Jack's Excellent $100 Build - "Jack White Special"

[mayfly]

I should do a tele like this!  Get a cheap used body and just hang it up on the other side of the garage for a winter or two

are ya gonna clear coat it at all?

 

[OzziePete]

You're really going to use this body?? :toothy12: This is AWESOME!

Have you glued the parts where it cracked or going to go really barbarian way?

Barbarian; going to use the body pretty much as is, might have to pound a couple of nails through here and there....

Reliced!!!  :icon_biggrin:

 

[jackthehack]

I should do a tele like this!  Get a cheap used body and just hang it up on the other side of the garage for a winter or two

are ya gonna clear coat it at all?

Absolutely no finish at all on the body, other than the existing remnants of previous finishing experiments...

 

[DangerousR6]

:icon_biggrin:
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[JaySwear]

haha i can't normally stand jack white, but that video was awesome!

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Until I saw that, I thought he was English.

 

[whyachi]

That was pretty much the only good part in that movie, sadly.

Any updates on the build?

 

[AutoBat]

^^I liked the whole documentary/program

 

[DesmoDog]

While the movie didn't rank in my top ten or anything, it DID inspire me to finally start learning to play, which led to putting a Warmoth together, which led me here.

 

[jackthehack]

Having problems getting that maple neck to take dye? Just use UNDILUTED universal dye concentrate! Why stop at the back, did the whole damn thing!

 

[jackthehack]

As can be seen from 1st pic below, there's some cracking all the way through the wood at the front of the tremolo route. Nothing a couple of black sheetrock screws can't fix! Now that it's stable, we can mount the bridge!

 

[Nando Vallart]

Trully a master-piece!

 

[jackthehack]

Body is finished and wired up, will be next weekend before that neck's done, have to let all that dye dry out thoroughly and put some top finish on it.

 

[mayfly]

This is looking fantastic!  Truly an inspired guitar!

I need one of those as a telecaster. BTW:  what's folks opinions on these suckers?

http://www.rondomusic.com/tlbody.html

pretty good for $40...

 

[Mor Paul]

I'm not so hot on the bass side of the neck pocket

 

[mayfly]

I figure I'll just saw that part off 

 

[jackthehack]

Testing...

 

[dmraco]

I am beginning to think we need to have categories for this contest... :laughing7:

looks great by the way...kind of a classy version of the FRANKENSTEIN!!!!

 

[jackthehack]

I am beginning to think we need to have categories for this contest... :laughing7:

looks great by the way...kind of a classy version of the FRANKENSTEIN!!!!

Hadn't really thought of that till you mentioned it, I may need to wrap some tape around it to hold it together, anyway.....

 

[whyachi]

Any updates?