My first partcaster gets (another) makeover..finished at last...(ish)

paulnb57

This was my first partscaster, must be about 17 years old and has seen may guises, I learned loads, all the original parts except the neck are long gone.....
I ordered a Tele kit from Brandoni in Wembley and they were out of stock, so they offered to raid their stash of parts and make me up a kit....
The rest as they say is history
A few days ago I was in the loft getting a guitar box to mail my Highway One in and noticed the body, a bit more searching found the neck...I ordered a few parts and yesterday I spent a couple of hours in the garden sanding and painting, Satin Black as thats all Ive got..the string ferrule holes are now so slack from being removed so many times for refinishing that i had to wrap a bit of masking tape round each one to stop them falling out!...
The eagle eyed will note the sate of the neck pickup cavity, tidy it is not!....and you may also notice the plating on the bridge plate is iffy, thats because the only gold left hand Wilkinson Tele bridge was in the colonies, the tome it is taking to get here suggests it is taped to a bit of balsa and is drifting on theGulf Stream...patience is a virtue...apparently.....
Anyroad up, photos, end of play today...

Jazzthat

paulnb57 said:

This was my first partscaster, must be about 17 years old and has seen may guises, I learned loads, all the original parts except the neck are long gone.....
I ordered a Tele kit from Brandoni in Wembley and they were out of stock, so they offered to raid their stash of parts and make me up a kit....
The rest as they say is history
A few days ago I was in the loft getting a guitar box to mail my Highway One in and noticed the body, a bit more searching found the neck...I ordered a few parts and yesterday I spent a couple of hours in the garden sanding and painting, Satin Black as thats all Ive got..the string ferrule holes are now so slack from being removed so many times for refinishing that i had to wrap a bit of masking tape round each one to stop them falling out!...
The eagle eyed will note the sate of the neck pickup cavity, tidy it is not!....and you may also notice the plating on the bridge plate is iffy, thats because the only gold left hand Wilkinson Tele bridge was in the colonies, the tome it is taking to get here suggests it is taped to a bit of balsa and is drifting on theGulf Stream...patience is a virtue...apparently.....
Anyroad up, photos, end of play today...

That's cool , and I like it in black and gold !

TTony

Happy (nearly) New Guitar Day!!


I'm impressed that you kept it so long.  Maybe I should start storing stuff in the loft so I stop getting annoyed when I trip over it in the workshop ...

lovestrat74

Looks good. Where did you get the paint from?

paulnb57

lovestrat74 said:

Looks good. Where did you get the paint from?

From the back of the shed!...
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It Halfords Satin Black, the only colour I will use from there....

DrBob

I like how your first self build is re born all black and evil whilst your latest one is white & angelic.

paulnb57

Finished at last, bridge took over a month to get here from the US, but it was worth the wait, it's the best it’s ever been....tuners are shite, hence it is finished ish....

skippy76

Nice one Paul, that black and gold combo is classy