Finally finished the first one

milkshape · August 30th, 2008, 06:40 PM

Thanks for all the encouragement and help found here, I restarted this project after 15 years when I happened on the buttercaster thread while searching for guitar related stuff. Not perfect by any stretch, but it plays nice.

Southern ILL · August 30th, 2008, 07:07 PM

Looks great...Enjoy.

junk126 · August 30th, 2008, 07:16 PM

Very nice! I dig the no pickguard look. Does the finish color have a name?

milkshape · August 30th, 2008, 07:35 PM

Hey junk126 thanks, Ice Blue Metallic. Not a good choice for a rookie like myself, but I sure did learn a lot.

dougk · August 30th, 2008, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milkshape

Hey junk126 thanks, Ice Blue Metallic. Not a good choice for a rookie like myself, but I sure did learn a lot.

IBM is such an awesome color. It is a tricky one for a first try but it looks like you nailed it.

mistermullens · August 30th, 2008, 07:51 PM

Nice and a great photo too.

Buckocaster51 · August 30th, 2008, 08:13 PM

Great job.

milkshape · August 30th, 2008, 09:05 PM

As it has been said many times before, you guys are serious enablers.

DougK, project looks nice, I was given (I don't what I did to deserve it) a set of gibson mini humbuckers that I'm thinking of using for a Tele Deluxe build.

There are some issues that show when viewed from certain angles where the flake laid down. Then there is the rookie mistake I made when soldering the shielding wire for the neck pickup to the back of one of the pots, ouch, pick guard will cover it, but it is going to enjoy a rough life and these are just beauty marks at this point. I am mostly surprised by the fact that I soldered it up and it worked the first time with zero issues, no hum or noise what so ever. This is the second thing I have ever soldered up. The first was a little gem LM364 (I forget the chip number) amp that a friend showed me from Make. Again watching the threads here gave me great confidence.

August 30th, 2008, 07:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
junk126 Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Alabama, United States Age: 29 Posts: 120	Very nice! I dig the no pickguard look. Does the finish color have a name? __________________ I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it. -- (Terry Pratchett)

August 30th, 2008, 07:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
milkshape Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New England Posts: 379	Hey junk126 thanks, Ice Blue Metallic. Not a good choice for a rookie like myself, but I sure did learn a lot. __________________ No hurries, No worries.

August 30th, 2008, 07:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
mistermullens Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Atlanta Age: 31 Posts: 2,321 51 Photos	Nice and a great photo too. __________________ When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

August 30th, 2008, 08:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 5,535 1 Photos	Great job. __________________ "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." - Thumper the Rabbit "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

August 30th, 2008, 09:05 PM	#8 (permalink)
milkshape Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New England Posts: 379	As it has been said many times before, you guys are serious enablers. DougK, project looks nice, I was given (I don't what I did to deserve it) a set of gibson mini humbuckers that I'm thinking of using for a Tele Deluxe build. There are some issues that show when viewed from certain angles where the flake laid down. Then there is the rookie mistake I made when soldering the shielding wire for the neck pickup to the back of one of the pots, ouch, pick guard will cover it, but it is going to enjoy a rough life and these are just beauty marks at this point. I am mostly surprised by the fact that I soldered it up and it worked the first time with zero issues, no hum or noise what so ever. This is the second thing I have ever soldered up. The first was a little gem LM364 (I forget the chip number) amp that a friend showed me from Make. Again watching the threads here gave me great confidence. __________________ No hurries, No worries.

August 30th, 2008, 07:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Southern ILL Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Illinois Age: 38 Posts: 982	Looks great...Enjoy.