Bumblebee Telemaster Finished Pg. 3
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Bumblebee Telemaster Finished Pg. 3
Projects help keep me sane. I think this will be a fun one. I got a Telemaster body from Warmoth. It is coming with HH config. I also have a Gotoh humbucker bridge coming and a black single ply matte pickguard. Maple tele neck also coming in. This is sort of what I am thinking except I will do black grain filler over it to give it some cool contrast.
Bee by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Sort of this effect on a golden yellow body. (Hence the bumble bee.)
Pickups are Dimarzio PAF and Norton pickups. Will have 1meg pots and a normal three way switch. I will add more pictures as parts come in.
Bee by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Sort of this effect on a golden yellow body. (Hence the bumble bee.)
Pickups are Dimarzio PAF and Norton pickups. Will have 1meg pots and a normal three way switch. I will add more pictures as parts come in.
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Re: Bumble Bee Telemaster
If it's a bumblebee Telemaster with DiMarzios, are you doing their black and yellow pickups?
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Re: Bumble Bee Telemaster
Opportunity missed! This might be the only guitar I have ever heard of where that bizarre humbucker colour scheme would work!
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Re: Bumble Bee Telemaster
From the birds guitar to a bee guitar.
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Warmoth body and guard, bridge, ferrules, jack cup came today. Here is the body progress.
20180605_182951 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180605_182944 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180605_182853 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180605_182906 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180605_182922 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180605_182931 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180605_182951 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180605_182944 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180605_182853 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180605_182906 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180605_182922 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180605_182931 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
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Re: Bumble Bee Telemaster
This is cool and all, but I am with mbene085 and those pickups. This is your chance to go full bee!!!!!
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Re: Bumble Bee Telemaster
And you know how rockabilly people put like dice and pin-up girl decals on their guitar? Maybe you could get a giant decal of this for the back:
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LOL!
Well I guess if someone has a set of those pickups they would want to trade me for what I have already, it would work. LOL
Well I guess if someone has a set of those pickups they would want to trade me for what I have already, it would work. LOL
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My grainfiller is all dried out so I ordered more. Don't want to risk rehydrating what I have and it sucking.
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Grainfiller day! I think, for my first time doing this, it went pretty well. There is a degree of random with these things and I think overall it turned out pretty well. I like how the back looks better than the front though. Funny how that happens.
The Front
20180609_140505 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_141636 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_142344 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Detail Shots
20180609_142415 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_142425 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_142429 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_142500 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
The Back
20180609_142830 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_143305 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_143717 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Detail Shots
20180609_143727 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_143737 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
The Front
20180609_140505 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_141636 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_142344 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Detail Shots
20180609_142415 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_142425 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_142429 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_142500 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
The Back
20180609_142830 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_143305 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_143717 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
Detail Shots
20180609_143727 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
20180609_143737 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
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Re: Bumble Bee Telemaster
I don't know what it is, but I really love Telemasters. It's probably that pickguard shape and size. This is a fun one! Know what'd be cool is a black anodized guard...
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