Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:34 pm
COME SAY HI AND JAM OUT
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Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:41 pm
Looks rad! Those bridges are awesome.
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: 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
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: 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.
If you don't have any shielding tape just screw the bridge down on top of the bare end of the wire.
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: 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!Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: 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
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:41 am
Fuck yeah!
Dat stain was a good choice, looks awesome.
Dat stain was a good choice, looks awesome.
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: 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!
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!
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:49 am
That came out nice as hell man. Love how huge that bridge looks. Nice visual there.
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: 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
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: 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!
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: 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
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: 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.
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: 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!
Re: My First TELEMASTER (ALL DONE)
Posted: 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.