My Orange "INDAH 'Asnocaster'". (Telecaster with Bigsby mod) PART 1

[shahrizzal]

My Orange "INDAH 'Asnocaster'". (Telecaster with Bigsby mod)

hi everyone. im sharing with u guys my modded squier telecaster with bigsby installed.

All these took me 3 days to complete. Enjoy.

Step 1:

Unscrewing all metallic and electronic parts.

Step 2:

The headstock getting ready to be transformed.

Step 3:

Masking the frets. (i love maple neck/frets!)

Step 4:

Removing decal.

Step 5:

She's so smooooth. hee hee.

Step 6:

Filing the vintage 3-saddle bridge to make way for stringing.

Step 7:

Groovy baby. Shaping it as desired.

Step 8:

The most tiring part. i really need to get myself a hot blower gun soon. it took me about 10 hrs of sanding in total.

Step 9:

The annoying orange or a gretsch copy? hahaha. i want it pastel matt orange-y color. sexy to me.

Step 10:

Painting the headstock. Matching headstock baby.

 

[shahrizzal]

Step 11:

Attaching the wires and everything back in place. Placing the bridge position.

Step 12:

Aligning the bigsby tremolo. Using black thread.

Step 13:

Final check before drilling.

Step 14:

View From headstock.

Step 15:

The Final body check.

Step 16:

Done! Then the necessary restring and set-up.

Final:

Me with my baby.

In all, i spent $175 on the Bigsby B5, $25 for the Vintage 3-Saddle bridge and $7.50 on new strings. The paint and the rest are my personal stocks. so yeah. Contrary to popular belief, the guitar now has more sustain and rarely goes out of tune. It instead locks the tuning much better.

Enjoy. =)

 

[5stringwonder]

nice job..the tele looks really good.

 

[subversion]

Contrary to popular belief, the guitar now has more sustain ...

that's because the guitar is now more massive. bro, applauding your 10hrs' worth of patient, hand-sanding

 

[faizal_rocks]

Nice one bro

 

[junkiemanxl]

Very good job! Nice color!

Does she stay in tune after the bigsby installation?

 

[floydfloat]

Nice job bro, salute you for your 10 hrs endurance sanding the body. Did experience that myself and nearly gave up.

 

[Jumpin'Jellybean]

10 hours of sanding is crazy. Totally have my respect...

 

[Weiht]

i used a chemical that bite off the paint before, apply and leave over nite. Gd work there, how long did urs take to dry and harden?

 

[relinquish69]

hmm my advice is don't put the parts back on the body too soon. paint needs some time to dry and if it's not fully dried, it can stick to your bigby or other parts if you take them out next time.

 

[eieio]

How long to fully dry? 3 months enough or not?
Ts the groove cut on bridge look sharp, any particular reason for not using Bigsby bridge?

 

[relinquish69]

How long to fully dry? 3 months enough or not?

use your finger nails to scratch a small portion of the surface. if you see a scratch, its not dry yet. peng kang in the sun longer haha.

if it still doesn't dry after like 6 months or so, can refinish already lo cos your probably didn't apply enough sealant / wait long enough for it to dry. not applicable in this case though.

 

[shahrizzal]

Thank u.

 

[shahrizzal]

that's because the guitar is now more massive. bro, applauding your 10hrs' worth of patient, hand-sanding

Thank u bro. I thought I lost all use of my hands after sanding. Hahaha.

 

[shahrizzal]

i used a chemical that bite off the paint before, apply and leave over nite. Gd work there, how long did urs take to dry and harden?

Mine dried in 1min. But I gave it another hour just in case. I use a spraypaint made for aerosol art that dries upon contact. It's a well known brand amongst graffiti artists around the world. With it's 'hard to buff' signature sticking power, I thought Im giving it a go. So far so good. Hee.

 

[shahrizzal]

How long to fully dry? 3 months enough or not?
Ts the groove cut on bridge look sharp, any particular reason for not using Bigsby bridge?

Oh. Haha.. Aesthetics. But yuh, it'll be a whole lot easier with that bridge. I got the tremolo without the bridge. It look sharp but I sanded it roundish later and added some personal touches to it's shape.

It took an hour to fully dry.

 

[shahrizzal]

nice job..the tele looks really good.

Thanks bro!

 

[shahrizzal]

that's because the guitar is now more massive. bro, applauding your 10hrs' worth of patient, hand-sanding

thank u so much. gonna go for massage soon. hehehe.

 

[shahrizzal]

Very good job! Nice color!

Does she stay in tune after the bigsby installation?

thank u. so far so good. =)

 

[eieio]

Step 9:

The annoying orange or a gretsch copy? hahaha. i want it pastel matt orange-y color. sexy to me.

There are 2 Bigsby, 1 is USA B5 & licensed B50, am I correct?
Can get it BrySetzerized, go all the way with Grestch looking pups.. happening!
I can't help but notice that overturned stretcher/canvas, curious what's on the front?


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