Members 6down1togo Posted November 7, 2018 Members Share Posted November 7, 2018 Longest assembly process in history but finally done. Many setbacks … necks ordered unfinished arrived lacquered in pumpkin orange tint and I had to strip and refinish. Neck heel was wider than normal so had to enlarge the neck pockets. Had a local "luthier" with a drill press drill for string through, he did me a favor and mounted the tuners on the Strat and drilled through the face of the headstock. Had to route reliefs in the Strat body for clearance for the CTS pots, apparently the control cavity was routed narrow for mini-pots. I amassed the world's largest collection of Strat and Tele pickguards having tried black multi-ply, black single-ply (used a sharpie on the edge of the multi-ply guards), cream, vintage white, tortoise and assorted spalted maple versions before finding my way to the walnut which Freeman Keller enabled with his veneering skills after my 3 failed attempts to DIY the headstock veneer. Spalted maple/ash bodies with bound maple/rosewood necks. Walnut headstock and pickguard veneer. Faux finishing on Strat pickup covers and switch tip (Behlen's dark Walnut lacquer toner/crumpled saran wrap grain pattern). Zebrawood Knobs on the Strat.All Fender hardware and electronics (CTS, Oak Grigsby) w. Tex-Mex pickups in both guitars. Need to set up and string and listen to them sing. All in all I am really happy with them. Many thanks to HCEG's own Freeman Keller for the veneer headstocks and pickguards. The Pics are a couple posts down … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Cool! Looking forward to seeing the pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted November 8, 2018 Members Share Posted November 8, 2018 Pics didn't attach and upload. Just the last one did. Try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6down1togo Posted November 8, 2018 Author Members Share Posted November 8, 2018 5 pic limit. I fall for it every time. The Tele: [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"GKgoZo.jpg","data-attachmentid":32386633}[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"pbdthJ.jpg","data-attachmentid":32386634}[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"ACLJ3Q.jpg","data-attachmentid":32386636}[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"bY4yyC.jpg","data-attachmentid":32386635}[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"L6YepU.jpg","data-attachmentid":32386637}[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6down1togo Posted November 8, 2018 Author Members Share Posted November 8, 2018 The Strat: [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"EhmCDO.jpg","data-attachmentid":32386655}[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"2PEQu6.jpg","data-attachmentid":32386656}[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"dgGovH.jpg","data-attachmentid":32386657}[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"QoKC3M.jpg","data-attachmentid":32386658}[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"dnHtGt.jpg","data-attachmentid":32386659}[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted November 8, 2018 Members Share Posted November 8, 2018 They came out really good. Those damn pick guards just refused to lay still. ps - you may see some of that veneer again one of these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted November 8, 2018 Members Share Posted November 8, 2018 Lovely. I wouldn't expect to like either guitar, especially the Tele, but they turned out great. The big block position markers aren't to my taste but that's a minor quibble. And the Strat is a hardtail (now if it just had humbuckers or maybe rails instead of regular Strat pickups... ). Good on you all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6down1togo Posted November 8, 2018 Author Members Share Posted November 8, 2018 They came out really good. Those damn pick guards just refused to lay still. ps - you may see some of that veneer again one of these days Thanks Freeman! Yeah, the pickguard "cores" I bought for $10.00 from a Chinese vendor … what could go wrong? Lol Your veneer work was beautiful though. Looking forward to seeing that veneer on your forthcoming project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted November 8, 2018 Members Share Posted November 8, 2018 Those guitars are really nice looking. Time to put some strings on them, tune it up, tweak out the set up, and get it plugged into an amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 I really like the blocks and binding on the necks - works perfectly with the bound bodies IMO. And of course the bodies are gorgeous! Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted November 8, 2018 Members Share Posted November 8, 2018 Great stuff! Those are beautiful. HNGsD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted November 9, 2018 Members Share Posted November 9, 2018 First impression: too many different colors/grain patterns, too "busy", don't like (so shut up and don't be a dick). Then I looked again. And again. Danged if they didn't grow on me! Revised impression: fascinating, like quite a lot. Maybe not something I would build, but still very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nice keetee Posted November 9, 2018 Members Share Posted November 9, 2018 Mae West type guitar, an original! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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