TenderSurrender Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 (edited) a Floyded Tele is more Blaspemous than Blasphemy itself , Perhaps in another project you will give it a go? could be fun ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Edited September 2, 2005 by SlainAngel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I've done several Floyds before, but you will never see me put one on a Tele. There are many other body shapes much more deserving of a nice Floyd than a Tele shape. Telecaster is about simplicity. Simple, clean, efficient, even to the point of plain...purity of tone and expression...a Floyd would make it a guitar shaped like a Tele, but not a Tele. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsilver Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Telecaster is about simplicity. Simple, clean, efficient, even to the point of plain...← How is that sourburst quilt top/bottom tele coming anyway? Just kidding, Drak. Can't wait to see it. And I love the work in progress pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Actually, I will be the first one to say that this guitar is now just a Tele-shaped guitar, it won't sound or look like a real Tele at all. Which is why I already mentioned that JavaCody would be dissapointed in me. But wait 'till I'm done, hehehe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Agasp, I'm helping Drak. <3 I used the picture of the veneer you have. That's the way I would do the burst if I did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javacody Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 I'm not disapointed too much. It would be cool if you used a hard tail strat bridge and modded it to use Tele saddles, or maybe you could have someone cut the front off of a tele bridge. I think you should do a bigsby. A bigsby always seems to add a touch of class to a guitar, and with that green burst, it would be real classy. I'm very excited about the color scheme. That is too friggen cool. I can pardon a non-traditional bridge on that, as long as I know that there will not be a floyd on it. That's worse than putting a floyd on a Paul. Blech! What kind of pickups? P90's? Ooh, lipstick tube! I love living vicariously through others. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanKirk Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Ty @ Roxy Finishing calls this Green Dragon Burst. I don't think it's what you're after but wth, maybe it will help out in some way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 OK, let's get this train back on track. Here is the rear cover, now glued to a piece of scrap Maple, I'm getting ready to saw it out. I then took it to my belt sander and smoothed everything up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 ...and here is the fit. You can also see the rear cutaway is done in this shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 OK, I've drilled all the pot holes, cut the 5-way slot, routed the bridge pkp, and am here drilling the connecting hole for the neck pkp wires into the bridge area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 ...and the connecting hole from the bridge pkp area into the control cavity...using a much larger bit for this. I always wait to route the neck pkp cavity until most of the finish is on. It's easier to work with the finish for me that way. You are now updated! Hopefully finish will be going on tomorrow, possibly today...possibly... Will I make it in time to slay the Tank Killer??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 This is going to be one gorgeous guitar, if I may say so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 ...if I don't blow it in the finishing stage, which is quite possible, it's happened before. But thanks for the words. Oh, there is one more step before finishing, and that is to take some runny CA glue and wipe it into the side grain as a pore filler. Gonna go do that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javacody Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 So you are going with a standard tele bridge pickup? I'm confused now about what bridge you are using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Well, yes, but I'm not going to use the Glendales on this one. I'm going to use a standard Stew-Mac Gotoh (I think that's what they are) 6-saddle bridge, but in BLACK! ( ) to follow the theme of Jeremy's mock-up, I'm trying to stay true to the picture as much as possible. I can feel the hatred of the TDPRI bearing down on me now...a 6-saddle black Tele bridge, oh the shame, oh the SHAME of it! If I got it with a HB, there would be a price on my head, I'm certain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 Looks fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javacody Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 You cant get a black traditional tele bridge? And GregP, why is your avatar giving me the finger (sorry, that joke never gets old for me! LOL)? Is the shell you are showing in that other thread going on this guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooten2 Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 This is a great, great thread. Thanks for taking the time to document the building of this guitar, Drak. That quilt is so nice, I don't think the hardware or the color will matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 (edited) That quilt is so nice, I don't think the hardware or the color will matter. Boy, I