new XII project

[mcjt]

i still haven't decided on the colour. firemist gold, inca silver.... i keep coming back to black too.
but have started with getting it ready for lacquer. getting a nice level surface with BIN shellac-based primer

and my neck and harness will be in Canada next week (FINALLY!!!)

[mcjt]

Alright, some progress!

body is nicely primed and faults sanded level. Now WHAT bloody colour to paint it???????

my guard, harness and (Fender CS) neck arrived. This neck is beautiful! about a 10" radius, i think.

of the four pickups, the 1st neck one is dead. crap. the guard is a little buckled, but it should probably screw down flat. and some but not too much shrinkage.

the CS tele screws were a little short, so i went to a specialized hardware store and got 12X 4-40 philips screws. they are a little LONG, so i'll have some adjusting to do.

have to choose machine heads, and a colour.....

[missionguitars]

Whatever color you pick, make sure the headstock matches the body!

[MattK]

(a) charcoal frost
(b) black

[Janglemaster76]

That pearl is pretty creamy! I vote for 1. vintage tint Sherwood 2. solid black......

[offsetwaistbody]

having just seen the mop guard, i vote for oly white with non-matching headstock.


can i just say that this thread RULES!

[nemlio65]

1965 teal

[the older brother]

Nice!

Sorry to hear about the dead neck pickup. My neck pup was dead also but I had Curtis rewind it and he did quite a good job, so I recommend having him do it.

[Soiouz]

Todd, I know a guy right here in Quebec who could do a wonderful job with that pickup. He's the one who reconstructed and did the new bobbin for my 1959 Gretsch pickup. He's reliable, quick and talented.

I'll send you a PM.


Seing the pearl guard now, I think this XII would be absolutely wonderful in black with matching headstock and pearl guard.

[brännjak]

Charcoal Frost would look delicious, I think.

[mongoose]

Beauty, eh? You'll all think I'm nuts, but I really liked the finish this thing had when when you started!

[mcjt]

mongoose: i didn't hate the red either. but it was badly done and i wanted the guitar to look somewhat original.

David: excellent idea. i think i've heard of Lauzon before.

so no-one says: "olympic white!"?

[OffYourFace]

i say definitely NOT OLY... I just don't like pearl & white together. It clashes too much in my eyes.

I really like the Teal example that was posted above ^

This is great, imo. I think this is ice blue:

[OffYourFace]

Bummer about the screws! Just cut the long ones down with a screw-cutter or place a custom order with your hardware shop.

Also JT, i think you need to find another bridge piece... the bottom plate that goes under the height-adjustment 'block'. I don't really know what it looks like but I'm sure you can fake it with something else.

Any XII owners care to snap a pic of that part?

[mcjt]

i believed that the CS tele design wasn't going to be identical, so i expected some issues. the replacement screws i got were great. the originals were made in the US and had an imperial thread. easy-peasy to replace. yeah, i'll cut them to proper length.
Helloid on RR forum rebuilt a butchered XII and i think he skipped that part. actually, i think in the 90's XII strats that part was very slim or omitted. i am not too worried about it. i might have someone local machine me a piece. here it is in the right bottom hand corner of the image:

Bummer about the screws! Just cut the long ones down with a screw-cutter or place a custom order with your hardware shop.

Also JT, i think you need to find another bridge piece... the bottom plate that goes under the height-adjustment 'block'. I don't really know what it looks like but I'm sure you can fake it with something else.

Any XII owners care to snap a pic of that part?