My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:34 pm

COME SAY HI AND JAM OUT

MEC · Post by **MEC** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:41 pm

Looks rad! Those bridges are awesome. :thumb:

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:46 pm

I love them!! Quick question- how did you ground your bridge to the rest of the guitar? I fought and fought to get solder to stay on the bottom of the bridge to ground it

MEC · Post by **MEC** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:59 pm

Just tape the bare end of wire to the guitar with some shielding tape and screw the bridge down on top of it.

If you don't have any shielding tape just screw the bridge down on top of the bare end of the wire.

Nj0rd · Post by **Nj0rd** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:01 am

skullservant wrote:COME SAY HI AND JAM OUT

Probably won't have time!

Only going to be there for 3.5 weeks!

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:21 am

MEC wrote:Just tape the bare end of wire to the guitar with some shielding tape and screw the bridge down on top of it.

If you don't have any shielding tape just screw the bridge down on top of the bare end of the wire.

I'll have to definitely do that if the acid core solder fails haha

Achtane · Post by **Achtane** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:41 am

Fuck yeah!
Dat stain was a good choice, looks awesome.

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:46 am

I'm sooooo happy with the stain. For reals. And I'm glad I wiped some off to show the grain more as well.
I'm thinking I might try to get a Strat body together from the same body builder and stain it the exact same and put these extra pickups I've got laying around to use!

kosta · Post by **kosta** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:49 am

That came out nice as hell man. Love how huge that bridge looks. Nice visual there.

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:11 pm

Reminds me of the old Telecaster Ashtrays but 1000x more useful and 1000x less likely to get in my way haha

Ancient Astronaught · Post by **Ancient Astronaught** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:38 pm

Looks great my friend!!!!! I'm back from vacay so if you need help with anything lemme know!

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:55 pm

I HOPE VACAY WAS GREAT ANCIENT HELP ME INTUNATE THIS BEAST. Seriously though, it's pretty mind-boggling how to tune this. I most definitely need to pick up a better tuner

MEC · Post by **MEC** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:25 pm

skullservant wrote:
MEC wrote:Just tape the bare end of wire to the guitar with some shielding tape and screw the bridge down on top of it.
If you don't have any shielding tape just screw the bridge down on top of the bare end of the wire.

I'll have to definitely do that if the acid core solder fails haha

There really isn't any reason to solder it to the bridge unless you just like a challenge.
Once you screw the bridge down, it's not going anywhere especially if you use the shielding tape.

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:32 pm

Nj0rd wrote:That's so nice! I want to do one next! But alas, I'm saving to travel your continent - if only for a short time, haha!

There's nothing good here right now — build a Telenasty instead! :!!!:

Achtane · Post by **Achtane** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:46 pm

MEC wrote:
skullservant wrote:
MEC wrote:Just tape the bare end of wire to the guitar with some shielding tape and screw the bridge down on top of it.
If you don't have any shielding tape just screw the bridge down on top of the bare end of the wire.

I'll have to definitely do that if the acid core solder fails haha

There really isn't any reason to solder it to the bridge unless you just like a challenge.
Once you screw the bridge down, it's not going anywhere especially if you use the shielding tape.

I never even considered the tape to bridge connection...such a simple and good idea.
I've tried soldering it to the bridge before, but fuck that. Physical connection's okay. The beating it would take to dislodge that wire would probably shatter the guitar first.

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