joe strummer tele project

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:03 am

I'm doing a bunch of work on this thing now. refinishing it in fiesta red nitro. and I might be doing a couple pickup swaps slightly influenced by this....

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...progress so far:

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Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:06 am

Wait.. this was a Joe STrummer tele and you stripped it?

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:10 am

nah, when I got it, it was that yellow color. the other guys who had it before me liked it I guess, I thought it looked awful. looked like it had been painted with a brush, and with like yellow artists paint.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:17 am

so I was thinking something like theeessss......

but I decided fuck that noise, I'm going with something more this styley

except I'm doing an open cream bucker in the bridge and a cream duo sonic pickup in the neck.

I know you guys are all doubting me/cursing me now, but trust me it will look ill. you'll see.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:03 am

I gots da pickup.

hey guys, will this give me teh bl00z t0nez? yeah, I know stupid name but it is essentially a P90 voiced humbucker. it's actually a really far out design, only one of the coils is "hot" as they describe it so it somehow works more like a single coil than a humbucker. but it is fully hum canceling just like a real humbucker. huh. go figure.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:06 am

No hate here Mages, I realllly like where you're going with this.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:06 am

i think this will turn out neat, as long as it's not all relic'd to hell, haha.
that pick up sounds pretty interesting.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:12 am

at first I was thinking of relicing it just to match the rest of the strummer hardware but now I think I will just leave it and let it wear as it would normally. also I attempted to clean up and un-relic the rest of the parts as much as possible. I'll post later with some before and after pics of that.

kylinder · Post by **kylinder** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:40 pm

What timescale are you setting yourself? Looking forward to seeing the end result

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:37 pm

I think that neck with an unrelic'd body would be weird.

the neck on that guitar is delicious.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:55 pm

This looks awesome! Can't wait to see your progress.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:00 pm

great project, and sweet willys. that your pop's?

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:39 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:sweet willys. that your pop's?

lol

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:07 am

the fuck's so funny about that? oh, wait. you're fucking stoned again aren't you, underscore?

got a case of the giggles, eh?

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:32 pm

It will get relixd soon enough. I approve of this message.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:02 pm

paul_ wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:sweet willys. that your pop's?
lol

More anglocentric lolz from me too.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:46 pm

yes, that's my dad's willys. it's a very rough and tumble vehicle.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:20 pm

OH HOW FUNNY, etc.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:04 am

quick mock-up type thing

body is not sanded or clear coated here. also, weird lighting I think.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:06 am

pretty pretty pretty