dawnofzion Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I have been playing with ideas for my tele deluxe project. I am making a padauk neck with a maple fretboard and maple skunk stripe. I can't decide if I want to make it a walnut body with a black pickguard, or a black alder body with a cream pickguard. I already have the wood for the neck and I'm working on it. any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolanski Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 My vote goes to walnut and black pickguard. I love the neck wood colors too the maple and padauk look great together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necroscience13 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 the black and creme is ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 i reckon a 1-pice paduak neck with maple skunk stripe would suit the black and cream body better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattharris75 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I've done a walnut/padauk/black veneer combo and I like it a lot. So, I think that color combo can work, and I personally prefer the look of the walnut bodied mockup on the right. But both look nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shredforbread33 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Definitely the Walnut with the black pickguard. The contrast with the maple fingerboard is incredible and I think it will sound a tad better than Alder. Just my opinion though. -Marshall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Whichever you choose, be prepared for that paduk to turn brown over time. Be sure to factor that into your color scheme and thought process. Were it me, I'd go with a 1-piece maple neck and the walnut body. With it being a T-Deluxe, you'll have the opportunity to have just about everything under the P/G hollowed out. It could almost be like a chambered body. Just food for thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnofzion Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 I did some inlays and side markers. The inlays are Pearl dots with paduak dust and CA glue to make the red surround of the dots. The side markers are paduak dust and CA glue. It is now ready for grainfilling and clear. The body is cut and should be making some headway on the routing soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 Walnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 The neck looks great, it's cool how you did the inlays with the dust and glue. Nice clean work too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Buttman Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Very very nice neck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernica Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 I did some inlays and side markers. The inlays are Pearl dots with paduak dust and CA glue to make the red surround of the dots. The side markers are paduak dust and CA glue. It is now ready for grainfilling and clear. The body is cut and should be making some headway on the routing soon. wow, great inlays!! How did you manage to keep the pearl centered so that the dust rings around the outside would be symetrical? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnofzion Posted May 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 a drop of CA on the bottom of the ring held it in place then I did the dust rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnofzion Posted June 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I finally had some time to do some work on my own project. The finish will be Reranch orange over the ash. Here is the progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Dave Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Walnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko_slash Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Walnut ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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