 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Welcome g.g. - Your going to love it here !
Looks like you have built some nice stuff. Looking forward to this build.
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Old April 29th, 2008, 01:07 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Welcome,,, Pink and Blue have always worked well together eh?? Nice work.
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Old May 9th, 2008, 08:58 AM   #14 (permalink)
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My set-up for sanding the sides of the body:



I've put a white primer on the body and spraypainted it with a rattlecan in the colour blue, as close as I could find to Lake Placid Blue



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Old May 9th, 2008, 11:42 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Great work, this place amazes me.
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Old May 9th, 2008, 01:47 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Nice project. I like the tape on the fingertips. Clear evidence you have been building with cyano-glue for a while now.

Question: That's a gorgeous looking piece of ash. How difficult is it to find quality wood; is it just a question of being in a major port city?

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Question: That's a gorgeous looking piece of ash. How difficult is it to find quality wood; is it just a question of being in a major port city?

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It's an hour drive from Rotterdam to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam, by the harbour, there is a woodstore, which sells a lot, like ash, maple, alder, rosewood, padouk, ebony, wenge etc...

I bought a big piece of ash, big enough for 3 bodies. It cost me about €80 which is about $120. Not bad for 3 onepiece ash bodies.
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Nice work. And your process looks orderly as well! Just out of curioisty, what pickups are you using, or do you vary them on each build?
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Nice work. And your process looks orderly as well! Just out of curioisty, what pickups are you using, or do you vary them on each build?
I'll try a lot of them, but these days i like GFS. Best bang for your buck!!!

I'm not sure what to use on this telecaster/esquier. I want the pups to be pretty high output (especialy the neck humbucker since it will be mounted under the pickguard).

Here are some pictures of the final colourcoat (you can still see the grain). Next will be a few layers of clear tinted nitro.

The neck has got the trussrod and the fretboard, so shaping it is the next job to do.





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Welcome, Welcome!

Looking great already! Did you make the fretboard yourself? Or get it cut already?

Hey, my Brother was stationed at the AFB for like 8 years there. Never got to visit there, but visited him in Denmark though.

Are you going to show us you making some fiddleback wooden shoes? ;)

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