Drak Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Brown Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 YEEEHAW!!!! That is super-duper suh-weet!!!! No joke, it's wayyy too beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Love that top! How's myrtle to work with, similar to maple? That's gonna be sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 That top is just incredible beautiful!!!! Very nice, I don't have words for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Oh, I'll just do another tele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butnut Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Killer! Did'nt know PRS made Tele's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Luthier Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 SWEEET top, SWEEET finish...what did you get from StewMac? I can see some packaging in the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 How's myrtle to work with, similar to maple? Well, this piece was a lot softer than normal Myrtle. A bit on the punky side. Normally, it's about like Cherry, a little softer than Maple, harder than Mahogony, somewhere in there. But this piece was very soft, there was a 'pocket' in the upper left horn that really needed a lot of extra lacquer, it was so soft, almost like spault, it was like a small depression, or moon crater, so this, which was Myrtle Burl if I remember, wasn't quite like more normal Myrtle. what did you get from StewMac? No idea, these pics were taken like, last spring or therabouts... For some reason, I keep thinking of Neil Schon when I look at this guitar. maybe I saw him with something like it once... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levendis Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Holy Crap! You're my new hero.... Seriously, thats a beautiful ax, Drak...nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovation22 Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Very nice. Want to describe your dye/finish process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Very nice. What did you use to finish it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Thanks! Finishing, just my 'normal M.O.' pretty much. Bleached the wood first. Lots of brown in the original wood. Brown + blue = turd color. Stain black then sand back, leaving the black in the figure only. Sand raw wood up to 2000 with Abralon pads. Then wipe-on blue. I use a 50/50 mix of Stew-Mac's metallic blue and their regular water-based blue. Metallic dyes mix with either water or alcohol. Sand wood with 4000 Abralon pad to bring sheen back up from the water-dye process. Then just lacquer. No big secrets. The neck is a Warmoth, but I get them raw and finish them myself. This one I did a very very yellow-ish amber, just a 'nad of red mixed in, and no brown. I don't like most ambered necks, they're way too brown-amber for my blood, I much prefer the yellow-ish tint I used on this. Goes really good with the blue. I still might do a darker blue edge-burst before all is said and done... There's really no magic bullet here, and I'm no magician, I chalk it up to looking for the right piece of wood more than anything else, I just highlight what's already there to begin with. The tree did most of the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreamLine Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 amazing top....... though i dont like the 'blond yellow' maple fingerboard, dont get me wrong i love maple, but i prefer it in its natural colour and i think it would have looker better had it been more 'natural' looking. having said that, looks a kickass tele, great job Roman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 lord...........lordie lord!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A KILLER GUIT MAN!! cant wait to see that in action! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKG Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 What can I say that hasn't already been said? Stunning! I love blue stain...and that top is crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Too bad it's not a carri-burst. Sweet guitar Drak. Gives me an idea for my next guitar (if I can ever decide on the shape, to carve or not, to be a solid body or not...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILOWAT® Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 verry cool guitar i love the color combinations... nothing to say but HOLY **** , nice work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 ^edit that... dude check the language warning. seriously... i dont want to see a new member get in trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 we've got a new deputy mod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Awesome guitar. Everybody here knows that I hate Teles but this one even impresses me. It's one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Eveyrbody arround here knows that I hate Teles, but this one really impressed me. It's definately under the most beatiful guitars I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Damn thats really nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespresence Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Beautiful Finish Drak!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Thanks everyone for the really nice comments. 'Most' appreciated. I think it'll get done this summer, barring other projects. Wanna know something funny, just to show you 'one mans treasure' bla bla bla... I posted that pic at the TDPRI (Telecaster Discussion Pages RI) last year I think it was... ...and it got pretty beat down. Danged Vintage Tele-Nazi Purists! Haha! Just goes to show ya...'they' thought it was not even allowed to be called a real Telecaster 'cuz it was so far from being like an authentic butterscotch-lookin' Tele. They said I should call it a Telecaster copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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