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[fordmugg]

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Its going to be hard to fit a neck pickup with that thing blocking the hole but other than that i really like it . All your stuff is pure :headbang::headbang: And very inspirational.

Thanks....still have to cut that chunk of the neck off before I glue it in, but hopefully should have it glued in this weekend..

 

[ChAoZ]

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Started staining

 

[YeRedHouseOverYonder]

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The '60 MM came in a week ago, but parts took a bit longer. As advertised, late'50s/early '60s neck profile. It's for sure smaller than my R8, but significantly bigger than my other guitars.

I went ahead and cleaned/oiled the board. Installed the bridge posts. Wired up the harness using mojotone pots/caps. The Tonepro Kluson Deluxe tuners fit the headstock like a glove. Installed the retrospec studs/mojoaxe compensated bridge. Strung up with Dunlop Rev 10s. Jesus. I love how these MMs just ring.

The guitar is half way from being done though. The 59/Custom is a temp pickup. Need to figure that out. It needs a new pickguard since the original was mangled. As it is, the 59/custom isn't fully mounted at the moment.

The '62 melody maker finally came out of the booth. The neck on this one is waayy smaller. Funny what a difference two years makes. I like the fretboard figure on this one more. The TV White finish is more off white or vintage white in person. Tuned to C standard. Super light. Big fan of these early MMs.

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[Nostalgic Distortion]

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She's done. Will be picking it up tomorrow night.

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Well that's just flipping cool!!!

I don't normally like pointy guitars & I never much cared for those Iceman style bodies but a Iceman style offset Tele is something I could get behind....

Way to think outside of the box!!!

 

[Ayrton]

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‘59 heavy relic

 

[Ayrton]

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Coming soon...

 

[ChAoZ]

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Honduras Mahogany X-style with 6 piece Wenge neck in the works, "I really should finish some of the others I started before I make more" - yes dear

 

[Greyum]

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I’m starting a build over the holidays, picked up the final required items (and hopefully will find my soldering gun tomorrow).

It’s a kit so much of the ‘hard’ work is done but being this my first build I didn’t want to take on too much.

I went with a LP model and got a spalted flamed maple veneer version as I thought it looked really nice. The plan being to finish with a basic oil-based stain and tru-oil.

Wish me luck!

 

[YeRedHouseOverYonder]

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The Fireman Tele is going through some revisions. I was hoping the rosewood/ebony neck would fit with the swamp ash, but I liked it better with white pine. The top end was sweeter, it had a bit more mids, and more warmth. Surprisingly, the white pine was arguably more light and resonant too. Think I prefer white pine over ash haha.

Anyhow, this swamp ash body should fit well with a quarter sawn maple neck. I changed the gold coil (foil) pickup for a sentient and kept the broadcaster type pickup in the bridge. Electronics will switch from 300k CTS pots/.033uf PIO to Bourns 550k pots/.022uf Mojotone Vitamin T PIO. Will be adding a resistor so the bridge sees ~300k on both pots. Neck will be ordered in Jan. or so.

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[ChAoZ]

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Applying Tru-Oil to my Maple/Bubinga neck thru build

 

[Greyum]

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Working on my first guitar!



Waiting on the third stain coat to dry today then starting on the tru-oil finish

 

[ChAoZ]

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Got the final setup done on this one today
Sapele body, Maple/Wenge neck, Bubinga fretboard, SD Dimebucker, Gotoh 1996t bridge, Blue/Purple chameleon paint

 

[Greyum]

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Almost done!

 

[fordmugg]

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[rgand]

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I love the grain in it, fordmugg. Are you going to use a filler or leave it like that?

 

[silvertonebetty]

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[ChAoZ]

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Polishing the Tru-Oil finish

 

[GuitarDoc]

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Neck and body arrived! Neck fits body quite nicely...encouragingly so. Although I’m a little torn because I like the battle scarred finish on the body as it is.

Kramer “1984” Maple Neck w/5150 Striped Headstock/“EVH” Tuners/Nut/Retainer, Vintage 1984 Kramer Pacer Imperial Body w/Kramer “Made In USA” Neck Plate, Seymour Duncan SH-2N ’59/SWD Custom Shop MJ ’78 Trembucker, Floyd Rose Original

Please tell me that you will be removing the horridly ugly paint from the headstock.

 

[GuitarDoc]

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Neck and body arrived! Neck fits body quite nicely...encouragingly so. Although I’m a little torn because I like the battle scarred finish on the body as it is.

Kramer “1984” Maple Neck w/5150 Striped Headstock/“EVH” Tuners/Nut/Retainer, Vintage 1984 Kramer Pacer Imperial Body w/Kramer “Made In USA” Neck Plate, Seymour Duncan SH-2N ’59/SWD Custom Shop MJ ’78 Trembucker, Floyd Rose Original

Please tell me that you will be removing the horridly ugly paint from the headstock.

 

[ChAoZ]

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Bodies and necks are back from the painters so time to reassemble them