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Well, I finally got these three together. It took a while but I'm ready for the paint and wiring
stage.
First up is a 1965 Kay Vanguard. It looked like this when I bought it. Neck binding was missing,
pickguard had crumbled, unknown dead humbucker, broken tuners... a real project guitar.
I have a can of Robins Egg Blue for this one.



Next up is the DuoDelRay. It has a Squier Mini Strat neck, poplar duosonic body, a set of Teisco
Tulip pickups and a 3 ply mint pickguard. Thinking about Sonic Blue with a matching headstock.



Lastly, my HiFlier project. I've had the neck and the body tracing for a couple of years.
I've been trying to build up the nerve to attempt making the body and doing the carve on top.
It turned out better than I expected. I've got a little tribute to the Motor City paint scheme planned for this one.

Those are all cool! Keep showing pics. Nitro or acrylic or wild card?

Thanks!
The Robins Egg blue is acrylic rattle can I picked up at Hobby Lobby.
The DuoDelRay is Reranch Sonic Blue.
Wild card on the HiFlier. Still working that one out.

I still have a Mandocaster to paint as well. I think I'm going to use Butterscoth Blonde on that one.

i really like those kays, i'm sure i've seen a silvertone branded one before.

That Hiflyer turned out great. I've always been a fan of those bodies reversed. I'm curious to see how the Robins egg blue turns out also!

Top quality work again!

Quick question, have you ever used a stain on poplar?
If so, how does it look?

Thanks guys.

AddamInsane wrote:Top quality work again!

Quick question, have you ever used a stain on poplar?
If so, how does it look?

Never tried stain myself but I've been told it doesn't always go on evenly with poplar. I think Ends used some green stain on his Jaguar.

I've been meaning to pm you about getting a copy of your teardrop template. I might have a few pdfs you might be interested in as well.

Wow, i can´t wait to see them finished...

that kay looks really rad, the tailpiece cover looks like a 'teisco' I have but it's missing the trem arm.

cooterfinger wrote: I've been meaning to pm you about getting a copy of your teardrop template. I might have a few pdfs you might be interested in as well.

Slightly embarassing; I have no electronic or paper templates.

I used pictures, mainly this one:

I took measurements and traced sections from my computer screen. And just scaled it up.
I used standard Fender Jazzmaster dimensions to help me out, like the size on the neck pocket and distance from neck pocket to the bridge.
I made a thin MDF template and flipped it over when cutting the thicker template to ensure symmetry.

Sorry! That's not really the answer you wanted.

No problem. I can scale up a picture and do the same. Just thought I'd check with you and see.
The one you made looked great.
Offer still stands if you need a pdf of something I have.

I would love a HiFlyer template if you have that as a PDF!

AddamInsane wrote:I would love a HiFlyer template if you have that as a PDF!

I can trace my Phase 3 Hi Flyer for you if Cooter doesn't have a template handy.

ice blue ---> flyer

Here's one back from the dead. Since I couldn't spray punkacc's Musicmaster neck today because
of crappy weather I had time to work on my Vanguard.

I wasn't real happy with the look of the single chrome mini humbucker so I sold it to HNB a while back for his
JagStang build. I had a set of P90s I got in a trade so I routed the body and pickguard for a bridge pickup.

I'm diggin' this build a lot more with the changes.

Before:



After:

I love that Kay. Flame top headstocks are the sexy. That is going to look great. Also the duo is nice. I have been keeping my eye open for those old teisco pups to use on a project. They really look nice. Keep it up man. Love your stuff. Looks like a lot of cool projects going on. Maybe that is the sign that summer is over.

Thanks. I thought those flame/bushwhacker headstocks were butt ugly the first time I saw them but
now I love 'em. Here's the color blue I'm going for. I may need to use a little tinted clear to get the
shade right.



I'll keep an eye out for you for a set of those teisco pickups.