Ayrton
New member
Hello, my name is Chris and I have a problem. It has been one day since my last Telecaster build.
Man, I just love double bound Teles!
I was surfing around looking for something guitar related and came across a picture of this Tele body with a ridiculous birdseye maple top. I tracked down the company out of Australia and emailed them for info.
A few weeks later I had an Alder body with a maple caps front and back. I sourced a matching neck with an Ebony board from Warmoth and then they sat....
...and sat.
I finally got around to this one and now we are done.
Neck and body
I had always envisioned this in a red or orange(ish) color to set off the creme binding. I experimented with red stains, but ultimately I used alcohol dyes.
The stain after sanding it out.
I applied another couple of coats and hit it with some clear.
Blech! Too pink and faded.
Do over
I mixed up some red dye with a touch of brown.
I then hit that with some clear to see how it might look. I think this will work
A logo and start laying on the clear.
Man, I just love double bound Teles!
I was surfing around looking for something guitar related and came across a picture of this Tele body with a ridiculous birdseye maple top. I tracked down the company out of Australia and emailed them for info.
A few weeks later I had an Alder body with a maple caps front and back. I sourced a matching neck with an Ebony board from Warmoth and then they sat....
...and sat.
I finally got around to this one and now we are done.
Neck and body
I had always envisioned this in a red or orange(ish) color to set off the creme binding. I experimented with red stains, but ultimately I used alcohol dyes.
The stain after sanding it out.
I applied another couple of coats and hit it with some clear.
Blech! Too pink and faded.
Do over
I mixed up some red dye with a touch of brown.
I then hit that with some clear to see how it might look. I think this will work
A logo and start laying on the clear.
