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  • #16
    Re: Bunch of new axes built

    Dang...killin’ me with that thin line tele...been wantin’ one for long time...just too many guitars on hand...but that one just may have pushed me over the limit...

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    • #17
      Re: Bunch of new axes built

      Originally posted by justFred View Post
      Dang...killin’ me with that thin line tele...been wantin’ one for long time...just too many guitars on hand...but that one just may have pushed me over the limit...
      Ironically, the original body was gifted to me by a friend of mine, also named Fred! I don't know how he got this body blank, though, but it's not exactly a true Tele body. If/once you see it, you see it. I got it and it was super-cupped and warped so once I leveled it, it was so thin I felt (almost) obliged to add this cocobolo top.

      Then, due to circumstance, I am about to get a solid rosewood strat! That one will also get a hardtail, also get pickups that are odd (I'm thinking goldfoils), also be thinline and also get a nice top: likely ziricote.

      You gotta do something with your life.

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      • #18
        Re: Bunch of new axes built

        Originally posted by Aceman View Post
        ink cream Tele and Purple Paul are SWEET!!!!

        Get some gold metal knobs on that Paul dammit.
        I tried gold knobs but it looked to p0rn0 to me. The black ones looked a bit more subdued.

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        • #19
          Re: Bunch of new axes built

          Have you ever tried combining woods for a fretboard? I just saw something about a Les Paul that had an ebony fretboard with a rosewood stripe down the middle. Looked cool too.
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          • #20
            Re: Bunch of new axes built

            Originally posted by Mincer View Post
            Have you ever tried combining woods for a fretboard? I just saw something about a Les Paul that had an ebony fretboard with a rosewood stripe down the middle. Looked cool too.
            Saw that but it feels like so much work. Never wanted to take the risk

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            • #21
              Re: Bunch of new axes built

              Originally posted by orpheo View Post
              Saw that but it feels like so much work. Never wanted to take the risk
              Maybe if it was a fretted neck, and not a separate fingerboard.
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              • #22
                Re: Bunch of new axes built

                How do you see that happening ?

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                • #23
                  Re: Bunch of new axes built

                  Originally posted by orpheo View Post
                  I tried gold knobs but it looked to p0rn0 to me. The black ones looked a bit more subdued.
                  Oh - but Gold P90 covers aren't Pimp-dilly-icious!?!?!?!?
                  Originally posted by Bad City
                  He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...

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                  • #24
                    Re: Bunch of new axes built

                    Originally posted by orpheo View Post
                    How do you see that happening ?
                    You are the guitar maker. I just suggest stuff.
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                    • #25
                      Re: Bunch of new axes built

                      Originally posted by Aceman View Post
                      Oh - but Gold P90 covers aren't Pimp-dilly-icious!?!?!?!?
                      . . . let's not go there (I wanted to evoke a black beauty kinda vibe, with gold pickup covers and hardware, the block inlay; I always found a black beauty with gold knobs tacky).

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                      • #26
                        Re: Bunch of new axes built

                        Originally posted by Mincer View Post
                        You are the guitar maker. I just suggest stuff.
                        I mean, I don't understand what you were saying :P

                        Maybe if it was a fretted neck, and not a separate fingerboard.
                        don't you need a fingerboard first before you can fret it? Or did you mean a neck out of 3 pieces with the fretboard being integral, like Fender's old school original 1 piece necks (i..e without a separate fretboard). In that case, nah. I tried that once but failed miserably at the 1 piece construction so I decided to never ever do it again.

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                        • #27
                          Re: Bunch of new axes built

                          Oh I mean like Fender's original idea of a 1 piece neck (like my Fender, actually). Just shape the neck with all those pieces of wood, and throw frets on it. The stripes in the front would look pretty cool.
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