Members Hush Posted November 28, 2013 Members Share Posted November 28, 2013 It all started with an ad in Craigslist for a stripped Chandler Telepathic Thinline. The seller had started refinishing but lost interest. He posted it on CL for $60. Unfortuanately I don't have pics of the before. I didn't do anything with the body for 2 years. I finally decided it was time to start the project back in May and found a Squire neck to put on it. As I started looking into refinishing, I realized I didn't really have a good place to spray and would probably do a crappy job. It was a really nice mahogany body and I didn't want to ruin it, so took it to Rowyco, a local guy who does excelent work. Since I was doing it right with a nice custom finish I couldn't put a cheap Squire neck on it so I ordered a mahogany neck with Stainless frets from Warmoth. I now had and extra neck. Instead of just selling it, I tried to find a cheap body on ebay to go with it. I won an auction for $86 for another Tele body. Turns out that this body was special, it was made by Jeff Neville. A builder who's been getting some attention from the Nashville guys. We'll I couldn't put the Squire neck on that body. I contacted Jeff to see if he had any necks available and he did. What started out as something that was going to be a cheap project turned into two fantastic Teles. I also learned that though I can do some of the work I wanted it done well and I just didn't have the skills to do it right. So all the money I thought I was going to save never happened because I brought the guitars for final build and setup to Guru Guitars. They did an excellent job. Here's the Chandler. Spertzel Tuners, Babicz bridge, Joe Barden Danny Gattons, The Neville, Maple top and back with Ash in the middle. Hipshot bridge with compensated saddles. Kluson tuners Dimarzio Area T neck and Area T 615 bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted November 28, 2013 Members Share Posted November 28, 2013 Wow two great Teles,I don't know which one I like beter. Both have their own style.Nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted November 28, 2013 Members Share Posted November 28, 2013 Happy New Guitar(s) Day. Love the neck wood on the Neville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yooser Nayme Posted November 28, 2013 Members Share Posted November 28, 2013 the neck on that burst body, hot damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wankdeplank Posted November 29, 2013 Members Share Posted November 29, 2013 What a cool well illustrated story. So happy it all came together so nicely. I keep telling folks, you don't have to spend a fortune for quality if you know where to look. Good sensibilities on your part, congrats and love some clips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hush Posted July 14, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2015 An update... I was unsatisfied with the finish of the Neville. Actually numerous people commented on the orange peel of the finish. I was worried about resale. Luckily Jack Briggs of Briggs Guitars is local. I dropped the body off a couple of weeks ago. Here are some in progress picture Jack just sent me. A few more rounds of clear coat to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted July 14, 2015 Members Share Posted July 14, 2015 I never noticed orange peel on the previous photos but tha would bother me too. You made a good call to have it redone.It will be like NGD all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hush Posted July 14, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2015 Yeah the pictures didn't really capture the issue, but up close the finish didn't look up to the quality you would expect from what Neville is producing. Jeff did not do the original finish. With the new finish It'll have the double binding look I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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