agree, that quilt is just obscene. Edited September 3, 2005 by komodo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsilver Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Oh, there is one more step before finishing, and that is to take some runny CA glue and wipe it into the side grain as a pore filler. ← Drak, why are you going through the step of filling the pores on the alder body? Since it is alder, wouldn't a sealer coat after the dye do the same thing? Are you trying to prevent any chance of dye absorption into the alder? I'd be worried about the CA getting on or leaching into the quilt and preventing dye absorption on the edges. This is a great thread. Your work is so clean. Do you have to take any special care when routing, sanding the edges, etc because of the veneer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Oh, there is one more step before finishing, and that is to take some runny CA glue and wipe it into the side grain as a pore filler. ← Drak, why are you going through the step of filling the pores on the alder body? Since it is alder, wouldn't a sealer coat after the dye do the same thing? Are you trying to prevent any chance of dye absorption into the alder? I'd be worried about the CA getting on or leaching into the quilt and preventing dye absorption on the edges. This is a great thread. Your work is so clean. Do you have to take any special care when routing, sanding the edges, etc because of the veneer? ← he is running transparent color coats would be my guess...not staining the wood directly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Oh, there is one more step before finishing, and that is to take some runny CA glue and wipe it into the side grain as a pore filler. ← Drak, why are you going through the step of filling the pores on the alder body? Since it is alder, wouldn't a sealer coat after the dye do the same thing? Are you trying to prevent any chance of dye absorption into the alder? I'd be worried about the CA getting on or leaching into the quilt and preventing dye absorption on the edges. This is a great thread. Your work is so clean. Do you have to take any special care when routing, sanding the edges, etc because of the veneer? ← he is running transparent color coats would be my guess...not staining the wood directly ← Maybe because there's a 1/4 thick purple heat piece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Well, here we are friends and neighbors, the game is on today. I just got done completely prepping the body, and it is done and ready for finish. I -almost- changed my mind last night and opted for one of my typical orange/red/brown bursts, but I steeled my cranial cavity to the Sourburst, and now all is ready, the weather perfect, the game is on. The grain is so cool and insane, I really really wanted to do the stain/sandback to highlight that gorgeous figure, but the Sourburst does not call for any grain enhancement, and I was -sorely- tempted. Drak, why are you going through the step of filling the pores on the alder body? Since it is alder, wouldn't a sealer coat after the dye do the same thing? Are you trying to prevent any chance of dye absorption into the alder? I'd be worried about the CA getting on or leaching into the quilt and preventing dye absorption on the edges. This is a great thread. smile.gif Your work is so clean. Do you have to take any special care when routing, sanding the edges, etc because of the veneer? Well, even tho Alder is a typically closed grain wood, it DOES have grain, it DOES have pores, and it would take several coats of lac (lac being a thin building finish) to seal and level them. Maybe not as bad as Mahogony or Paduak, but they are there nonetheless. You should have -seen- that Alder suck up that CA glue, like a damn SPONGE. But it is now dried, pores are completely sealed, the edge sanded nice and flat. Sealing the edge like that just made my life easier as they were sealed in one step with the glue, as opposed to shooting coats of lac and waiting for the lac to dry and shrinkback, and time is of the essence here if I am to go head to head with Derek and maybe Perry too. About the inlay question, no, not for this one, I have to learn how to inlay first and there's no time for that with this guitar, gotta go go go! It is now completely ready for finishing, I am steeled and ready to approach the Sourburst equation. I am heading out to grab the spray gun now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Good luck Drak , Im sure it will turn out to be a Killer finish! ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 ...an interruption in plans. I kept thinnin' and thinnin' about the color of the inside of an apple, and looking at the pics, and came to a conclusion. I'm going to bleach the veneer now, then dye it an ~ever-so-light~ shade of red, so light you wouldn't even think there was dye used, so light it will appear to be pinkish in nature. Were talking really really REALLY light red here. To me, that is the color of the inside of an apple. And it is an integral part of the look of the Sourburst. Too brown for starters, it's WOD-Fest! If you look at the first pics of the veneer, it looks brown. If I hit it with the first coat of clear lac and it goes that brown on me, the game is over right there. So I'm grabbing the wood bleach now. Still should have plenty of time to get it done today methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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