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    FFGD - Tele Build complete

    FFGD = Finally Finished Guitar Day. (details follow pics)

    it started with this:



    and ended with this:











    Finish is far from perfect, complete with some orange peel and pinholes, but I knew as my first attempt at lacquer not to expect too much. That is why I opted for a vintagey finish so I could get away with the imperfections

    The front and rear face are trans finished, the sides are opaque (just sprayed heavier) all using Reranch Blonde and topped with tinted clear, then clear lacquer. As a rank amateur I'm very satisifed with the finish.

    The guitar kicks all kinds of ass.

    Ash body (RedDirt guitars - ebay)
    Warmoth Maple / Pau neck
    SD Broadcaster bridge, BG A3 Rockwind neck
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    Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

    very nice lookin guitar ... the grain in the bare body and the fingerboard are both very pretty

    how she feel and sound?

    enjoy!

    t4d
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    • #3
      Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

      Very nice! Only change I'd make is a black guard instead of a white one, but to each their own! Rock on!
      "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled" - Mark Twain

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      • #4
        Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

        Originally posted by Fender_Punk View Post
        Very nice! Only change I'd make is a black guard instead of a white one, but to each their own! Rock on!
        Indeed very nice guitar and I agree with you on the pick guard.
        One other thinking would be 5 hole vintage look instead of 8 holes.

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          Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

          That fretboard is ridonkulous
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          • #6
            Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

            Originally posted by ImmortalSix View Post
            That fretboard is ridonkulous
            Thanks. I watched Warmoth's showcase literally every day for 2 months. It is a 1 11/16" nut, 9.5" radius, standard thin. I was really shooting for a 59 roundback, 1 11/16 & 9.5 but it seems Warmoth does not make that combo on their non-special order showcase items. Pau Ferro is really a beautiful wood

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            • #7
              Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

              Very nice fretboard! That's what I always wished rosewood would look like . . .
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                Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

                Originally posted by Fender_Punk View Post
                Very nice! Only change I'd make is a black guard instead of a white one, but to each their own! Rock on!
                I would've done the same, and would have gone maple fretboard too, but still a kickass looking tele!

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                  Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

                  Originally posted by mrturtle_91 View Post
                  I would've done the same, and would have gone maple fretboard too, but still a kickass looking tele!
                  I have another Tele build (black w/white PG) with a maple fretboard. Maybe if I get bored one day, I'll swap em up. But the white PG stays on both!

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                  • #10
                    Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

                    yellow tele+pau+white guard = AWESOME!!!!!1!!1!

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                    • #11
                      Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

                      Nice Job! Looks Awesome!....my fave color for a tele!

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                      • #12
                        Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

                        Nice job man!

                        That board is pretty stellar!
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                        • #13
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                          Love it!
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                          Remember, it's just a plank of wood. YOU have to find the music in it - The Telecaster Handbook

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                          • #14
                            Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

                            Congrats! that is absolutely lovely!

                            Do tell about the neck pickup?

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                              Re: FFGD - Tele Build complete

                              Very nice!
                              -Chris

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