Newest tele project: Custom relic build

jonesy · 01-08-2009, 03:26 PM

THIS IS MY NEWEST PROJECT FOR A CLIENT, IT IS ACTUALLY GETTING A FULL SIZED HUMBUCKER IN NECK AND A "RELIC" JOB. NOTHING TO HEAVY JUST SOME MOJO AS REQUESTED BY OWNER. SORRY I WILL TRY AND GET SOME BETTER PICS A I GO ALONG. I ALSO AM RELIC'ING A SET OF HARDWARE FOR A CUSTOMER IN GERMANY WHO IS BUILDING A 72' TELE REPLICA

brettk7 · 01-08-2009, 03:32 PM

That neck is SICK!!!! That is gonna be a bad ass guitar!

jonesy · 01-08-2009, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brettk7

That neck is SICK!!!! That is gonna be a bad ass guitar!

THANKS MAN, I JUST POPPED IT OUT OF THE BOX TODAY AND THOUGHT

MrWrong · 01-08-2009, 07:27 PM

Fine looking neck, where'd it come from?

JoelmBenge · 01-08-2009, 08:25 PM

Looks like candy.

Volusia · 01-08-2009, 10:01 PM

I love that neck. looks like quarter sawn birdseye maple.

jonesy · 01-09-2009, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrWrong

Fine looking neck, where'd it come from?

Thanks, MusiKraft? Licensed by Fender

jonesy · 01-09-2009, 01:23 PM

STARTED THE RELICING PROCESS, MORE PICS...

IT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, I STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THE NECK ITSELF AND I WILL POST MORE PICS LATER. THE PICK GUARD FOR THE HUMBUCKER, KNOBS AND CONTROL PLATE WON'T BE IN UNTIL NEXT WEEK, SO I WILL HAVE TO HOLD OFF ON A FEW THINGS UNTIL THEN.

madams17 · 01-09-2009, 01:54 PM

Nice looking Tele! What pickups are going in it?

jonesy · 01-09-2009, 02:15 PM

Thanks Madam, Duncan single coil size humbucker in traditional Tele bridge(forget model # pu), and a full size 59' Humbucker in neck. The owner sent all this stuff to me, he had picked it all out himself. It is also getting dual push pull pots for coil splitting, probably 3 way switch vs 4 way, electro-socket input jack. Kind of a "Sleeper" it will look Vintage but it will have a souped up V-8 under the hood and pretty much be a do it all Telecaster

jonesy · 01-09-2009, 09:38 PM

FINISHED UP RELIC'ING THE TUNERS AND GOT THEM ON, ALSO DARKENED UP THE SPOTS I SANDED DOWN ON THE FRETBOARD AND BACK OF NECK. SOME OF THE BRIDGE PARTS DIDN'T LOOK CRUSTY ENOUGH SO THEY ARE STILL SOAKING.

djwilbanks · 01-09-2009, 09:48 PM

that's a sick lookin job, jonsey!

Question: your caps lock stuck?

jonesy · 01-09-2009, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djwilbanks

that's a sick lookin job, jonsey!

Question: your caps lock stuck?

Thanks man, I like the way the tuners turned out.

Caps lock...oh yeah I guess it was..lol sorry

Jared Evans · 01-10-2009, 01:35 AM

very nice Jonesy, coming from you I'm sure it will sing pretty too

taypeng · 01-10-2009, 03:57 AM

wow the flames on the neck...what a beauty

jodymauk · 01-10-2009, 04:00 AM

sweet....but it wont hold a candle to my future hello kitty

, but honestly its quite a looker

jonesy · 01-10-2009, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jodymauk

sweet....but it wont hold a candle to my future hello kitty

, but honestly its quite a looker

I know dude it is hard to to a beat a "Heavily-Modded" Hello Kitty Guiitar

jonesy · 01-10-2009, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jared Evans

very nice Jonesy, coming from you I'm sure it will sing pretty too

Thanks, it is getting Duncans, full sized humbucker in neck, stackcked bucker in bridge, dual push pull pots for coil splitting and my wiring Mojo

Jake 2112 · 01-10-2009, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonesy

THIS IS MY NEWEST PROJECT FOR A CLIENT, IT IS ACTUALLY GETTING A FULL SIZED HUMBUCKER IN NECK AND A "RELIC" JOB. NOTHING TO HEAVY JUST SOME MOJO AS REQUESTED BY OWNER. SORRY I WILL TRY AND GET SOME BETTER PICS A I GO ALONG. I ALSO AM RELIC'ING A SET OF HARDWARE FOR A CUSTOMER IN GERMANY WHO IS BUILDING A 72' TELE REPLICA

That is one sick neck!

