Sunburst Tele refinish

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Re: Sunburst Tele refinish

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I put that Tele together about 9 years ago with the intention of selling it. I'd sold 3 or 4 other 'reliced' builds as an attempt to create a little cottage industry for myself. I tried on TM for about a month at 2K but had no bites. Subsequently it has become my favorite Tele.
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Re: Sunburst Tele refinish

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What did you make it out of? Did you do the relicing yourself?
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Re: Sunburst Tele refinish

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robthemac wrote:What did you make it out of? Did you do the relicing yourself?
The body is a vintage spec All Parts made out of swamp ash. I wanted alder but they sent me ash by mistake. I went with it and in the end I think that's played a big roll in the guitar sounding so good.
The paint and relicing was done by myself.
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Re: Sunburst Tele refinish

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Did you do some judicious sanding and the old hot-cold trick to make the cracks? I'm on the look out for a Strat to relic.
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Re: Sunburst Tele refinish

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jeremyb wrote:Thinking of stripping back my MIM Tele and doing a nitro finish, maybe blue, pitfalls, considerations???
Might just be easier to buy a blank body.
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Re: Sunburst Tele refinish

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Terexgeek wrote:
kdawg2a wrote:
robthemac wrote:
Who's Tele is that and how much do they want for it
A) mine
B) your first born
Having heard it, that seems fair.
What pickups are in it?

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sizzlingbadger wrote:
jeremyb wrote:Thinking of stripping back my MIM Tele and doing a nitro finish, maybe blue, pitfalls, considerations???
Might just be easier to buy a blank body.
Mmmm was thinking that as a possibility, would love a MJT reliced one but too spendy at the moment :(
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Molly wrote:
Terexgeek wrote:
kdawg2a wrote: A) mine
B) your first born
Having heard it, that seems fair.
What pickups are in it?
Ones that make baby jesus cry tears of joy!
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Re: Sunburst Tele refinish

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jeremyb wrote:
Molly wrote:
Terexgeek wrote: Having heard it, that seems fair.
What pickups are in it?
Ones that make baby jesus cry tears of joy!
Lolz! Fender USA 62 Tele custom set.
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I love how this thread derailed into an appreciation of the sexiest tele I've played :lol:
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Re: Sunburst Tele refinish

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Reg18 wrote:The last time I stripped it got a bit messy tbh!
Heat gun, paint scrapper and quite a lot of elbow grease.
Once I polished her up though it was a very satisfying experience!
HOLY CRAPBALLS INNUENDO OVERLOAD?!?!??!!!!
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Re: Sunburst Tele refinish

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jeremyb wrote:
Reg18 wrote:The last time I stripped it got a bit messy tbh!
Heat gun, paint scrapper and quite a lot of elbow grease.
Once I polished her up though it was a very satisfying experience!
HOLY CRAPBALLS INNUENDO OVERLOAD?!?!??!!!!
Did you explode?
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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jeremyb wrote:I love how this thread derailed into an appreciation of the sexiest tele I've played :lol:
Yeah, sorry about that bro!
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Re: Sunburst Tele refinish

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Bg wrote:
jeremyb wrote:
Reg18 wrote:The last time I stripped it got a bit messy tbh!
Heat gun, paint scrapper and quite a lot of elbow grease.
Once I polished her up though it was a very satisfying experience!
HOLY CRAPBALLS INNUENDO OVERLOAD?!?!??!!!!
Did you explode?
I'm spent!!
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.

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Re: Sunburst Tele refinish

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kdawg2a wrote:
jeremyb wrote:I love how this thread derailed into an appreciation of the sexiest tele I've played :lol:
Yeah, sorry about that bro!
I'll set them up, you knock them down!!
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