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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:08 pm
by benecol
They're meant to be HUGE - I was going to use one, but they're 9.5" radius. The Musikraft will be even bigger...

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:57 pm
by lorez
damn you benecol for posting that website. I've been looking at it for a large chunk of today looking at it and thinking of the possibilities for their thinline teles and whether the funds will stretch to one ...

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:57 pm
by JesusRancher
Hows it coming along?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:56 pm
by benecol
Why it's funny you should ask: received these pics today - body's finished, they've just received the neck from Musikraft and are just about to start work on it...

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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:38 pm
by taylornutt
That's looking nice. Looks class. Are you thinking white or mint guard?

Re: Shell Pink MJT Tele Build

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:45 pm
by benecol
benecol wrote: Three-ply mint guard

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:19 am
by lorez
that looks enticing Benecol, I look forward to more progress pics

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:05 am
by Mike
FIT

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:51 am
by benecol
Thought you might be interested in the comms that are going back and forth during this project (my apologies if not - I hate long-winded build threads). Got this mail from Mark yesterday:
Mark Jenny wrote:Hi Benecol……..we are about to get your neck started in production. I want to go over the finish and what you would like:

-First thing we need to know is how you want the back to look. We have a few different options – closet classic, broken in look, bare wood, or the overspray look. You can find examples of the closet classic, broken in and bare wood look here:

http://www.mjtagedfinishes.com/necks1.htm

You can see an example of the overspray look here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Lic-Replacem ... 5ade7bfe86

Let me know what you’d like for your neck.

-Next we need to know how you would like your fret board to look. You can see examples of what we can do here:

http://www.mjtagedfinishes.com/necks1.htm

and here:

http://www.mjtagedfinishes.com/necks2.htm

and here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MESE:IT

Let me know how you would like your board.

-Lastly, we need to know how you would like your headstock to look. Normally we do nicks, dings, edge wear and checking. You can see some examples here:

http://www.mjtagedfinishes.com/necks2.htm

Let me know if you’d like closet classic, light, medium or heavy aging on your headstock. Also let me know if you’d like checking on your headstock.

Thanks man! Talk to you soon.

Mark

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:05 am
by Mike
Please no relicing. Stay on Target

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:00 am
by benecol
Never fear - will be closet classic throughout. Just a little yellowing on the neck, to match the body, and the neck on my Jazzmaster.

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:16 am
by Mike
Good lad. I thought I was gonna have to COME OVER THERE.

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:48 pm
by theshadowofseattle
Mike wrote:Stay on Target
loev miek

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:06 am
by taylornutt
Mike wrote:Please no relicing. Stay on Target
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:31 am
by SKC Willie
hotrodperlmutter wrote:i think portugal_willie just bought an allparts FAT C maple one piece and was surprised to see that it was in fact SUPER FAT.

yes. i love fat necks but it was too big. WAY T00 BIG. I actually liked it a good amount but had a terrible time switching from it to my other guitars. It makes a thinline neck (which is fairly chunky) feel like a toothpick.

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:51 am
by hotrodperlmutter
PUSSY.

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:18 am
by benecol
taylornutt wrote:
Mike wrote:Please no relicing. Stay on Target
[youtube][/youtube]
ITT: memes that need no explanation: EXPLAINED.

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:51 pm
by benecol
Well how exciting - my neck's finished, and this is due to be shipped over to me any day now. Only Parcelforce, my inaccurate drilling and lack of any soldering skills stand in my way now. Pics below:
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:56 pm
by Pens
benecol wrote:Well how exciting - my neck's finished, and this is due to be shipped over to me any day now. Only Parcelforce, my inaccurate drilling and lack of any soldering skills stand in my way now. Pics below:
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SO LOVELY.

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:12 pm
by JesusRancher
Looks really nice, must say I am a little jealous of your tele build.