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It did indeed - I remember that one.
My two basses
Actually, Sporky, I've seen very few of the fully finished articles before (although quite a few cakes :-) )! They all look great. And everybody else's - some real talent about, folks Andy
There is some astonishingly good work shown on this thread, I am awed! However, I'll put up my humble couple of partscasters I've done. Both use one-piece swamp ash bodies from www.guitarbuild.co.uk and necks I got from www.axesrus.co.uk . I first made this tele:
I used some dark grain filler, and finished with Birchwood Casey Tru Oil (about 20 coats IIRC). The pickups were made for the guitar (alnico 3) by Chris Hernandez (aka "chrisher") who can be found on ebay.
Then I wanted a strat, and went for a similar formula, although no grain filler this time and just 11 coats of Tru Oil. Pickups are an "Eric Johnson" style set, again from Chris Hernandez, alnico 3 in the neck and bridge (5.9K and 6.1K), and a 6.8K alnico 5 in the bridge slot. Ebony fingerboard on this one.
No prizes for originality but I was trying to get as close to a Blackguard spec/look as poss but still with modern functionality.
2 piece Ash body, Allparts TMO-Fat neck (and it is MASSIVE!) Nitro finish all round, faux bakelite pickguard finished with clear nitro, Wilkinson bridge with compensated saddles, MOJO '52 Blackguard Set and CTS wiring loom, cloth wire throughout.
I love the look of an aged guitar but not the belt sander relic brigade so, using a friends battered blonde '76 as a reference, I tried to get an authentic aged look with the tinted laquer top coat, I think it came out really well. I also sprayed a very thin coat of tinted nitro on the fretboard so hopefully over time this will wear in all the 'right' places and not look like some of the fake wear marks you see on some of the 'professional' relic guitars.
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Which is a shame, because I loves my bling. I want to build another soon, a tele, strat or les paul alike with mega high output buckers from oil city (throbbing violators?) and an ebony board.
With gold hardware and a quilt maple cap, naturally.