The Emeraldcaster Project (aka Son of Meloncaster) - Page 22

JasonRobert · January 2nd, 2008, 01:57 PM

I love the sparkle on it, and the binding.

Buckocaster51 · January 2nd, 2008, 02:10 PM

Remember the 80s?

Remember the "preppies" that ran around in their pink and green Alligator shirts?

If only these two guitars had existed back then!

By the way...I bear no animosity towards preppies! I had my moments too!

spankdplank · January 2nd, 2008, 02:40 PM

Those two are outstanding!!! Great job as always. Perhaps your best yet. Thanks for yet another great thread.

BarnesTO · January 2nd, 2008, 03:03 PM

Awsome....Bring on the Rubycaster(s)!!

jimd · January 2nd, 2008, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckocaster51

Now I need to get cracking on the other 7 I have laying around here.

I hear some of the candidates in that little election you guys are having are helping with babysitting and other chores to get people to the caucuses. Maybe you could enlist Hillary or Huckabee to do some wet sanding for you.

ROADMAN · January 2nd, 2008, 03:37 PM

great build old boy...shame to put a pick guard over it ..
have you thought what a clear might look like?
Bravo! and HNY

Buckocaster51 · January 2nd, 2008, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimd

I hear some of the candidates in that little election you guys are having are helping with babysitting and other chores to get people to the caucuses. Maybe you could enlist Hillary or Huckabee to do some wet sanding for you.

Yeah...that'll be the day...this time tomorrow finding a candidate in this state is going to be like finding water in the Sahara...if you know what I mean!

Buckocaster51 · January 2nd, 2008, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROADMAN

great build old boy...shame to put a pick guard over it ..
have you thought what a clear might look like?
Bravo! and HNY

I put clear guards on a couple I painted several years back...they just don't look right to me.

Onliest two Teles that look good with clear guards to me are the Paisleys and the Blue Flowers. I guess I am just a traditionalist!

Buckocaster51 · January 2nd, 2008, 04:26 PM

This is a followup on the old "How thick is it?" question.

The wood was 2.75" thick with do finish.

The guitar is now 2.82" thick.

So all of the goop is 0.07" thick.

Making it about 0.03" to 0.04" per side.

That doesn't seem all that bad to me.

I just checked...back on post #619, when I was scraping the Allparts factory finish off of some necks...I measured a chunk of Allparts neck finish to be 0.011".

wikur · January 2nd, 2008, 04:32 PM

Congrats to a great looking Tele, and thanks for a superb thread!
Cheers,Wikur!

martyb1 · January 2nd, 2008, 04:43 PM

Looks great again Bucko,but we would not expect anything less

You keep this up and it's going to be hard to outdo yourself !!

geardaddy · January 2nd, 2008, 04:57 PM

utterly drool-inducing, buck...

i was a bit disappointed when i saw that you had opted for a darker fretboard (rosewood? ebony?), but you've changed my mind...so very tasty!

thanks for sharing yet another kickass build...

by the way, have you ever assembled all of your builds for a photo? if so, and if it's readily available on your hard drive, i'd love to see pics of your collection...

heck, your could probably sell it as wallpaper!

getbent · January 2nd, 2008, 04:58 PM

Esteban,

Those are so, so, so beautiful. Just amazing. Great job. The green one is just crazy! I love the neck pickup idea... it makes it look even better. Wow!

martyb1 · January 2nd, 2008, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckocaster51

Remember the 80s?

Remember the "preppies" that ran around in their pink and green Alligator shirts?

If only these two guitars had existed back then!

By the way...I bear no animosity towards preppies! I had my moments too!

I just noticed,is that a bit of spare change on the pink one

Buckocaster51 · January 2nd, 2008, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geardaddy

...heck, your could probably sell it as wallpaper!

Nope...no group photo...yet. Maybe if we get a good day with the sun shining...that will happen about APRIL this year!

Thanks again for the kind words kids...now back to binding a neck...and watching some Jimmy Cagney on the electric television.

CDKopf · January 2nd, 2008, 07:25 PM

Okay - Ive watched this thread forever as you all have..I am certain this is one of the finest handbuilt Tele's ever. You have worked your butt off on it and you should be proud. But here I sit bored to death and was just wondering...not saying you should change a thing..but Ive always been a blackguard dude..and my curiousity got the best of me..so I thought Id see what it would look like. Hope nobody gets miffed...like I said I do love it like it is..just curious to see what it would look like.. thats all ..and thought Id share..are there enough CYA disclaimers there??