Volusia · 01-10-2009, 09:23 AM

jonesy, I've never heard of Musikraft until this thread. How does their craftmanship compare to Warmoth?

jonesy · 01-10-2009, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by volusia1*

jonesy, I've never heard of Musikraft until this thread. How does their craftmanship compare to Warmoth?

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To be honest I have not heard of them either until this guitar was shipped to me from the owner. The fret work and nitro is awesome, most of these necks are made in japan. I know all the ones from Allparts come from Japan and the quality is equal to the US fender stuff. I have not used Warmoth much but have sen there stuff and it is about the same quality as this neck or one I would get from Allparts. It's about as nice as the neck on my American Standard Strat

jonesy · 01-10-2009, 10:22 AM

A couple of details I may have not mentioned is that the neck and body are both sprayed with nitro so the Relic'ing looks much nicer and is easier to make it look realistic. I think the body may have come from Bernie(B. Hefner) The bridge is a Traditional Style Tele bridge by Joe Barden and has the compensated brass saddles where the middle saddle is angled back to help correctly intonate the G string. You can also get a set of the compensated Danny Gatton style from Stewmac.com and they are only about $15 and will fit on your existing Fender bridge. I have use those a lot and found them to be the best brass compensated saddle because the have no material cut away and give best Tone and Sustain without the tuning problems that stock saddles can sometimes have.
This type of vintage bridge and the Brass saddles IMHO are part of the key to getting that real Tele Tone many players are after. The modern heavy bridge's with 6 saddles have a thicker sound and I prefer those on "Rock" friendly Tele's. I will post some more pics as I go along, thanks for all the nice comments

peace, jonesy

5F6-A · 01-10-2009, 10:24 AM

reminds me of my home made Praiseworthy relic strat

well done!

jonesy · 01-10-2009, 10:47 AM

Thanks bro it's far from done, but I like the way it is coming along so far. I think when you put together a guitar yourself, it can be sometimes more fulfilling than just buying one off of the shelf

jonesy · 01-10-2009, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5F6-A

reminds me of my home made Praiseworthy relic strat

well done!

Hey Let's see some pics

jonesy · 01-10-2009, 12:45 PM

Here is the Joe Barden Scooped bridge I am using. Still waiting on the springs and saddles to get a little more color. I put them in muratic acid first to give them a nice grey color and everything looked cool but the springs. They were still shiny and did not turn color until I put them in a salt paste. I found a semi-wet/dry paste of salt allows oxygen to get to parts and they end to rust a lot quicker than immersing them in salt water. Setting it under a light bulb or outside in the sun where it is warm speeds up the process.

After the water evaporates you start to get this...

voices · 01-10-2009, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by volusia1*

jonesy, I've never heard of Musikraft until this thread. How does their craftmanship compare to Warmoth?

I have owned two necks from Musikraft and they were outstanding. They I told them what I was looking for and sent them EXACTLY as described. The necks I bought were "seconds" and they were the best strat necks I've ever played. I can only imagine what their first quality necks are like.

5F6-A · 01-10-2009, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonesy

cool!!

some pics....

fantastic instrument; very vintage sounding... a tad thicker in feel and a little hevier than a original but beautiful nonetheless.
Everybody who plays it seems to love it, even people with very good original Strats.

some pics....

jonesy · 01-10-2009, 03:29 PM

Sweet Axe man, I like the checking in the finish very nice

5F6-A · 01-10-2009, 04:12 PM

it IS nice! I'm glad you like it!

