projects in the works

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:30 am

Kind of...

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 8:27 am

Turned out nice...

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:28 am

more teles

and bass vi DONE

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:21 am

Oooft! That 12 string with the Jaguar neck pickup has my curiosity piqued! The Bass VI looks great too. Did you go for the hard tail for extra tuning stability?

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:00 pm

I just never used the trem on bass, figured it wasn't worth replacing with avri bits. The tele xii is getting another cross xii neck, dot and bound. I found some saddles that will make the jm bridge work, so when they get in I will send the whole thing to staytrem for posts that won't sink down.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:39 pm

Cooterfinger working his magic on the cross xii neck

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:40 pm

Got the bridge together, once cooter sends back the neck I just have to widen the pocket.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:28 am

Cooter is the man

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:19 pm

Refret for the first time, went smoothly surprisingly

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:58 pm

Nice on the refret. And how is the xii neck? Cross built it wider (same as a Venus xii)

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:38 pm

Cooter is painting it, once I have that and my 7 string neck back I will get my luthier to rout the neck pockets, no way am I touching them myself

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:54 pm

everything is looking fucking awesome, i always get stoked on yr builds.

means i'm due for a cgy trip soon, just so i can muck about with them in the basement.

maybe this time we send the wives out for coffee..

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:47 pm

Hopefully this time I won't gash my finger open before you get down here, lol

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:24 am

I was gutted you beat me to that neck tho I'm sure it'll end up on some great build!

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:03 am

Way to kick ass on the refret, dude! I'm still too intimidated to try that on anything, including my homemade Chinese LP Junior kits, let alone a vintage Fender neck

Super boss.

Did you do an medium jumbo or something? They look big and shiny.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:03 am

They came with the neck, they look close to stock but not 100% sure. I did it with my luthier buddy so I knew if I REALLY fucked up someone could help fix it. One note, filing fret ends made for some awesome blisters.

The *plan* is running the pickup setup like tele custom, on a brown JM body, with a Bigsby Palm Pedal.

Things still up in the air...

Pickguard like my jazzmaster deluxe or standard jazzmaster
Get another arm for the third string, my Palm pedal only has one and replacements don't exist, so I would need one CNC'd
Replace the decal, neck has been refined at least once, resale value isn't exactly going to be high

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:46 pm

cooterfinger wrote:

Here's some progress pics on the 7 string tele neck.

Stripped.

Honey Amber tint.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:47 pm

The all one angle F Tuners actually don't look that bad. Maybe I will go with them for my second xii build instead of klusons.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:09 pm

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:12 pm

WOW!!