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Buckocaster51 · January 2nd, 2008, 07:40 PM

It certainly doesn't look like it would look bad with a blackguard...but you see...best as I can find out...BUCK NEVER PLAYED A BLACKGUARD!

That's my story...and I'll probably stick to it.

Cheers

Steve Dikkers
aka Buckocaster51

CDKopf · January 2nd, 2008, 07:43 PM

You're right -- what was I thinking!!!

Buckocaster51 · January 2nd, 2008, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by martyb1

I just noticed,is that a bit of spare change on the pink one

Isn't that funny?!

True story here...the first night I played it...maybe the day after I bolt it up...and certainly the first time I am playing it at volume...I noticed at least a couple of those strings were rattling pretty good against the frets...and it was doing it on notes that I play! I can live with fret rattle on notes I don't play (and there are plenty of those) but it was soundling pretty crappy.

It has Glenndale saddles...and I did not have one of those teeny-tiny allen-wrenches that you need to adjust the saddle height ... so I improvised...had to borrow the pennies from the bass player.

That was back in September. I've played it a bunch and changed the strings on it several times, but I never remember to "fix" it.

Try doing THAT with a Les Paul!

Buckocaster51 · January 2nd, 2008, 07:52 PM

So, the intrepid adventurer keeps on trekking...

back to binding a neck

Over the holidays several BIG boxes of parts arrived at DiWiDi Technologies. Binding supplies galore!

The neck purfling and binding are going to go on it separate steps.

First the purfling.

really straight forward.

the binding will go on in Step 2...

as soon as I figure out how to make a couple of 90° bends iin something that isn't designed to bend...

Hope what I have in mind works since I have to put checkerboards on the back of a body for He Who Shall Remain Nameless...and there are a couple of right angles under the neck pocket on that one.

Buckocaster51 · January 2nd, 2008, 08:36 PM

Terrible photo...but I have discovered that a way to get these checkerboards to go around corners is to break it...

with the checkerboard breaking tools it breaks easily...every 1/8"

then it can be glued in place

Really! I'm not usually that sloppy with the glue. That is a brand new bottle that is filled to the top and it oooozes without a thought.

We'll tape this side down to dry and go on to the other side

I wonder how the pattern will match up in the center...

toadman · January 2nd, 2008, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDKopf

Okay - Ive watched this thread forever as you all have..I am certain this is one of the finest handbuilt Tele's ever. You have worked your butt off on it and you should be proud. But here I sit bored to death and was just wondering...not saying you should change a thing..but Ive always been a blackguard dude..and my curiousity got the best of me..so I thought Id see what it would look like. Hope nobody gets miffed...like I said I do love it like it is..just curious to see what it would look like.. thats all ..and thought Id share..are there enough CYA disclaimers there??

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i hope i don't come off sounding like a dope, but here's an idea: howsabout a 3 layer laminate pickguard with the bottom two layers routered off and replaced with that cool checkerboard?? might look cool with a little extra bevel to it. is that beyond the realm of possiblity?
by the way sir, your sparklecasters give this ol boy a serious stirring in the loins!

January 2nd, 2008, 02:10 PM	#842 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,960 1 Photos	Remember the 80s? Remember the "preppies" that ran around in their pink and green Alligator shirts? If only these two guitars had existed back then! By the way...I bear no animosity towards preppies! I had my moments too! __________________ "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

January 2nd, 2008, 04:26 PM	#849 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,960 1 Photos	This is a followup on the old "How thick is it?" question. The wood was 2.75" thick with do finish. The guitar is now 2.82" thick. So all of the goop is 0.07" thick. Making it about 0.03" to 0.04" per side. That doesn't seem all that bad to me. I just checked...back on post #619, when I was scraping the Allparts factory finish off of some necks...I measured a chunk of Allparts neck finish to be 0.011". __________________ "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 Last edited by Buckocaster51 : January 2nd, 2008 at 04:32 PM. Reason: Allparts neck info added

January 2nd, 2008, 04:43 PM	#851 (permalink)
martyb1 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Age: 44 Posts: 1,414 13 Photos	Looks great again Bucko,but we would not expect anything less You keep this up and it's going to be hard to outdo yourself !! __________________ Before throwing it out,make sure it's not 16x13x1.75

January 2nd, 2008, 04:57 PM	#852 (permalink)
geardaddy Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: san francisco Posts: 266	utterly drool-inducing, buck... i was a bit disappointed when i saw that you had opted for a darker fretboard (rosewood? ebony?), but you've changed my mind...so very tasty! thanks for sharing yet another kickass build... by the way, have you ever assembled all of your builds for a photo? if so, and if it's readily available on your hard drive, i'd love to see pics of your collection... heck, your could probably sell it as wallpaper! __________________ switchin' it over to AM, searchin' for a truer sound...

