Help me decide on a guitar finish

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Re: Help me decide on a guitar finish

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Reg18 wrote:
Conway wrote:Meet you halfway, Oleg.

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Yeah like this, although would mine without the traditional pickguard look this good?
With the Cabronita style pickguard and no chrome control strip, it means there would be more blue body showing, so it would look even better!
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Conway wrote:Meet you halfway, Oleg.

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Re: Help me decide on a guitar finish

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Most of the examples have rosewood fingerboards too, which is making it hard for me to imagine them with a maple board. I feel like this thread is convincing me I like that blue/green colour more and more.
What colour is it exactly, and if I’m asking someone to mix it up does anyone have an official code for it?

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Double bound in white, then a silver sparkle finish, now that would be classy AF!!
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Also...

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Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.

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Reg18 wrote: I have Grant from here probably doing the binding for me as I wasn’t sure if I could do it myself. .
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Seriously though...who is our other Grant?
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Re: Help me decide on a guitar finish

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GrantB wrote:
Reg18 wrote: I have Grant from here probably doing the binding for me as I wasn’t sure if I could do it myself. .
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Seriously though...who is our other Grant?
User name “lostinverness” or something like that, he built my other Tele body and did a bloody good job.
This one is Warmoth and looks pretty good, although as you say it already has rounded edges.

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Re: Help me decide on a guitar finish

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GrantB wrote:
Seriously though...who is our other Grant?
Is it lostininverness?

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Re: Help me decide on a guitar finish

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AiRdAd wrote:If you go for the natural look on the back and sides, you'd want to make sure you body isn't a multi piece one, or have different pieces of wood that don't match well etc.
This is a very good point, and looking a bit closer it could be 3 pieces. Not so bad I’d be put off doing the natural back and sides necessarily though.

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Re: Help me decide on a guitar finish

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Conway wrote:Meet you halfway, Oleg.

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This!

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Re: Help me decide on a guitar finish

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Conway wrote:Meet you halfway, Oleg.

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Dammit Conway, showing a blue guitar that is actually tasteful is against the rules. :x

I have enough electrics.

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Re: Help me decide on a guitar finish

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I like the look of the blue as well :thumbup:
Failing that there is something like this

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Re: Help me decide on a guitar finish

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Reg18 wrote:I’ve always had a thing for double bound Tele,
Your answer is here, Grasshopper.
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Re: Help me decide on a guitar finish

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Lyle wrote:
GrantB wrote:
Seriously though...who is our other Grant?
Is it lostininverness?
ah yes, clever bugger is he.
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