01-08-2009, 03:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
jonesy Capacitor Ambassador Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Land of Mojo, Indiana USA Posts: 8,094 Thanks: 205 Thanked 435 Times in 75 Posts	Newest tele project: Custom relic build THIS IS MY NEWEST PROJECT FOR A CLIENT, IT IS ACTUALLY GETTING A FULL SIZED HUMBUCKER IN NECK AND A "RELIC" JOB. NOTHING TO HEAVY JUST SOME MOJO AS REQUESTED BY OWNER. SORRY I WILL TRY AND GET SOME BETTER PICS A I GO ALONG. I ALSO AM RELIC'ING A SET OF HARDWARE FOR A CUSTOMER IN GERMANY WHO IS BUILDING A 72' TELE REPLICA __________________ Soundclips mp3's Jonesy's Sound Clips Tonemojo Videos on Utube Tonemojo.com & jonesyblues custom shop You can contact me at jonesyblues@yahoo.com GOD ROCKS!

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brettk7 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Nellyville Posts: 5,229 Thanks: 52 Thanked 100 Times in 35 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build That neck is SICK!!!! That is gonna be a bad ass guitar! __________________ You can visit me @ Hit me up with any and all gear questions. I'd be happy to help! You can reach me here!: brett@eddiesguitars.com Ps. You totally should vote for my band to PLAY WARPED TOUR 14! < Link Currently: 72' Fender Tele Deluxe RI/Ernie Ball VP Jr/Boss TU2.RV3/Line-6 DL4/EHX Memory Boy/Orange Rockerverb 50/Orange 4x12

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jonesy Capacitor Ambassador Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Land of Mojo, Indiana USA Posts: 8,094 Thanks: 205 Thanked 435 Times in 75 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build STARTED THE RELICING PROCESS, MORE PICS... IT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, I STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THE NECK ITSELF AND I WILL POST MORE PICS LATER. THE PICK GUARD FOR THE HUMBUCKER, KNOBS AND CONTROL PLATE WON'T BE IN UNTIL NEXT WEEK, SO I WILL HAVE TO HOLD OFF ON A FEW THINGS UNTIL THEN. __________________ Soundclips mp3's Jonesy's Sound Clips Tonemojo Videos on Utube Tonemojo.com & jonesyblues custom shop You can contact me at jonesyblues@yahoo.com GOD ROCKS!

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madams17 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 202 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build Nice looking Tele! What pickups are going in it? __________________ Some Gibsons, Some Fenders, and some other stuff

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jonesy Capacitor Ambassador Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Land of Mojo, Indiana USA Posts: 8,094 Thanks: 205 Thanked 435 Times in 75 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build Thanks Madam, Duncan single coil size humbucker in traditional Tele bridge(forget model # pu), and a full size 59' Humbucker in neck. The owner sent all this stuff to me, he had picked it all out himself. It is also getting dual push pull pots for coil splitting, probably 3 way switch vs 4 way, electro-socket input jack. Kind of a "Sleeper" it will look Vintage but it will have a souped up V-8 under the hood and pretty much be a do it all Telecaster __________________ Soundclips mp3's Jonesy's Sound Clips Tonemojo Videos on Utube Tonemojo.com & jonesyblues custom shop You can contact me at jonesyblues@yahoo.com GOD ROCKS!

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jonesy Capacitor Ambassador Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Land of Mojo, Indiana USA Posts: 8,094 Thanks: 205 Thanked 435 Times in 75 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build FINISHED UP RELIC'ING THE TUNERS AND GOT THEM ON, ALSO DARKENED UP THE SPOTS I SANDED DOWN ON THE FRETBOARD AND BACK OF NECK. SOME OF THE BRIDGE PARTS DIDN'T LOOK CRUSTY ENOUGH SO THEY ARE STILL SOAKING. __________________ Soundclips mp3's Jonesy's Sound Clips Tonemojo Videos on Utube Tonemojo.com & jonesyblues custom shop You can contact me at jonesyblues@yahoo.com GOD ROCKS!

