Duke

Hey guys, selling a soulmate telecaster neck. Info is here: http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?2792798-FS-Soulmate-guitar-neck-gorgeous!&p=43204607#post43204607

Really nice job man. How does it sound?

Wow, looking great so far.

Done.

UPDATE. The veneer didn't come out the way I wanted it to. I sanded it all off, and I stained the body. Currently adding more coats of tung oil, it's coming out pretty sick. Things left to do: -Apply another coat of tung oil -Clean up the binding with steel wool -Apply headstock decal, and hidden decal on back of body (friends request, lol) -Apply more coats of tung oil -Copper shield pickup cavities -Install electronics, final setup, etc. -Polish it up!

The problem is that I really can't afford a good paint job right now, and I'm certainly not about to screw up a good guitar trying it myself...I think I can still rectify the situation.

Funny thing is that it looks exactly like the mahogany picture you posted. Trust me, I know what basswood sounds like, plus basswood is very close grained, this is not. This is one of my favorite sounding guitars. Also, black guitars are always a failure. You actually think black guitars look good? lol.

The original guitar:

Dude, I bought the guitar in the store. It's a blackjack. Omen's don't have a set-neck. Basswood does not look like this: That's how it looked with the tru-oil. See that discoloration? I just need to fix that one part and it would look pretty decent. Maybe if I just bleach that one spot? Even if it doesn't completely match the rest, that dumb dark spot wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb. But I just don't want it to interfere with any other chemicals.

It is mahogany. Trust me, I know so, lol. The grain is super porous when its not filled. It's a Schecter Blackjack C-1 EX baritone w/ a modded purpleheart fretboard.

The tru oil sits well, but that portion of the body comes out dark, as expected. I'll try and get a closer pic.

Here it is. That is not a shadow, that's how it actually looks raw. I've sanded it down twice before and it doesn't go away. What the hell is that?

Hmm yeah, the bleach may be a bad idea. Maybe I should just use the stain to get a uniform shade throughout? I'll try to get a pic.

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure why I'm sanding to 1500, I just figured might as well. I've definitely sanded it down completely. The dark spots are due to it being a 3-piece body, it seems that I got one bad piece out of three. It's like the entire upper part of the body has a black line going across it, and not in a natural (or good) looking way.

Nice job man. I only hope mine turns out half as good, lol.