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EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: Heavenly Body Cary Jun 6th

When last we left our , the brand spankin’ new we had purchased on eBay was already looking like she’d seen far better days––but today she’s absolutely dripping with sweaty night club mojo (if we do say so ourselves.)

Of course, it was far from an overnight transformation, but as far as we can tell at this point, the body is pretty much ready for prime time. Next week I promise to get into the nitty gritty of how we accomplished a number of the effects you see here, but to tide you all over, here’s a short photo gallery of our Relic Tele as it stands today.

For a truly close-up look you can dig through these high-res versions as well: photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4, photo 5, photo 6.

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Relic-Tele-Knobs

Relic-Tele-Hardware

Fender-Tele-Relic-Bumps

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Of course, we’ve just barely begun to work on the neck, but I hope to get it sanded and stained in nitro amber over the weekend. In any event, we will soon go into greater detail on how we aged the pickguard, dented the body, and otherwise wore the hell out of this sweet Tele.

Until next week…

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6 Responses to “EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: Heavenly Body”

  1. Rick:
    June 6th, 2008 at 10:26 am

    Sweet!

  2. Stratoblogster:
    June 6th, 2008 at 10:52 am

    I know… you’ll serve no Tele before its time. Thanks for the update.

    The metal hdwr is coming out great. The two different knobs adds character too (I know you got an S1).

    Remember, in “relic-ese”, you’re not wearing it out, you’re wearing it IN.

  3. IG:
    June 6th, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Man, that plank is lookin’ goooooooood.

    IG

  4. Cary:
    June 6th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    Thanks guys :) Having a fuckin’ blast over here (‘scuse my French.)

  5. Tom L:
    June 6th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    Nice. Really nice. I want to buy it.

  6. dbell:
    June 7th, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    looks great. all your hard work is really paying off.

    cant wait to see how you approached the neck because i think that’s something that scares off a lot of would be DIYers.

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