Now This...

[Strat Avenger]

Haven't even finished my Tele yet, and this arrived today. 'Got the neck for it last year (roasted maple, ebony board, SS frets).

Edit: Would also like to add that i was quite pleased to receive this exactly 4 weeks after placing the order.

 

[BigSteve22]

There you go! Buying parts for the next build before the current one is done, I LOVE IT!

...'Got the neck for it last year...

I did the same thing. Got a Ziricote on Maple neck sitting in the back room for the past 15 months. Just started looking at bodies today. See, your already ahead of me....

 

[BroccoliRob]

What the candyflip? whoa there tim teebro, you appear to be missin' a neck mountin' hole

 

[rgand]

Hey, looks good. I had a couple in the works at one time. It's nice because if you have to wait for something, you can get busy on the other one. This will be a fun one to follow also.

 

[Strat Avenger]

What the candyflip? whoa there tim teebro, you appear to be missin' a neck mountin' hole

Yep. Ordered it that way. It's getting a Fender-style contoured heel & neckplate, so that hole wouldn't get used.

 

[BroccoliRob]

That's dope. i would love to work some wood, but my Landlord wont let me have power tools any more.

I tried growing my own vegetables once, after watching a show called "Preppers" in which people with beards and Wrangler jeans anticipate social collapse. i paid $20 for seeds, $50 for railway ties, and $200 for fitty bags of  soil, and borrowed Todd's Rototiller which meant the two cucumbers I ended up with cost $135 each. They werent even good 'cumbers (short for cucumber) . one was two inches in length and the other had a huge grub living inside it. should the "grid" ever ‘go down’, i estimate my chances of long term survival as slim at best. i' ll probably be shot at the market and have my cans of evaporated milk, quality 'cumbers, and instant coffee taken from me on the first day.

I take it your not using a modern neck then? The big W says they are not good with the fender curved heel

 

[Strat Avenger]

That's dope. i would love to work some wood, but my Landlord wont let me have power tools any more.

I tried growing my own vegetables once, after watching a show called "Preppers" in which people with beards and Wrangler jeans anticipate social collapse. i paid $20 for seeds, $50 for railway ties, and $200 for fitty bags of soil, and borrowed Todd's Rototiller which meant the two cucumbers I ended up with cost $135 each. They werent even good 'cumbers (short for cucumber) . one was two inches in length and the other had a huge grub living inside it. should the "grid" ever ‘go down’, i estimate my chances of long term survival as slim at best. i' ll probably be shot at the market and have my cans of evaporated milk, quality 'cumbers, and instant coffee taken from me on the first day.

I take it your not using a modern neck then? The big W says they are not good with the fender curved heel

It's the Vintage Modern neck.
No power tools are necessary for shaping the heel contour.

 

[Cagey]

i paid $20 for seeds, $50 for railway ties, and $200 for fitty bags of  soil, and borrowed Todd's Rototiller which meant the two cucumbers I ended up with cost $135 each.

I did almost exactly that once years ago. Railroad ties (why didn't somebody tell me how heavy those buggers are?), a yard of topsoil, etc. and planted a buncha bell peppers, having gotten pist at how much red bells cost at the local Kroger's. Damn near killed our little Ranger truck getting all that stuff home, busted my ass building and working the garden all summer, etc, all so the birds/critters could have some sweet bells to pig out on when I wasn't looking. On the plus side, I got a competition-grade pellet gun...

By the time I was done playing Mr. Farmer, I think those red bells cost about $50/lb.

 

[BroccoliRob]

It's the Vintage Modern neck.
No power tools are necessary for shaping the heel comtour.

say butt? You just use a hand file or somethin? That's pretty cool.

I did almost exactly that once years ago. Railroad ties (why didn't somebody tell me how heavy those buggers are?), a yard of topsoil, etc. and planted a buncha bell peppers, having gotten pist at how much red bells cost at the local Kroger's. Damn near killed our little Ranger truck getting all that stuff home, busted my ass building and working the garden all summer, etc, all so the birds/critters could have some sweet bells to pig out on when I wasn't looking. On the plus side, I got a competition-grade pellet gun...

By the time I was done playing Mr. Farmer, I think those red bells cost about $50/lb.

I do love me a fresh pepper. Sounds like your farming venture was more 'fruitful" than mine (get it?). my landlord paved over the area I ruined and told me not to do any more "weird nonsense" on his property

 

[BigSteve22]

On the plus side, I got a competition-grade pellet gun...

Now you're talking my language! Quite stealthy for taking out the vermin-trash! And you can usually get away with firing it within the city limits, if you do so through an open patio door.... (  :icon_jokercolor: )

I like mine so much I built a rather large pellet trap for my basement. Half inch groups at ten yards, with iron sights. Practice makes perfect!

 

[Cagey]

Well, reasonably stealthy. It was a single-shot Diana RWS w/ a muzzle velocity of 1000fps. Louder than I expected for a pellet rifle, but better than a 22LR. Flat enough at backyard ranges that you could place shots with frightening accuracy :icon_biggrin:

What surprised me was how fast crows learned. They knew that thing was trouble. I could've used it as a scarecrow if I wasn't afraid of forgetting it was on the back deck.