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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I want to thank the OFC. Along the way in building this guitar, I asked the OFC for suggestions, such as finishes, and pickups and tuners and felt on the end pins etc. And I want to tell you it came out great! I posted other pics in my gallery.
Thanks again! This place really is a great resource with really good people.
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Location: PDX | Looks nice, except for that ugly white smudge on the peg head. ;)
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Must be something wrong with my camera!
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Location: Houston, Texas | I think it says "Makita". Only it needs to be painted green.
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Actually, a very nice looking guitar. Good Job! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Nice one Rick. Nothing like DIY GAS! |
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Location: Midland, MI | Was that a Warmoth body/neck? Looks sharp...great job.
Have you seen the Buckocaster's posts on the TDPRI for 'built-your-own-tele?' Very in depth and a wealth of good information. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Niiisch. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Rick - very nice! How did you find working with the Tru-oil?? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | The neck and body are from warmoth's bargain bin. It's a short scale tilt back headstock strat neck.
Tru-oil is easy to work with. It's great for close grained woods like maple. No fumes in the house. Should have 12 hours between coats. The trick is to rub a small amount on with your finger. Let it rest a minute. Then wipe it off with a soft paper towel like bounty. It repairs easily, just sand a little and then wipe on more. It's not an instaneous finish like a spray on poly, but more forgiving. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Looks like a thin-line without the f-hole. Pretty! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Basically, that's what it is. It's a semi hollow body. It doesn't have the classic thin-line hollowing, it's the warmoth style. It resonates very nicely and has no feedback problems. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Having done this project, do you foresee more DIY guitars in your future? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I'd love to: I see a tele delux configuration, mahogany body, maple neck, pau ferro fret board, jumbo steel frets, spliting the humbuckers, and a four way switch. Only problem is a friend of mine just gave me a Korg x2 keyboard. I have to decide what do to do with it first ... sell it for more guitar stuff or actually sit down and get serious about electronic keyboards. I wish all my problems were this bad. |
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OT: My telecaster copy.
