Project Guitar of the Month - April 2010

[asdf]

Dear Softies,


I am doing this rework for someone very special in my life...I wanted this guitar to age together with my soon to be BB girl....delivering in May.

After a month of frantic rework, painting and polishing, I would like to introduce my humble repaint of a Squire California Tele.

I got my inspiration from a wall painting.





It consists of oil painting with a tinge of traditional chinese painting style and
so I copied the concept and explore further.
Copying the texture of canvas, oil and watercolor with a final coat of clear lacquer....


So here it is..."Lotus" Telecaster.....

amazing. just so amazing!!

 

[RicFreak]

Cool!!!

We've got Faekildare's HUAY and APOT's LIAN,
Now all we need is a BENG and a SENG .

 

[Tetragrammaton]

Well done Apot_red!! Very nice indeed!! Post a video lah..how it sound...if good..I wanna bid can? Hehehe!!

 

[faekildare]

I agree, it's so beautiful. The lacquer did u sand the existing paint and lacquer or did u just lacquer the top?

 

[Apot_red]

"Lotus" Tele

Thanks obzervr, Gr3y, asdf, RicFreak, Tetragrammaton & faekildare.

I cant post a video yet as I dont have a cam corder.
I am still in the midst of setting up this guitar. The neck is slightly out of angle and I believe the frets needed to be dressed. The original Pots and selector switch needed to be changed. Just finished wiring and found out theres a lot of Static. The selector switch is faulty and all are stock items which I foresee to have such problem.

I shall try to rush to Bras Basah tomorrow after the Gynae appointment...grab some pots and start to wire tomorrow night.

faekildare, I stripped the original paint till the sealant which is damn difficult to strip. So i sanded it all the way down to bare wood (which I find very similar to Jelutong because of the familiar smell I used to sniff in technical school).



Then I painted on the bare wood to create a "Canvas " effect.



This was the initial painting...which my wife and friend find it a little too bold..
So I sanded it all off once again...



Anyway, this was how the original Squire looked like...

 

[fgl]

Apot_red!!

swee lah!​

 

[Apot_red]

"Lotus" Tele

The original pots and selector switch sucks big time....I manage to get some from Bras Basah...Guitar Workshop...met Roy and he showed me his Strat!!!!

 

[Apot_red]

The original pots and selector switch sucks big time....I manage to get some from Bras Basah...Guitar Workshop...met Roy and he showed me his Strat!!!!

Finally its DONE DONE DONE!!!!!!!

 

[eieio]

That is a beautiful work Apot Red, where you learn how to paint like that?
I like Faekildare's fabric too, got spare left? I also want to paste mine.. hehe
Observr can we extend date? I think fgl neck cargo got stuck in volcano near Kurgystan!!!



RickFreak & Junkiemanxl, thanks for the toys, love the vox rox & single ply looks good on tobacco!

 

[obzervr]

Observr can we extend date? I think fgl neck cargo got stuck in volcano near Kurgystan!!!

neck cargo got stuck in volcano.. LOL

Can lah, we Extend date till 30 April. Voting over the weekend. Ok?

 

[eieio]

Yeah wonderful, ok do keep the entries coming guys & gals..
Nominations dateline extended to end of April due to mount fujiyama.. hehe
Its cool to have work in progress too, can discuss & also ask for advice about our on going projects.

woohooo!

 

[junkiemanxl]

There we go...
I thought u didn't receive it

 

[fgl]

That is a beautiful work Apot Red, where you learn how to paint like that?
I like Faekildare's fabric too, got spare left? I also want to paste mine.. hehe
Observr can we extend date? I think fgl neck cargo got stuck in volcano near Kurgystan!!!



RickFreak & Junkiemanxl, thanks for the toys, love the vox rox & single ply looks good on tobacco!

the electro jack socket looks familiar

 

[eieio]

nice right.. bought from hardware shop @kelantan lane.. : p

 

[fgl]

nice right.. bought from hardware shop @kelantan lane.. : p

erm ... i think it was from YCK / ANK area lah

 

[eieio]

yck got karaoke meh?

 

[fgl]

GOT - FOR MEMBERS ONLY

 

[eieio]

for members only...

 

[asdf]

@Apot_red

the tele is going to absorb natural energy from those lovely paintings and blast out nature's tone! i think it can be played like a guzheng once it has absorbed enough energy.

 

[Apot_red]

"Lotus" Tele

ASDF,

Hahahah! last night i finally managed to wireup and hear the sound of Twang King and Virtual T....clear clean sound!!!!

As Twangy as a Tele. Nothing near my Guzheng!!! hahahaha