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Proteus build thread (uber-tele) - CTN - 04-10-2015
Alrighty. Shit just got real. The body arrived today, along with the pickups, I still have more testing to do as well as lots of planning, gotta get some more parts and hardware in.
I spent the evening drawing all over the body, then I noticed that I'd have to fill/re-drill the neck mounting holes on the neck, and that I'd have to re-size the neck P90 route. I mistakenly forgot to tell Mitch at KNE guitars that I was using a soapbar P90, and he routed it for a dogear/pickguard mount P90. Oops.
Anyway I have a lot of careful planning to do regarding the many many carves, as well as a lot of testing to do on the paint. I went to home depot and picked up more ash blocks to test on. I want to play around with the orange and try to darken it a bit and give it a bit more depth of colour, as well as try to make the transitions between the blues a bit better while at the same time seeing if I can work in a lighter blue into the lighter areas so it looks more watery and less sandy.
Anyway, onto the pics.
![[Image: DSC_0001_zps2hni6fdc.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/DSC_0001_zps2hni6fdc.jpg)
![[Image: DSC_0002_zpsgctv6hzx.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/DSC_0002_zpsgctv6hzx.jpg)
![[Image: DSC_0004_zpsy7tpc1yg.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/DSC_0004_zpsy7tpc1yg.jpg)
![[Image: DSC_0005_zpstebw2qbd.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/DSC_0005_zpstebw2qbd.jpg)
![[Image: DSC_0006_zpscbr0whx8.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/DSC_0006_zpscbr0whx8.jpg)
![[Image: DSC_0007_zps5rqufhsu.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/DSC_0007_zps5rqufhsu.jpg)
![[Image: DSC_0008_zpsil7sd96w.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/DSC_0008_zpsil7sd96w.jpg)
K, I'm gonna go order the last of the parts and then call it a night.
RE: Proteus build thread (uber-tele) - CTN - 04-10-2015
Decided to complicate my life.
Gonna strip all the poly or lacquer or whatever the hell is on that schecter neck and redo it in tru oil, perhaps with a color to match the body. And a CTN decal on the headstock which I will also redo in translucent black or maybe dark blue.
RE: Proteus build thread (uber-tele) - youngthrasher9 - 04-11-2015
I vote no on the neck color. Bolt necks tag match the body look tacky to me, personally. It's like "one day when I grow up I want to be a set-neck!".
But idk, your guitar man.
RE: Proteus build thread (uber-tele) - CTN - 04-11-2015
Bahahahaha. Fair enough!
Though after stripping the neck I'm definitely gonna have to put some colour back. Not sure I want it to be raw white maple.
RE: Proteus build thread (uber-tele) - Big Flannel - 04-11-2015
Remember this:
A good tele is a simple tele.
Leave that neck plain.
RE: Proteus build thread (uber-tele) - Agileguy - 04-11-2015
Amber tint would be cool IMO.
Devin, I wouldn't consider a carved top Tele simple.
RE: Proteus build thread (uber-tele) - Big Flannel - 04-11-2015
Lol, Shut up.
Don't listen to him, Ryan. The neck of a guitar is the most important part as far ad playability is concerned. If you want a tele, you want a slightly oiled piece of wood.
Or, switch it up and go set-neck.
RE: Proteus build thread (uber-tele) - Agileguy - 04-11-2015
IMO, oiled wins for playability, but amber tint meets for aesthetics.
RE: Proteus build thread (uber-tele) - Big Flannel - 04-11-2015
A tele is all about playability, IMO.
RE: Proteus build thread (uber-tele) - Agileguy - 04-11-2015
True.
I wonder if there's some way to get oil to have an amber tint look? That would be tits.