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Just read that Dan McCafferty, long time lead singer of Nazareth, has passed away. Sad news! I guess I was 11 years old when their first two popular albums came out. A freind's older brother got them, and Dan's singing was the coolest thing I ever heard. Still love their songs. Thanks for your...

Last year I bought a cheap tele build kit to get experience on guitar building, modifications, setup, and maintenance, but of course also to get another nice guitar. The kit came with mahogany body, mahogany neck with Indian Laurel fretboard, and all components. First version was butterscotch...

Revisiting "Are You Experienced" (I was 5 years old when this masterpiece was released)

That's more like it! Guess you can live with the marks in the fretboard, if it plays well and sounds good.

Thanks! I looked into different ways to do the light, translucent centre part of a sunburst, and there seems to be many differenty ways. Staining the wood and then cover with clear coat is of course one. Stumbled upon a YT video from Driftwood Guitars where they made a burst finish like this...

I like it even more from the close-up picture. You may share more pic's.

Since bridge and stop bar are chrome (or nickel) I think chrome rings goes well together with those (instead of all black). Another option is of course to buy two more Tributes. The Studio looks really good.

Put my vote (finally) on faded copper. All three look great, but SB and red are quite common. At least to me the FC is more unusual, and I think that colour will win in the long run.

Difficult decision, everytime I'm about to cast a vote I change my mind. Doesn't help you, sorry.

HNGD! Those are two very nice LP's.

I think you're correct about this (not 100% sure on English terms here). Lye is used to stabilise pine to avoid aging, but will probably not bleach the current colour/tone of the wood. By the way, I gave up on bleaching. Difficult to get some of the chemicals here in Europe (strict legislatioon...

HNGD! That's a nice LP, glad to hear it's got sound quality as well. Do you know the year it was made?

Only solution to that problem

...and a robot tuner in the other end

Thanks for asking! The delivery was not complete, but I sorted that out now with the supplier. Arranged my soldering gear, etc., so expect to start this weekend (evenings getting really dark now). I will take my time, but will post up-dates with pictures as I proceed.