Any New Year Resolutions in your Instrument Build/Repair/Mod Activities?

I thought the chrome pickguard screws had a bit of a rivoted look so I replaced them with black screws.

It sounds and plays so much better now😄

I’m taking my next step towards making my own body. I had my body guy make me a routed blank. It is routed as a H/H Tele.

That's looking really good leftee. Love the burst.👍


I couldn't resist a roasted flame maple Allparts Tele neck that seems to only be offered by Stratosphere. 10" radius, "large" frets and a thin poly finish. I've fallen out of love with the baseball bat one on my Thinline and figure I'll give this a shot. Should be here in about 5 days.

On a side note the last few times I've made musicial purchases bad events immediately followed; bad news, unexpected financial expenditures, etc. I'm not a subscriber to "the universe is punishing me" but took note of it to the point that I was hesitant to pull the trigger. Holy cow, the events that followed this purchase were enough to make me think "no more". Immediately I had to hire a plumber to snake out the kitchen sink, both my wife and I having skin cancers, worrisome news from my brother about his liver cancer, my other brother and his wife got into a car wreck (they're ok but their suburban was totaled) and yesterday our 8 year old grandson was hospitalized with myositis. Superstition aside it all makes me wonder when I'll have the time and wits to tinker with the frivolous things in life.

My new car battery cost about as much as my new neck.

The universe continues to mock me. 🤣

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I wish they did more of this stuff lefty. And the Bubinga necks too.

Yeah, it is weird that Allparts doesn't seem to offer lefties.

I kinda expected the "thin poly" finish to be a bit glossier. The pics are reflecting some outdoor and indoor lighting, it's a bit raw looking in actuality. I wonder how this finish would take some some wipe on poly, Tru Oil, shellac or even Watco clear lacquer.

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to first try a higher grade micromesh on the heel to see if the existing finish has some shine to give.

Another thing I really like about this neck are the frets. Advertised as "tall" they're spec'd as .079 x .051 which doesn't seem to correspond to any standard wire size I can think of but just work for me. Not as "bumpy" as 6105 wire and easy to crown after leveling.

I like the anaconda on that guitar… a lot!

Meanwhile, I have all the parts, except the neck, for this creature I’m building. The Lacquer is curing on the body. I expect (based on recent experience) that I’ll have the neck around the end of the month. 🤞

Oh neck...where art thou?

The neck is here and and it surpasses my expectations. 😎

I like it. I've not seen figuring like that on canary, it works well with the body.

Very Nice Leftee.

I like the unique body shape and the raw, sort of unconventional appearance. Even with its' a fairly common configuration, it is uncommon.

The wood and color combos all work well together.

I bet it plays nice too.