korge Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 Hey, i repainted my tele and removed the pickguard... tell me what you think... ---------------------------------- http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/1.jpg First i started with a basic Tele Squire... My first guitar.. The pickgaurd was painted by me.(blink 182) http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/2.jpg Well after consideration, i got tired of playing the hillbilly Tele and used MS paint to come up with a reasonable design... and i loved it! http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/3.jpg First i removed basic parts.... http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/7.jpg http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/8.jpg http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/9.jpg From there i stripped the paint and sanded the body... then primed it for the main coats... http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/10.jpg Thats Me!..... Well to do the checkers i used 1x1" tape pieces... about 50 or so and placed the over the body... http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/11.jpg Since i was too lazy to redo the whole taped design over again, i just made up some burst style on the back http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/12.jpg Reconstruction! http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/13.jpg Now... for what i wanted to do all along... http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/14.jpg Final Product http://www.geocities.com/korgerecords/15.jpg ~Korge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 (edited) Yeaaaaaah.......Check mate!! Edited April 11, 2005 by RGGR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 Wow! That's an amazing factory finish! With spray cans? I'm sorry. I just couldn't help myself. Seriously, it looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american_jesus Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 that's pretty cool...it really does look cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 That guitar just screams "I Want You to Want Me" Good stuff. It would have been even sweeter if you'd done a reverse pattern on the back, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 Very Cheap Trick I must say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maher Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 lol yeah first thing i thought was Cheap Trick, very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korge Posted April 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 Thnx.. i love this guitar too.... so much... i thought it had the factory look finish because i would spray a laquer coat, wet sand it, and did it over.. idd this bout 4 times... it turned out purfect.... Cheap Trick.. is that a band? im guessing yes.. they any good.. cuz if theyre not, then you guys just dissed me... Well for this paint job... well... it was fun.. now i want to do something new... perhaps a different tele.... ill have a collection of crazy teles!.... now i just need to study up and learn some tips from some of you pro guitar builders.... nice site btw! ~korge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 Is this the second thread for this guitar? I only ask because I know for sure that I posted a comment, "either Cheap Trick or ska," and I wanted bragging rights for being the first to think of Rick Nielsen. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korge Posted April 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 (edited) Yea... you were... Official... GregP was the first to mention it.... I cant seem to find my original post... odd... i think i reported it to get moved to here but now i cant find it.... lol... my bad but seems youll have to live with it.. im a n00b... Edited April 11, 2005 by korge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...ndpost&p=183745 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyldbil Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Ya, Cheap Trick is a band. Their guitarist, Rick Nielsen, is kind of known for his checkerboard stuff including several c-board custom Hamers. GREAT job- I am chartreuse with envy! Coolest Tele EVER... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooten2 Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Cool guitar, great job! Cheap Trick: http://www.pbgadget.com/images/europe/ghent-rn~c.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepultura999 Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 (edited) Their guitarist, Rick Nielsen, is kind of known for his checkerboard stuff including several c-board custom Hamers. and having quadruple neck guitars. The bassist even has a 12 stringer, which by the looks of it has to weight over 10 pounds. http://www.chandlerguitars.com/royale.html -Jamie Edited April 12, 2005 by sepultura999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Cheap Trick.. is that a band? im guessing yes.. they any good.. cuz if theyre not, then you guys just dissed me... DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN!!! BAN THAT BOY FOR LIFE!!! Cheap Trick was one of the all-time greatest bands of the '70s and '80s. Yeah, they're known for cheesy stuff like "I Want You to Want Me" and selling out the Budokan in Tokyo every time they go over there. But Rick Nielsen and crew put out some mighty music back in the day. Dammit, now I've got to listen to "Mighty Wings" or I'll never get to sleep tonight. I'm turning 26 in two months. I never thought I'd sound old because I knew who Cheap Trick was. Of course, I remember watching "Top Gun" in the theater when it came out and the fact that Cheap Trick was on the soundtrack. BTW, I love the finish on the guitar. When we say it looks either very Cheap Trick or Rick Nielsen, that's a compliment, man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Cheap Trick.. is that a band? im guessing yes.. they any good.. cuz if theyre not, then you guys just dissed me... DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN!!! BAN THAT BOY FOR LIFE!!! Cheap Trick was one of the all-time greatest bands of the '70s and '80s. Yeah, they're known for cheesy stuff like "I Want You to Want Me" and selling out the Budokan in Tokyo every time they go over there. But Rick Nielsen and crew put out some mighty music back in the day. Dammit, now I've got to listen to "Mighty Wings" or I'll never get to sleep tonight. I'm turning 26 in two months. I never thought I'd sound old because I knew who Cheap Trick was. Of course, I remember watching "Top Gun" in the theater when it came out and the fact that Cheap Trick was on the soundtrack. BTW, I love the finish on the guitar. When we say it looks either very Cheap Trick or Rick Nielsen, that's a compliment, man ← "Old." I was 26 when Top Gun came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borge Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 "Old." I was 26 when Top Gun came out. ← whhooaa i didnt know people that old could use computers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korge Posted April 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Only