Recent content by eLWOOD1776

The body is finished! I hit a few speed bumps along the way, but it's looking great. It's a little shinier than I wanted, but I like it. After a few coats of tru-oil, I started wet-sanding the next coat with 800+ grain paper, increasing grain each time and waiting 24 hrs to dry for each. I did...

Got the first coat of barn red on last night. Started with a coat of varathane pre-stain conditioner. I didn't use conditioner on my sample pieces, and although the samples were too small to see any significant blotchy-ness, I think it made a big difference. At first, I was surprised at how much...

Parts arrived on Monday! Very happy with the quality of everything that I got from Warmoth. Progress so far: Tuners installed on the neck. Luckily I didn't break any of the screws thanks to tips I saw here. The only candle I had laying around was scented, so this tele will smell like lavender...

Just got shipment notification from Warmoth! Should arrive early next week. My wife and I are currently living with my in-laws while waiting for our new house to be built. Not only are they nice enough to let us live with them, but they also let me take over a portion of their unfinished...

Hi all, New to the forum and new to building, currently waiting for my Warmoth order to come in so I can get started. Build info below: Body: One-piece swamp ash tele w/ middle strat pickup rout Neck: One-piece maple vintage/modern, standard thin, 25-1/2" scale, 1-3/4" graphtech black nut, 21...