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Good imagination. The theme just seems to work.

You can even get Tru Oil at Wally Mart. Look where the sporting goods / guns are. Or check out a gun store.

Smokin'........... Reminds me of "fiberpot" from "Up In Smoke"....

That's why I keep the beer in the fridge on the back porch. Not much worse than exploding beer.

Just about everyone I know that has a 'real job' as a musician has a Tele that looks like it was brought to work by dragging it down the street. They all manage to get great tone out of them.

Perhaps. But I'm really trying to learn: 1: Patience and 2: Finishing technique This is my 3rd 'project' leading up to a scratch build. The first two ended up with sucky finishes because I ran out of patience and realized I didn't have a great grasp of finishing. So a little self-torture to learn something is worth it in this case.

If I wanted to simply spray on a color, I'd agree. But I want to add some highlight to the grain since the one I have has a decent pattern in it.

Also wanting to accentuate the grain. So I think I'm going to try some black grain filler.

That is seriously sweet! Great work.

Okay, I'll readily admit to being a moron with respect to finishing. But as far as cleaning the gun, DO IT RIGHT! Good friend of mine works at a company that makes and sells high-end spray equipment and they sell all types of guns. Every week he shares with me another story of how one of their customers has called claiming their new spray rig doesn't work. He takes a trip out and finds that the spray rig with its pumps and compressors work just fine. It's just the gun that's totally clogged. Your choices are simple really, fully clean the gun, or keep buying new ones.

Was thinking about using a black grain filler, then seeing what it looked like. After that, either a stain or aniline dye. Thanks for the response.

I've searched and haven't found an answer for this. But I have an unfinished ash Mighty Mite body. But MM apparently applies a 'sealer' to their unfinished bodies. I'm ASSuming it's mainly a 'sanding sealer', but I don't really know. All the finishing tips I've read start on the basis of having a bare wood. So does anyone know how to deal with this sealer? What I'm trying to do is simply highlight the grain in the piece, then get a little black tint to the natural finish. Also, I'm ASSuming that I will need to grain fill, but not totally certain given the application of the sealer. I think that I can simply open a tub of elbow grease and sand the body a bit and then treat it as if it's bare wood. Am I correct here, or do I deserve the Oscar for best performance as the village idiot?

I like 2 as well. Accents the shape pretty well. Routing the control cavity might be interesting. Just make sure you can readily reach all the controls first though. Seeing it's fairly unique, I'm sure you can get used to it though.

Looks like something you'd keep the ashes of you dear departed uncle, or brother, in.............

The pick guard on the one on the left screams out that it needs to be returned to the '69 ChevyVan with the crushed velour seats and the green shag carpet that lines the walls, floor, and ceiling (leaving a spot for the mirrored ball of course).