DIY Guitar Messing About (1 Viewer)

[magicbastarder]

Belly cut on a Tele? Yay or nay?

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Depends on your belly

 

[magicbastarder]

Am going to do a standard Tele, pickup wise, but I guess it'd be idiotic not to rout a cavity for a neck humbucker while it's easy to.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Belly cut on a Tele? Yay or nay?

Id say 'nay'

but I'm fairly scrawny so don't have much of a belly to accommodate..

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Am going to do a standard Tele, pickup wise, but I guess it'd be idiotic not to rout a cavity for a neck humbucker while it's easy to.

yeah - if you're ultimately going for a pickguard you might as well.

will give you a bit more wiggle room in terms of alignment as well

 

[magicbastarder]

am wondering again about possibly staining. it's lovely wood, but i'm not sure if it pops well enough. this is it at the moment; the body shape is mainly finished; i've left it very generous around the neck pocket till i get that routed probably.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

am wondering again about possibly staining. it's lovely wood, but i'm not sure if it pops well enough. this is it at the moment; the body shape is mainly finished; i've left it very generous around the neck pocket till i get that routed probably.

View attachment 17269

you could try a few things on an off cut?

 

[magicbastarder]

i only just noticed after posting that pic - it had been sitting on the kitchen table (which doesn't really get direct sunlight) for a few days, with the pickguard sitting on top of it; and you can clearly see the outline of the pickguard; the wood has darkened where the pickguard wasn't covering it.

 

[magicbastarder]

Am going to go for a belly cut, even just to take a little weight off. It's fairly heavy as it is.

 

[Space]

Am going to go for a belly cut, even just to take a little weight off. It's fairly heavy as it is.

do it

 

[magicbastarder]

yep, it's done.
@JohnnyRaz - do you have many stains? as you suggested, i'll try staining some offcuts but have no stain to test with, just need a squick swab so not worth buying a load of stain for that...

 

[JohnnyRaz]

yep, it's done.
@JohnnyRaz - do you have many stains? as you suggested, i'll try staining some offcuts but have no stain to test with, just need a squick swab so not worth buying a load of stain for that...

yeah - sure.

I have blue, green, red and black spirit stain (black would defeat your purposes as it would be pretty much opaque)

also have yellow, blue and gold metallic mixol (pure pigment) which I've used to tint shellac

more than welcome to take a sample - should be working from home friday

 

[magicbastarder]

i've seen a video where someone used a black stain, then sanded it back and applied a colour on top, which deepens the the effect of the colour - though thinking about it, that was done on flamed maple which might suit that treatment.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

i've seen a video where someone used a black stain, then sanded it back and applied a colour on top, which deepens the the effect of the colour - though thinking about it, that was done on flamed maple which might suit that treatment.

you could do it, you might want to use a different type of stain than the spirit stain for the black coat.

I have the tail end of a rustin's dark oak you could try I think.. its practically black after a few coats

 

[magicbastarder]

cheers - i might pop down with some offcuts on friday? you have more experience than i do in case there's some weird gotcha when applying them.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

cheers - i might pop down with some offcuts on friday? you have more experience than i do in case there's some weird gotcha when applying them.

grand - my bench is currently clear!
will text ya to arrange

 

[JohnnyRaz]

you could do it, you might want to use a different type of stain than the spirit stain for the black coat.

I have the tail end of a rustin's dark oak you could try I think.. its practically black after a few coats

actually I remember I tried this out..

the far left is variations on black rustins wood dye + green spirit stain (+/-shellac), so it will work with out the two dyes mixing

 

[magicbastarder]

i decided to try some red mahogany stain on an ash bowl i was making (JR gave me/lent me the stain). now it looks like i've an uncooked steak on the lathe.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

i decided to try some red mahogany stain on an ash bowl i was making (JR gave me/lent me the stain). now it looks like i've an uncooked steak on the lathe.
View attachment 17362

Tasty…

 

[magicbastarder]

stupid question - what do you call these doohickeys? for when ordering online.

​

​

i'm starting to price up my options for my tele build. running at a shade over €200 on thomann, were i to go for that option.

note, this doesn't include a nut or scratchplate.