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Speaking of latest Tele builds ...
Posted on 9/30/22 at 8:55 am
Posted on 9/30/22 at 8:55 am
Following Auggie's lead, I figured I'd share this one I finished this week. The shop's Facebook fans said some really nice things about it and you guys like eye candy too :)
A "Contour Tele" (added arm and tummy cuts) with my Carondelet T set, in a mid-60s tribute "ice metallic blue"
A "Contour Tele" (added arm and tummy cuts) with my Carondelet T set, in a mid-60s tribute "ice metallic blue"
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Posted on 9/30/22 at 9:11 am to TheFretShack
Wow - love that powder blue color.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 9:23 am to jdd48
Like all the Fender custom colors of the late 50s and 60s, its inspiration and origin of this blue was Detroit.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 9:37 am to TheFretShack
Those contours are a real treat. My fender American standard doesn’t have them and it can really rub me the wrong way during long gigs.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 10:14 am to TheFretShack
Looks great - the antiquing is tastefully done
I'd kill for a classic Tele look/body but with a flat radius fretboard and thinner neck
I'd kill for a classic Tele look/body but with a flat radius fretboard and thinner neck
Posted on 9/30/22 at 10:51 am to metallica81788
Look at the Teles offered by Charvel and ESP/LTD. The late 80s Hamer TLE is a great candidate too if you can find one and are willing to cough up the current asking prices.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 10:58 am to TheFretShack
Awesome! Love the color. Love those old Fender colors. If I ever get another Fender it will most likely be Fiesta or Dakota red. I already have a Candy Apple red jazz.
Do you spray those bodies, or do you get them already sprayed? If you do spray them, do you ever attempt any translucent colors like sunburst, blonde, or Mary Kay?
Do you spray those bodies, or do you get them already sprayed? If you do spray them, do you ever attempt any translucent colors like sunburst, blonde, or Mary Kay?
Posted on 9/30/22 at 11:29 am to wareaglepete
I can spray bodies but I don't. If you build the booth and facility and equip it with what you need to be legal at all regulatory levels and get superior results, a non-full-time painter would be spraying for YEARS AND YEARS to just break even. I have a few painters I work with depending on if I'm seeking nitro or a poly.
I'll start a separate thread with the most recent transparent finish instrument I fabricated. You as a bassist will like the paint and a lot of other things about it :)
I'll start a separate thread with the most recent transparent finish instrument I fabricated. You as a bassist will like the paint and a lot of other things about it :)
This post was edited on 9/30/22 at 11:32 am
Posted on 9/30/22 at 2:37 pm to TheFretShack
Nice. The next body I buy, is probably going to be finished already.
I don't mind the sanding and staining so much, but drilling those holes was time consuming, especially the ones for the neck screws. Since that neck came off of a factory guitar, it already had the holes in the neck. I was determined to hit them perfectly and I did, but it took me a bit of time to make sure I got it just right.
and the wood flaked a little around the string ferrules when I pressed them in. It'll b a simple fix, but still, I think I should have done better.
I should have beveled the edge underneath on the ferrules, or at least rounded them a little.
I'm going to turn all my attention to my LP jr. for now though. I've got my mistake fixed on the headstock and have a mahogany veneer on the front and it turned out pretty well. The headstock and the new pickguard came out of the same piece. I think that's going to look nice. I'm going to do an amber/gold transparent stain on both and try a pearl clear coat. It may work, it may not, but if it doesn't, it's not very hard to redo it.
I don't mind the sanding and staining so much, but drilling those holes was time consuming, especially the ones for the neck screws. Since that neck came off of a factory guitar, it already had the holes in the neck. I was determined to hit them perfectly and I did, but it took me a bit of time to make sure I got it just right.
and the wood flaked a little around the string ferrules when I pressed them in. It'll b a simple fix, but still, I think I should have done better.
I should have beveled the edge underneath on the ferrules, or at least rounded them a little.
I'm going to turn all my attention to my LP jr. for now though. I've got my mistake fixed on the headstock and have a mahogany veneer on the front and it turned out pretty well. The headstock and the new pickguard came out of the same piece. I think that's going to look nice. I'm going to do an amber/gold transparent stain on both and try a pearl clear coat. It may work, it may not, but if it doesn't, it's not very hard to redo it.
This post was edited on 9/30/22 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 9/30/22 at 2:51 pm to jdd48
That's a great color, would be even better on a strat.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 3:23 pm to Ace Midnight
Heh heh, we've been there, we've done that ...
Posted on 9/30/22 at 3:29 pm to Ace Midnight
tele > strat IMO
Posted on 9/30/22 at 5:01 pm to TheFretShack
Super sweet! 
Posted on 9/30/22 at 6:43 pm to TheFretShack
Beautiful!!! So I have a guitar cooked up in my head. Esquire but single P90 like LP jr. Any idea where I can find this?
Posted on 9/30/22 at 7:14 pm to monsterballads
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tele > strat IMO
It should go without saying that everyone has the right to be wrong about this question. Doesn't make them not wrong, though.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 7:51 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:
Beautiful!!! So I have a guitar cooked up in my head. Esquire but single P90 like LP jr. Any idea where I can find this?
If you want a Carondelet version of what you describe, with a soapbar or dogear custom wound to your specific needs and tastes, call me during business hours and we'll talk shop.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 9:03 pm to TheFretShack
I’ve always wanted a tele by a certain BR player. How about a Carondelet Chris Leblanc tribute? Maple neck, ebony fret board, swamp ash body, loaded with Carondelet Classic 2 (Chris’ tele has Tom Holmes HBs), and a single volume knob.
Posted on 10/1/22 at 8:19 am to The Don
quote:
So I have a guitar cooked up in my head. Esquire but single P90 like LP jr. Any idea where I can find this?
I've been wondering about this same thing for my LP jr., a P90 with an Esquire type circuit. Will it work?
The p90 that it has, sounds really good, I would just like to get more variation.
It could be damn near perfect.
This post was edited on 10/1/22 at 8:41 am
Posted on 10/1/22 at 9:19 am to jphil12
quote:
I’ve always wanted a tele by a certain BR player. How about a Carondelet Chris Leblanc tribute? Maple neck, ebony fret board, swamp ash body, loaded with Carondelet Classic 2 (Chris’ tele has Tom Holmes HBs), and a single volume knob.
My good friend Tim Lawson at Tim's Guitar Workshop here in BR built the red HH Tele for Chris, it would be more appropriate for him to offer that tribute axe.
Besides, Chris likes my builds and my take on them, and my custom wound pickups as well. So much on the former, he made me take this pic of him with my personal "contour tele" to prove he has dibs if I ever sell it. He and I have been good friends since we were teenagers.
Posted on 10/1/22 at 7:50 pm to TheFretShack
Now, that Strat is definitely in my wheelhouse 
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