My final hat trick! Telebird 12 string!

[Obulus]

Yeah, if you have to drill new string through holes I would try it without the warmoth saddles first too. Threaded saddles is a nice idea indeed and if it works well with the intonation it's a very clean solution!

[skullservant]

I guess we will find out here in a few days. Hoping the bridge makes it here by Saturday so that I can start taking a look at how it's gonna come together

[skullservant]

BOOM:



Hopefully this weekend I can sand it a bit!

[skullservant]

Was talking with my dad a little bit last night about sand paper and finishing.

I think he convinced me to do rub-on poly instead of tru oil. I'll probably take some 0000 wool to it after the final coat to cut the gloss, even if I end up doing semi-gloss.

Secondly, if I can harvest enough money, I'm thinking about getting the neck finished from Warmoth instead of leaving it raw. While I love raw necks, having a sealed neck will probably make me feel a little bit better. Plus its only $70

[skullservant]

Ordered copper shielding tape

[colossus]

Why going poly over oil?

[skullservant]

I figured it'll seal the grain better than oil. My Telemaster is a bit soft to the touch on the body. Unless of course it's a bigger mess, cause in that case I would probably prefer oil

[trace]

Rub on poly is easy to use and not messy. I've never used it on a guitar but on various little woodworking/furniture projects i've always been happy with it. It doesn't go on super thick though, I don't think it will do much to seal the grain unless you use a lot of coats. (I usually stop at 2-4 coats when i've used it and you can still feel the grain and natural feel of the wood through it)

[skullservant]

That's great to hear! I might give it a shot then. We will see.

Ordered the neck today, specs:

Warmoth '65 12 string neck
25-1/2"
Maple neck and Maple fretboard
1-3/4" nut width
Standard thin back shape
6105 Fretwire
Vintage style tuner ream
10-16" compound radius
22 frets
Black face and side dots
Black TUSQ XL nut with octave strings above
Clear satin nitro finish on the neck

Should have it in about a month apparently. Will give me plenty of time to get the body finished

[spacelordmother]

Damn that's sexy. Custom Dirge waterslide decal??

[trace]

Custom Dirge waterslide decal

OMG DO IT

[skullservant]

That would be awesome! I might have to now

[skullservant]

Got the control plate and routed it out.
Would have preferred to have the pickup selector behind the volume knob but whatever. This'll do, and if I hate it enough I'll make a new one

[skullservant]

150 grit sanding/shaping almost done. The lower left horn (longest bit that sits under arm) needed to be rounded around the edges a decent bit so it wasn't jagged, but that was the only major 'shaping' that I did.
Might do a little bit more smoothing of that horn before I up the grit

[skullservant]