Jays' BBs

[StrummersOfThunder]

Wow, stunning! A double bound Tele is on my ‘To
One day own’ list

Just need a fastidious Dutch man and some good wood !

[Jay]

Wow, stunning! A double bound Tele is on my ‘To
One day own’ list

Just need a fastidious Dutch man and some good wood !

Fastidious indeed. Checking my records shows that to get from a 2.4m long and 0.6m wide, rough sawn plank to what you currently see took about 28 hours. You could have routed many solid bodies within that time and bind a few too.

Sigh, the pleasures of a challenge and unconventional build

[StrummersOfThunder]

Wow, stunning! A double bound Tele is on my ‘To
One day own’ list

Just need a fastidious Dutch man and some good wood !

Fastidious indeed. Checking my records shows that to get from a 2.4m long and 0.6m wide, rough sawn plank to what you currently see took about 28 hours. You could have routed many solid bodies within that time and bind a few too.

Sigh, the pleasures of a challenge and unconventional build

Worth it !
Have you discussed pickups ?

[Jay]

Just need a fastidious Dutch man and some good wood !

Fastidious indeed. Checking my records shows that to get from a 2.4m long and 0.6m wide, rough sawn plank to what you currently see took about 28 hours. You could have routed many solid bodies within that time and bind a few too.

Sigh, the pleasures of a challenge and unconventional build

Worth it !
Have you discussed pickups ?

Yip, page 6

[StrummersOfThunder]

Fastidious indeed. Checking my records shows that to get from a 2.4m long and 0.6m wide, rough sawn plank to what you currently see took about 28 hours. You could have routed many solid bodies within that time and bind a few too.

Sigh, the pleasures of a challenge and unconventional build

Worth it !
Have you discussed pickups ?

Yip, page 6

Ah you and Dimarzios...

[Jay]

Can I get some feedback from the collective please? We all have our own colour preferences so I am not looking for yay or yak but any suggestions on potential improvements would be welcome.

Colours are waterbased so changes can be made fairly easily bearing in mind that going darker is easier than making things lighter.

Also note that without any oil finish atm, the waterbased colours look dull.

Just the phone camera so that will also impact on colour representation.

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Here shown with the orange and red guitars to get an idea of where in the colour palette it is sitting

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[jeremyb]

I really like it as is, some oil will make it pop!

[robthemac]

Yep I like it as is.

[codedog]

Looks great!

[Jay]

Thanks guys, moving on to the top then followed by the sides. After that 10 coats of briwax teak oil. Really want to apply the latter while we have warm days over 20 degrees C.

[Cdog]

That's lovely

[StrummersOfThunder]

Looks terrific Jean

[Jay]

Blimey, it is hard to get the top's colour scheme the same as the back. After going back and forward, I think this will have to do.

Colours will pop up after oil has been applied. The back has had three coats applied now and is starting to look good.

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[Danger Mouse]

The good thing about the front and the back is they are on different sides of the guitar, so very few people would ever notice.

Love the colour as well.

[Cdog]

Looks great with the binding