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    Good imagination. The theme just seems to work.
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    You can even get Tru Oil at Wally Mart. Look where the sporting goods / guns are. Or check out a gun store.
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    Smokin'........... Reminds me of "fiberpot" from "Up In Smoke"....
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    That's why I keep the beer in the fridge on the back porch. Not much worse than exploding beer.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Also wanting to accentuate the grain. So I think I'm going to try some black grain filler.
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    That is seriously sweet! Great work.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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?
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    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.
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    Looks like something you'd keep the ashes of you dear departed uncle, or brother, in.............
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    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).
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    Lovin' that guitar. It really screams "Meet George Jetson"...... Not sure with that particular finish, but it does have that 50's look to it.
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    Is it just me? None of your links seem to work.
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    True, companies do make plywood instruments. I was just referring to the use of the Home Despot C grade woods. But, I guess this project will tell us a lot.
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    True. A manufacturer can't produce a quality instrument on a repeatable basis using wood that isn't consistent. That may not hold to the same degree for someone making a 'one off' instrument. How much that does or does not hold, I guess we'll find out when this experiment is done.
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    I think building a plywood guitar is okay so long as you know what it is before you start. I have a plywood Vee that plays okay (given that I suck at playing). It might be okay to try out a new body shape. Or maybe just to learn to use the router (but as fryovanni said, it would probably be better to practice with pine). Not sure I'd use plywood to build an instrument I'd use regularly. And yes, a body blank isn't THAT expensive. But the good thing about plywood is that you can find it just about anywhere. And just as a fun "let's see if this works" project, it's okay. Long story short, there are pros and cons for doing this. But the entire reason folks do this as a hobby isn't for logical reasons. It's a 'want to' thing. So if you want to try it, go for it. But I too am curious to see how this turns out.
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    Well just like the pine that's been discussed, there are many grades of plywood. You can even buy plywood from Aircraft Spruce & Specialty that's used for building wooden airplanes.
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    I have a Vee that has a plywood body. But that was just a practice for me. Tried to see if I could cobble one together for very little $$ (I think I had far less than $150 in it). But it has GREAT sustain. It uses a string-though setup, not the typical TOM Stop tail piece. Though I do suck as a player, if I plug this thing in fret a note and pluck the string, I'll get bored and quit before it finally dies out. It does sustain way better than my cheapo Squier Strat.
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    No doubt! Just to repeat (in case anyone missed it): I only bought this construction grade pine because I wanted something cheap to learn how to do the carved tops with. That being said, I have to give serious consideration to getting some better grade pine and making a few bodies from it. Give it a semi-decent top and it might not be half bad. Didn't miss it. And when I finally get to the point of doing my own routing (I put things off, I know) that's exactly what I'll do. But, just like with plywood, there are differing grades. Get a good grade of pine and I'd bet it would make a pretty decent instrument. But for a practice piece, it's tough to beat a $5 piece that would likely yield several bodies. It would be great to use to prototype one if you had an idea for a funky body shape.
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    Glendale guitars has a blurb on their site that says the early Tele used a pine body. They even sell pine bodies. Though I doubt they're routed from a board they picked up at Home Despot....... http://www.glendaleguitars.com/Bodies.htm
  25. X1TX
    Very nice. Like the headstock as well.
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