Not another Tele build! Yawn

[Flying B]

I've been mulling over an area of this build I'm not happy with. When I drilled for the side dots, I used a hand drill instead of the pillar drill and the holes came out a little loose. I didn't think much of it at the time, i just glued them in with ca glue thinking the glue would fill any gaps. But the plastic outer tube of the luminlay kind of bled into the glue, like it melted them a bit so now they look really messy.
Try to ignore the half carved neck and over depth fret slots!

They just look messy. I've come up with a fix. The luminlay rod fits exactly into this brass tube, increasing the diameter to 4mm.

So I'll drill out the existing dots to 4mm and stick the new improved version in, which will cover the bleed. Suggestions on how to cut the pipe with the luminlay inside will be gratefully received.

 

[ctmullins]

Sharks with lasers.

 

[BishopJP]

Suggestions on how to cut the pipe with the luminlay inside will be gratefully received.

Clamp in a bench vise (or just clamp it down) and cut with a hacksaw.
...How I do it.

 

[TerribleTim68]

Just stopped by to say, having shinto'd a wenge neck myself, I knew you'd be okay.
Looking good!

 

[Flying B]

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Clamp in a bench vise (or just clamp it down) and cut with a hacksaw.
...How I do it.

Perfect, that's what I was looking for! Tell me, do you glue the rod into the tube? Mine is a pretty tight fit, I'm worried if I introduce glue it might be a struggle to get it in.

 

[Flamingo21]

Tell me, do you glue the rod into the tube? Mine is a pretty tight fit, I'm worried if I introduce glue it might be a struggle to get it in.

Or it might introduce new kinds of messiness.

 

[Flying B]

Or it might introduce new kinds of messiness.

Exactly.

 

[BishopJP]

Perfect, that's what I was looking for! Tell me, do you glue the rod into the tube? Mine is a pretty tight fit, I'm worried if I introduce glue it might be a struggle to get it in.

Yep. I put a couple drops of CA glue in the tube and jam the rod in real quick before the glue sets. Only had it get stuck once.
A lot of the glue will push out so it can make a mess.
Glued my shoe to the floor once...

 

[micguy]

Let’s Go!

And without Teles and Strats all our basses would be closeted indefinitely.
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Pretty much every other instrument is a non-bass instrument, so as long as any other instrument exists, there are people to play with. About a third of my gigs do not have electric guitars at this point. About 10 percent doesn't even have acoustic guitars.

 

[Flying B]

Had to cut them pretty short as I only had just enough rod left. Next challenge is accurately drilling out the existing rods in a straight line.

 

[Isaac_James]

Yep. I put a couple drops of CA glue in the tube and jam the rod in real quick before the glue sets. Only had it get stuck once.
A lot of the glue will push out so it can make a mess.
Glued my shoe to the floor once...

Some say he's still there, stuck to the shop floor...

 

[Flying B]

I made a simple jig to hold the neck parallel while redrilling the side dots. It's just two pieces of mdf screwed together to make an L shape.

Here it is in action.

I only got three drilled out then ran out of time. Hopefully finish tomorrow and get the new dots glued in.

 

[TerribleTim68]

.... About a third of my gigs do not have electric guitars at this point. About 10 percent doesn't even have acoustic guitars.

Yeah, I mean, there's that whole band based on that theory, right?

 

[micguy]

Yeah, I mean, there's that whole band based on that theory, right?

They have a bright future - at least as long as Darkglass needs demos done.

There are also musical acts like Sade - no guitars on a lot of her stuff, but really cool music.

 

[TerribleTim68]

They have a bright future - at least as long as Darkglass needs demos done...

They are, by far, the best Darkglass demos on the interwebs!

 

[micguy]

They are, by far, the best Darkglass demos on the interwebs!

They oughtta get that leak fixed, though - someone is gonna wipe out on that wet floor unless they fix that.

 

[Flying B]

These guys are pretty good, just a drummer and a bassist.

 

[Flying B]

New side dots are glued in. Only had time to roughly file one flush but looking good, a big improvement on before anyway.

Enjoy your weekends everyone!

 

[Flying B]

Neck is more or less there, i just need to widen the nut slot slightly. I fitted the neck to test for bridge position and thankfully everything lines up as it should. Just need to get the string through body holes drilled and that's all the heavy lifting done.

 

[Isaac_James]

Neck is more or less there, i just need to widen the nut slot slightly. I fitted the neck to test for bridge position and thankfully everything lines up as it should. Just need to get the string through body holes drilled and that's all the heavy lifting done.
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It's coming together very nicely. What kind of bridge is that? It looks real solid.