January 2nd, 2008, 04:58 PM	#853 (permalink)
getbent Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Age: 48 Posts: 9,132 37 Photos	Esteban, Those are so, so, so beautiful. Just amazing. Great job. The green one is just crazy! I love the neck pickup idea... it makes it look even better. Wow! __________________ Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length.

January 2nd, 2008, 01:57 PM	#841 (permalink)
JasonRobert Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paddock Wood, Kent, England Posts: 308	I love the sparkle on it, and the binding.

January 2nd, 2008, 02:40 PM	#843 (permalink)
spankdplank Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, Tx. Posts: 566 22 Photos	Those two are outstanding!!! Great job as always. Perhaps your best yet. Thanks for yet another great thread.

January 2nd, 2008, 03:03 PM	#844 (permalink)
BarnesTO Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yuma, AZ Age: 30 Posts: 670 4 Photos	Awsome....Bring on the Rubycaster(s)!!

January 2nd, 2008, 03:37 PM	#846 (permalink)
ROADMAN Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: delta b.c. canada Age: 53 Posts: 934	great build old boy...shame to put a pick guard over it .. have you thought what a clear might look like? Bravo! and HNY

January 2nd, 2008, 04:32 PM	#850 (permalink)
wikur Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: SWEDEN Posts: 302 18 Photos	Congrats to a great looking Tele, and thanks for a superb thread! Cheers,Wikur!

January 2nd, 2008, 07:25 PM	#856 (permalink)
CDKopf Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Spokane, Wa Age: 33 Posts: 355 3 Photos	Okay - Ive watched this thread forever as you all have..I am certain this is one of the finest handbuilt Tele's ever. You have worked your butt off on it and you should be proud. But here I sit bored to death and was just wondering...not saying you should change a thing..but Ive always been a blackguard dude..and my curiousity got the best of me..so I thought Id see what it would look like. Hope nobody gets miffed...like I said I do love it like it is..just curious to see what it would look like.. thats all ..and thought Id share..are there enough CYA disclaimers there?? untitled.jpg __________________ "We been outta work so long...we had to put together some kinda act just to show the promoters what kinda work we're out of." (Johnny Cash 1958 Hadley's Town Hall Party)

January 2nd, 2008, 07:40 PM	#857 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,960 1 Photos	It certainly doesn't look like it would look bad with a blackguard...but you see...best as I can find out...BUCK NEVER PLAYED A BLACKGUARD! That's my story...and I'll probably stick to it. Cheers Steve Dikkers aka Buckocaster51 __________________ "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

January 2nd, 2008, 07:43 PM	#858 (permalink)
CDKopf Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Spokane, Wa Age: 33 Posts: 355 3 Photos	You're right -- what was I thinking!!! __________________ "We been outta work so long...we had to put together some kinda act just to show the promoters what kinda work we're out of." (Johnny Cash 1958 Hadley's Town Hall Party)

January 2nd, 2008, 07:52 PM	#860 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,960 1 Photos	So, the intrepid adventurer keeps on trekking... back to binding a neck Over the holidays several BIG boxes of parts arrived at DiWiDi Technologies. Binding supplies galore! The neck purfling and binding are going to go on it separate steps. First the purfling. really straight forward. the binding will go on in Step 2... as soon as I figure out how to make a couple of 90° bends iin something that isn't designed to bend... Hope what I have in mind works since I have to put checkerboards on the back of a body for He Who Shall Remain Nameless...and there are a couple of right angles under the neck pocket on that one. __________________ "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

January 2nd, 2008, 08:36 PM	#861 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,960 1 Photos	Terrible photo...but I have discovered that a way to get these checkerboards to go around corners is to break it... with the checkerboard breaking tools it breaks easily...every 1/8" then it can be glued in place Really! I'm not usually that sloppy with the glue. That is a brand new bottle that is filled to the top and it oooozes without a thought. We'll tape this side down to dry and go on to the other side I wonder how the pattern will match up in the center... __________________ "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