Proteus build thread (uber-tele)

[CTN]

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.









K, I'm gonna go order the last of the parts and then call it a night.

[CTN]

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.

[youngthrasher9]

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.

[CTN]

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.

[Big Flannel]

Remember this:

A good tele is a simple tele.

Leave that neck plain.

[Agileguy]

Amber tint would be cool IMO.

Devin, I wouldn't consider a carved top Tele simple.

[Big Flannel]

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.

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Or, switch it up and go set-neck.

[Agileguy]

IMO, oiled wins for playability, but amber tint meets for aesthetics.

[Big Flannel]

A tele is all about playability, IMO.

[Agileguy]

True.

I wonder if there's some way to get oil to have an amber tint look? That would be tits.