NTD - Tele build sees the light of day

MtB

My tele partsacaster is finally complete.

@GSPBASSES tele body and flamed roasted maple neck (tru-oiled and waxed by me), paint lovingly applied by Rich @lamf68 assembled by me and setup by Feline guitars. 

It has the baja tele pickups, switching and loom installed.

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MikeS

Very tasty indeed. And a lovely job there from Rich.

springhead

Looks beautiful.  And, spookily, I'm in the middle of something similar.  Body and neck from Graham, neck is flame roasted maple but with a rosewood board.  Had a dry fit and setup at Feline and the body is now with Rich!

I've oiled the neck and it's now looking and feeling great.  I haven't waxed it - what difference did that make to yours, and what wax did you use?

mikeyrob73

that neck is tasty and standard great work from Rich 

joetele

Dear God that's beautiful. What was the total build cost if you don't mind me asking? 

MLten80

Fack me, that's lovely... good work all!!

lamf68

Originally looked like this too...try getting that out of the grain in a hurry !!!!!

timmypix

See I rather like that green... Still, the end result is absolutely stunning, congrats!

Currently in the early stages of discussing a neck build with Graham and did not know he did roasted maple/flamed maple. This changes things, I think! 

lovestrat74

Beaut! 

MtB

springhead said:

Looks beautiful.  And, spookily, I'm in the middle of something similar.  Body and neck from Graham, neck is flame roasted maple but with a rosewood board.  Had a dry fit and setup at Feline and the body is now with Rich!

I've oiled the neck and it's now looking and feeling great.  I haven't waxed it - what difference did that make to yours, and what wax did you use?

Thanks for the comments. 

I finished the back of the neck with tru-oil and briwaxed the back and fretboard, pretty much as the thread here: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/138658/

I used Briwax furniture wax, which makes the neck super smooth and slippy.

ESBlonde

It seems like a fretboard team effort.

In that vain, if you'd like me to relic it, send it round for 20 years and I'll see what I can do.

MtB

Let me think about that. No, wait...

FelineGuitars

springhead said:

Looks beautiful.  And, spookily, I'm in the middle of something similar.  Body and neck from Graham, neck is flame roasted maple but with a rosewood board.  Had a dry fit and setup at Feline and the body is now with Rich!

Thankyou for bringing your builds to us to do some of the trickier bits. 

We are enjoying helping you guys out with getting the final set-up or fettling frets to make your self builds play the way you'd hoped they would. 

We're very happy taking on that role and people bringing kit builds in for  this kind of work suits us down to the ground.