Walnut Telecaster
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 1:53 pm
I found this walnut body cheap on ebay and thought it would be fun. It was like $60. It is probably seven or eight pieces of wood pancaked and such, but looks pretty enough to me and I had some spare parts not being used.
IMG_20200905_180849 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
IMG_20200905_180832 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
I used some putty on the back to help fill in those seams.
IMG_20200905_181838 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Then I got to work sanding it. With 300 grit it started to almost sand it to a polish. Never seen that with wood before. It was really cool. I guess that is because walnut is such a hard wood.
IMG_20200906_145320 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
I tried out a new painting method where I mix one scoop oil poly with one scoop mineral oil to thin it and wipe it on. It is like water thin so the wood sucks it up. Also because it is so thin, there is no wipe marks to sand out.
2020-09-06_04-03-48 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
It also dries in like 10-30minutes to do another coat. I think I ended up doing five coats or so? Since walnut is so hard it was mostly just to darken it and make it more glossy. Then I loaded parts on. Seymour duncan pickups and old school cloth wiring and such.
IMG_20200918_135917 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Going to use a different guard than this, but it will have a Costello vibe.
IMG_20200918_141850 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
The neck is a WD one that I made a custom decal for and installed Gotoh tuners.
IMG_20200916_093157 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
IMG_20200918_141645 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
IMG_20200918_141655 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
IMG_20200905_180849 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
IMG_20200905_180832 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
I used some putty on the back to help fill in those seams.
IMG_20200905_181838 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Then I got to work sanding it. With 300 grit it started to almost sand it to a polish. Never seen that with wood before. It was really cool. I guess that is because walnut is such a hard wood.
IMG_20200906_145320 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
I tried out a new painting method where I mix one scoop oil poly with one scoop mineral oil to thin it and wipe it on. It is like water thin so the wood sucks it up. Also because it is so thin, there is no wipe marks to sand out.
2020-09-06_04-03-48 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
It also dries in like 10-30minutes to do another coat. I think I ended up doing five coats or so? Since walnut is so hard it was mostly just to darken it and make it more glossy. Then I loaded parts on. Seymour duncan pickups and old school cloth wiring and such.
IMG_20200918_135917 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Going to use a different guard than this, but it will have a Costello vibe.
IMG_20200918_141850 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
The neck is a WD one that I made a custom decal for and installed Gotoh tuners.
IMG_20200916_093157 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
IMG_20200918_141645 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
IMG_20200918_141655 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr