Another Tele Project

[RVA]

After much consideration...and a pole...I am very happy I got this one. I will not do any cutting. They have Tele sized HBs or overwounds for the neck and bridge. No belly cut because the back is beautiful. It is actually 2 peices of spalted maple with a red alder middle.

So, do you see the rabbit in the spalted part of the top?!

Dry






Wet with naptha

 

[Ebidis]

Shhhh... Don't tell Ramo.

 

[eSGEe]

oh.......HELL YEAH!

 

[CoyotesGator]

Hell Yeah man!

Run Ramo, Run!

 

[Ramo]

Hell Yeah man!

Run Ramo, Run!

You read my mind lol

 

[eSGEe]

I have a problem.....................................this tele has ruined me for OTHER Teles.....

 

[Ramo]

I have a problem.....................................this tele has ruined me for OTHER Teles.....
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Fm twang 0.00....happy hour on demand!

 

[Cadorman]

That's one evil looking bunny.

 

[Thatbastarddon]

So, do you see the rabbit in the spalted part of the top?!

Don’t hate me for this...I see a lion fish, or a scorpion fish...

 

[Session 5]

It's time we started giving the Tele's the due they deserve...

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

OK time for the thread to veer off topic now...

 

[RVA]

Don’t hate me for this...I see a lion fish, or a scorpion fish...
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I like it!

 

[CoyotesGator]

It's time we started giving the Tele's the due they deserve...





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This is gorgeous but for the love of the electrons please swap the receptacle to match the cover



...edited for spellerings and grammaticas and such...

 

[RVA]

This is gorgeous but for the love of the electrons please swap the receptacle to match the cover



...edited for spellerings and grammaticas and such...

An eye for detail! I have never heard of an outlet called a receptacle - that took me a while

 

[CoyotesGator]

An eye for detail! I have never heard of an outlet called a receptacle - that took me a while

It is what I do.

I make electrons dance to my tune and blow things up for fun and profit.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

RANDLE WASHINGTON ???? FIGURES.Not far west of where i got my ass plopped down at there Ray.

 

[WavMixer]

That is a beautiful hunk of wood! But you already know about my love for grain. I'm looking forward to the finished instrument.

 

[Ramo]

Don’t hate me for this...I see a lion fish, or a scorpion fish...
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that fish is like...... are you looking at me? ha? ha?

 

[Session 5]

This is gorgeous but for the love of the electrons please swap the receptacle to match the cover



...edited for spellerings and grammaticas and such...

It's a great conversation piece...

 

[RVA]

This weekend, I did the drilling, some crevice filling and shaping. This is ready to be sealed. Raw spalted maple is crumbly and somewhat unstable. I will be happy to get the Tru-oil into the pores of this thing to bind it. I will use this "slurring" method (see around 7 minutes). I have always wanted to do this, but never had a piece of wood that could use some grain fill AND where I was not using stain.