alexreinhold
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Edit July 14 2024 the guitar is done (see pictures below and details in the rest of the thread):
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Time for a new build. I pretty much decided to build a very extravagant brother for my Metal Tele. Here are the specs:
V-K body:
Out of the box body:
Out of the box neck:
Told you it's the brother of my Tele which has a TRVE painting on it. Here's the respective KVLT one:
Will post photos of the finishing process a bit later.
PS: Can't wait to celebrate post 666 with you!!!
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Time for a new build. I pretty much decided to build a very extravagant brother for my Metal Tele. Here are the specs:
V-K body:
- Black Korina
- 2 Humbuckers
- 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 1 Toggle Switch
- Gotoh 510 Trem
- Roasted maple shaft
- Zitricote fretboard, modern medium nut, standard thin, 12-16 compound, stainless SS6115, moon glow side dots
- Walnut triangle on peghead
- Pearloid eclipsed block inlays
- finish the body going full Birchwood Casey
- sand down to 240 (3x), apply water to body in between to open grain, open pores even more by using a steel brush
- apply one coat of sanding sealer (yes, BEFORE stain)
- apply one coat of walnut stain
- apply 4 coats of tru oil, then sand to with 400-800 grit to even surface (open grain is thirsty)
- apply 15-20 additional coats of tru oil to make it shiny
- buff and maybe apply wax. @stratamania what are the pros/cons of applying wax for a gloss finish?
- more on the finish decision making process here: https://unofficialwarmoth.com/threads/darken-black-korina.36487/
- prep the neck
- apply walnut stain to triangle on peg head
- apply sanding sealer to entire headstock and then 5-10 coats of tru oil
- fret leveling and crowning
- add electronics and parts:
- Seymour Duncan Black Winter set (hell yeah!) - to be decided if I add a push/pull
- Schaller locking tuners
- Tremol No
- Custom neck plate from TLC Guitar Goods
- Electrosockets jack, truss rod cover, knobs etc.
- assemble
Out of the box body:
Out of the box neck:
Told you it's the brother of my Tele which has a TRVE painting on it. Here's the respective KVLT one:
Will post photos of the finishing process a bit later.
PS: Can't wait to celebrate post 666 with you!!!
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