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djwilbanks V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arkham Asylum Posts: 19,258 Thanks: 151 Thanked 266 Times in 49 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build that's a sick lookin job, jonsey! Question: your caps lock stuck? __________________ On Facebook \| On MySpace

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Jared Evans Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 227 Thanks: 15 Thanked 14 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build very nice Jonesy, coming from you I'm sure it will sing pretty too __________________ Jared Evans Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. Henry David Thoreau Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. Henry David Thoreau Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn. John Wesley

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Volusia Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 1,413 Thanks: 58 Thanked 15 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build jonesy, I've never heard of Musikraft until this thread. How does their craftmanship compare to Warmoth? __________________ *" Less is More"* www.myspace.com/brianlucasproject http://www.soundclick.com/blucas

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jonesy Capacitor Ambassador Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Land of Mojo, Indiana USA Posts: 8,094 Thanks: 205 Thanked 435 Times in 75 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build A couple of details I may have not mentioned is that the neck and body are both sprayed with nitro so the Relic'ing looks much nicer and is easier to make it look realistic. I think the body may have come from Bernie(B. Hefner) The bridge is a Traditional Style Tele bridge by Joe Barden and has the compensated brass saddles where the middle saddle is angled back to help correctly intonate the G string. You can also get a set of the compensated Danny Gatton style from Stewmac.com and they are only about $15 and will fit on your existing Fender bridge. I have use those a lot and found them to be the best brass compensated saddle because the have no material cut away and give best Tone and Sustain without the tuning problems that stock saddles can sometimes have. This type of vintage bridge and the Brass saddles IMHO are part of the key to getting that real Tele Tone many players are after. The modern heavy bridge's with 6 saddles have a thicker sound and I prefer those on "Rock" friendly Tele's. I will post some more pics as I go along, thanks for all the nice comments peace, jonesy __________________ Soundclips mp3's Jonesy's Sound Clips Tonemojo Videos on Utube Tonemojo.com & jonesyblues custom shop You can contact me at jonesyblues@yahoo.com GOD ROCKS!

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5F6-A Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Back and forth the UK Posts: 4,827 Thanks: 148 Thanked 226 Times in 50 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build reminds me of my home made Praiseworthy relic strat well done! __________________ Saltaire's Vicars "Post Tenebras Lux" ---------------------------

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jonesy Capacitor Ambassador Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Land of Mojo, Indiana USA Posts: 8,094 Thanks: 205 Thanked 435 Times in 75 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build Thanks bro it's far from done, but I like the way it is coming along so far. I think when you put together a guitar yourself, it can be sometimes more fulfilling than just buying one off of the shelf __________________ Soundclips mp3's Jonesy's Sound Clips Tonemojo Videos on Utube Tonemojo.com & jonesyblues custom shop You can contact me at jonesyblues@yahoo.com GOD ROCKS!

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jonesy Capacitor Ambassador Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Land of Mojo, Indiana USA Posts: 8,094 Thanks: 205 Thanked 435 Times in 75 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build Here is the Joe Barden Scooped bridge I am using. Still waiting on the springs and saddles to get a little more color. I put them in muratic acid first to give them a nice grey color and everything looked cool but the springs. They were still shiny and did not turn color until I put them in a salt paste. I found a semi-wet/dry paste of salt allows oxygen to get to parts and they end to rust a lot quicker than immersing them in salt water. Setting it under a light bulb or outside in the sun where it is warm speeds up the process. After the water evaporates you start to get this... __________________ Soundclips mp3's Jonesy's Sound Clips Tonemojo Videos on Utube Tonemojo.com & jonesyblues custom shop You can contact me at jonesyblues@yahoo.com GOD ROCKS!

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jonesy Capacitor Ambassador Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Land of Mojo, Indiana USA Posts: 8,094 Thanks: 205 Thanked 435 Times in 75 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build Sweet Axe man, I like the checking in the finish very nice __________________ Soundclips mp3's Jonesy's Sound Clips Tonemojo Videos on Utube Tonemojo.com & jonesyblues custom shop You can contact me at jonesyblues@yahoo.com GOD ROCKS!

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5F6-A Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Back and forth the UK Posts: 4,827 Thanks: 148 Thanked 226 Times in 50 Posts	Re: Newest tele project: Custom relic build it IS nice! I'm glad you like it! __________________ Saltaire's Vicars "Post Tenebras Lux" ---------------------------

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