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Home Grown Tele

OK, I started the work on the neck today and figured I'd start the thread now.

Some pics:

Neck with RRO and three clear coats on the headstock. More clear later when I've finished up everything else and applied the logo decal:

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markocaster · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject:

cool , nice neck, ebony?
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Home Grown Tele · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject:

Now for the Stew Mac Vintage Amber and Tru-Oil applications. For those of you who are unfamiliar with how this combination sets the neck off these pics may help:

Bare neck after sanding off 2 coats of white primer and six coats of black lacquer from a previous incarnation:

Now after application of Stew Mac Vintage Amber stain:

After 2 coats of Tru-Oil:

Grains starting to pop now!!
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Home Grown Tele · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject:

Houndog · Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 10036

Looking good Arte! Cool

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Home Grown Tele · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:36 pm Post subject:

Joeglow · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject:

Nice!!!!!!!! Orange ya glad you decided on that color? Ooooo, that is such a bad joke, I told you I was really tired from he game last night.

dougk · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject:

gonna be very very interesting Arte!

-d
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Johnson82 · Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Posts: 579 Location: New Castle, IN

Lookin' good! I always dig when a Fender-y guitar has a painted headstock...Plus, I love orange...
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Kregg · Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 1117 Location: Atlanta

Must ... see ... more!
Nice naranja.

gkyhn · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject:

I love that neck color. I'm really going to have to get on board and do one of those.

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hotgoalie11565 · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 1530 Location: Apple Valley, MN

Very cool, Arte! Very Happy

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Home Grown Tele · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys!!

I'll post some pics later today of the finished neck and then I'll be impatiently waiting for the body to show up.
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Home Grown Tele · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

OK folks, last neck shot (for now).

This is after 7 coats of Tru-Oil. It was steel wooled after the 4th coat to smooth it out. Then 3 more coats and another light steel wooling. It's now hanging in the shop for a bit and then I'll buff it out.

Impatiently awaiting the body!! Twisted Evil

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