if it is connected to their oxygen supply... i liked that exploror that was in that Cheap Trick image... only i think it would be better if the sqaures were larger... cuz from adistance it looks like a blac/white blur.. hence i see grey... Btw, i was thinkin bout an idea... what do you think of getting some walnut wood and maple and cutting them in to 1x1 spqaures and gluing to gether to make my own top... a checkered alternative to a quilt top.. what do you think? i was hoping to try something like this so can someone give me an idea if this is possible? Pce ~korge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Yeah, I was 7 when Top Gun came out. Sorry Marksound. Anyway, the checkered walnut and maple top sounds like a very cool idea. It will be very time-consuming, though, because you'll want to glue each piece individually to each other before gluing them to the top. Like glue the first two together, then glue four more to those, and so on. If you don't do that first, you may wind up having gaps between the individual pieces showing up as the wood expands and contracts. You'll then have to sand both the top and bottom perfectly flat. I would suggest just trying it with veneer first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooten2 Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 When I was in high school shop class, a buddy built a chess board from walnut and maple. The instructor had a good design for this. I'm sure the same thing could be done for a guitar top. He used walnut and maple stock about 1/4" thick. He first calculated the size of the squares, then cut strips of walnut and maple at a width equal to one side of the square. The length of the strips were cut longer than the entire length of one side of the chess board. He then glued the strips together to end up with a board that was striped, alternating walnut and maple. He then cut this board across the stripes, at the desired width of the squares, to end up with a strip, consisting of alternating squares of walnut and maple. He continued cutting strips as above, at the proper width, until he had enough "checkered" strips to account for the full size of the board. Then he glued the checkered strips back together, offsetting the walnut and maple, to create the checkerboard pattern. After that, he sanded it all down to thickness. He also lined up his grain patterns as he went along so it was all running the same direction in the end, for ease of sanding. This design made it easier to end up with exact size squares. Trying to cut out individual squares, and then glueing them together like a jigsaw puzzle, would be more difficult to keep everything even, although I'm sure it could be done. Sorry if my description of this process is confusing. Wish I had a picture!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korge Posted April 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 When I was in high school shop class, a buddy built a chess board from walnut and maple. The instructor had a good design for this. I'm sure the same thing could be done for a guitar top. He used walnut and maple stock about 1/4" thick. He first calculated the size of the squares, then cut strips of walnut and maple at a width equal to one side of the square. The length of the strips were cut longer than the entire length of one side of the chess board. He then glued the strips together to end up with a board that was striped, alternating walnut and maple. He then cut this board across the stripes, at the desired width of the squares, to end up with a strip, consisting of alternating squares of walnut and maple. He continued cutting strips as above, at the proper width, until he had enough "checkered" strips to account for the full size of the board. Then he glued the checkered strips back together, offsetting the walnut and maple, to create the checkerboard pattern. After that, he sanded it all down to thickness. He also lined up his grain patterns as he went along so it was all running the same direction in the end, for ease of sanding. This design made it easier to end up with exact size squares. Trying to cut out individual squares, and then glueing them together like a jigsaw puzzle, would be more difficult to keep everything even, although I'm sure it could be done. Sorry if my description of this process is confusing. Wish I had a picture!! ← Yea, thats bout the same way i did it with the 1" tape... i had 1" wide tape and id make lines on where to cut the tape.. i guess your process is someone the same... but yea, the more i think bout it, the better it sounds.. but this brings up another question... what stain would be best? color or just plain? i mean. i dont want it to look plain.. if only their was a color that stained good on walnut... any ideas? In the mean time Im gonna go to lowes or Home depot this weekend... get some small pieces of hoppy wood and practice Ootens idea.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maher Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 ive seen a Walnut and maple checkered Tele Body here somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korge Posted April 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Not that i can find.. (i love those keywords) I only saw Brians Irish Ibanez,,, Props to him.. Well i guess i was inspired by warmoth... about a year ago they had a closeout and clearance and there was 1 LP body and it was sideways checkers made of as it looked, maple and walnut... it looked great but i would rather do it for a tele, make smaller checkers(1", the one warmoth had, had about 2" checkers) and ofcourse, make them level rather than sideways. So this is a (?) to those hardcore carpenters.... So.. this is posible? it wont crumble or break? i mean, i dont want to put the checkerd top on the tele body and have the whole thing fall apart into 37 sqaures on the floor... ... Oh yes, checkered mania... now i need to buy that checkered geetar case and strap from SkaSkaMania.com... lol ~Korge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashimimi Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 When i saw your guitar i was amazed. Then i had a great idea for my own guitar, a checkerboard with a gradient on the white squares. I think i would paint it with a one way sort of burst, like on the sg supremes, then mask it and paint a coat of black (or some other color). It would look like this awsome pair of vans i saw and loved. Thatnks for showing that it could be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 It would look like this awsome pair of vans i saw and loved. Thatnks for showing that it could be done. ← For all you young'uns, Vans were checkered sneakers that were popular with Skateboarders waaaayyyy back in the '80's. (God I'm gettin old). They became popular with the rest of the US after Greg Kihn of the "One Hit Wonder" Greg Kihn Band (no I don't remember the song, I said I'm gettin old) wore them in a video (That was back when MTV still showed mostly music videos, before VH1 even.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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