All that glitters is gold

Re: All that glitters is gold

Is this where you put a Universe neck on it and make it look like it was done at the factory by a master builder?
 
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Re: All that glitters is gold

You need a matching jacket when you play that.

Now stop being a Tele-tease and give us a little more!
 
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I spent six hours meticulously scraping the binding.

Why 6 hours? Gibson has a pack of old ladies that can do it in 45 minutes and you know how epic QC has been since Henry fixed everything.

I too, am waiting for full pics, but with Tele's sometimes I need a Viagra to get full wood excited. The gold sparkles help though......
 
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matching sparkle headstock? bad. ass.

Yep...

I snagged a Charvel promod neck last year off eBay cheap and at first, I thought I might do an '80's star guitar, but I already have so many tele bodies on the shelf.

One had enough room to accommodate the 2 1/4" neck, and we were off to the races. I wasn't sure what the plan was going to be, just that I did not want two humbuckers (like almost all "rock" teles). I don't have another BG1400 pickup, but I do have one more tapped Tele bridge. I was leaning Esquire then found a TV Jones Classic bridge pup...

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Normally the Seymour Duncan 53 Tapped Tele uses a 5-way switch but I did not have anywhere to do that without a standard plate. I decided on a coil tap tone where the 3-way toggle would normally go and then move the toggle to the upper horn.

Layout and drill pilot hole.

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A Forstner bit and stepped channel bit from the rear

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Learning from the previous sparkle paint job mistakes, I chose a lacquer base color that matched.


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This allowed me two use only two cans of glitter (might have been able to use even one, but why chance it)

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While we are at it, why not match the headstock.

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Several hours of careful scraping later

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Now just laying down the clear.
 
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