Mahogany deluxe tele

[teleme01]

I had an extra neck from the garage sale so I picked up this here one. 3.56 lbs, has a couple of wood fills so I am expecting flaws in my finish, nature of wood. I am moving slowly to get started. My thinking is to use tru oil, looking for my easiest/efficient natural finish, other alternatives include shellac, linseed oil or wipe on poly,

 

[vetteman]

This one has a Truoil finish on the body and pure Tung oil on the Canary wood neck. Seems to be darkening nicely as time goes by.

 

[teleme01]

1st pass with tru oil, definitely soaked it up, says 2 to 24 hours to cure,

 

[teleme01]

This has turned out to be my favorite wood to finish, grain jumps out and grabs me

 

[Spud]

May I suggest rubbing the body on your face?

 

[teleme01]

My face is oily, don't want to shmere the chicoyence

 

[Spud]

My face is oily, don't want to shmere the chicoyence

Very wise!

 

[Scab Pickens]

What am I seeing here? ...

Also, I'm curious about what you are going to do with the battery box. Put your weed in there? Anyway, cool looking body!

 

[teleme01]

The body came from screamin deals, the spot is wood filled. Yes to the weeds.

 

[Scab Pickens]

the spot is wood filled

Ah, okay. Never seen a spot like that before. Thanks for the explanation.

Yes to the weeds.

 

[teleme01]

I have ordered the wiring harness from Dave starr, Jimmy page, now to decide what humbucker set. 1. Seth lover 2. Antiquities 3. Saturday night, looking for clean tone.

 

[supertruper1988]

I was told that the Seth Lovers are the non aged version of antiquities when I asked. Saturday Night specials are hotter and A4 magnets which are a totally different character. I would get the seth lovers for the "best" cleans

 

[Hodgo]

Duncan has a great comparison of all of their PAF flavors here: https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/latest-updates/a-guide-to-seymour-duncan-paf-pickups

I have played the Seth’s, the Antiquities, the Jazz/JB hotrodded combo, and the 59s. They’re all great, I’d recommend the Seth Lovers for what you’ve described (clean PAF tone)

I also can’t recommend Gibsons own 57 Classics enough. They are really good, and if you scour eBay and Reverb and you will find a set fairly cheap because lots of people seem to rip them out for boo-teek setups.

 

[Spud]

Make sure you order 4 conductor....................