The fish has landed

[kendog]

Look what was waiting for me when I got home today!

Started planning this about a year and a half ago a lot of you guys gave me some great feedback in this thread:
http://unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=19886.0

I took my time to learn what I need to and finally pulled the trigger a few weeks ago. This will be a long running project and I'll post updates when I make progress.

Here she is:
Body = White Korina/Quilt top

(sorry for the sucky iphone photos, I'll get some better ones over the weekend.)

 

[Cagey]

That's a beautiful piece! Gonna make a fine fiddle.

 

[Great Ape]

BEAUTIFUL!!

 

[kendog]

Thanks guys.

I wanted to take a better picture, what do you guys wipe the wood down with to get the grain to pop. naptha, mineral spirits?

 

[Cagey]

Naphtha. It boils off quick, though, so have your camera ready to go.

 

[kendog]

Thanks Cagey, I'll pick some up tomorrow, going to need it anyways.

 

[Cagey]

Yeah, you should always have a quart of the stuff around. It's good for a lot of things, and it won't hurt lacquer or poly finishes.

 

[DangerousR6]

Title should have said the "Turtle" has landed... :laughing7:

Exquisite Tele, always love Tele's with double hums... :guitarplayer2:

 

[Cagey]

Exquisite Tele, always love Tele's with double hums... :guitarplayer2:

You might like this one then...

It's my "test" body that I use to make sure necks are good before I ship them. It's a leftover from a shipping mishap. You can't see it in the picture, but the finish is wrecked from a couple trips across the Atlantic ocean. I put a couple GFS Dream 180s on it. Sounds great. In that pic, I've got a Pau Ferro over Maple neck on it, which matches up pretty good with the vintage white paint and gold hardware.

 

[DangerousR6]

GFS has some good pups, I have a set of Loud Mouths....Nice Tele.. :kewlpics:

 

[Cagey]

I have yet to get anything from GFS that I didn't like.

That body has served me well. No matter how careful you are, the only way to know for sure if a neck is going to work is to bolt the little rascal up and string it. I don't need it for total builds, but I get a lotta necks to work on with no body. Bolt 'em on there and string 'em up and sometimes you find a fret that still needs a bit of attention. Seems to work out well, since I haven't gotten any complaints.

 

[kendog]

Title should have said the "Turtle" has landed... :laughing7:

Exquisite Tele, always love Tele's with double hums... :guitarplayer2:

Nice ... didn't even think of that

 

[kendog]

Got time to take a better picture of the body.

This will probably be the last post here, I'll start up a thread in the build section once I get started on it