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Fender Introduces Billy Corgan Signature Stratocaster
Sorry for the disappearance, folks… it would seem that recovery from the loss of a loved one seldom occurs in a nice, straight arc––the last few months have been a real roller-coaster for me. Anyway, I logged in this morning to be pleasantly surprised by the latest Signature Series instrument coming from Fender––the Billy Corgan Signature [...]
Continue reading...EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: Beatin’ The Hell Out Of That Pickguard
17. June 2008
As promised, I thought today I’d write down some of my thoughts on the creative process of aging our pickguard. First things first, we tossed aside our Baja Tele’s single-ply black pickguard and went hunting for a nice retro-style mint green one to replace it. Unfortunately, finding a mint-green guard in a 5-hole configuration wasn’t as [...]
Continue reading...EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: The Nitty Gritty On The Neck & Fingerboard
10. June 2008
Exhibit A: (photo, left) Inspiration for our Relic’s neck, courtesy of this gorgeous ‘56 Masterbuilt Super Reilc over at the Music Zoo. So having put the body of our so-called Tele Relic to rest (save a few minor dings and scratches that still need to be added,) we have moved on to the most dangerous and [...]
Continue reading...EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: Heavenly Body
6. June 2008
When last we left our Great Tele Relic Experiment, the brand spankin’ new Baja Player’s Telecaster 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 [...]
Continue reading...Fender Expands Classic Series With New Jazzmaster & Jaguar Models
23. May 2008
Well, I haven’t seen any official announcement from Fender yet, but the company has apparently added three new models to its popular mid-range “Classic” line of guitars––the Jazzmaster Special, Jaguar Special, and Jaguar Special HH. There’s still a bit of confusion as to what we’re seeing here, though. At least a few of the major online guitar [...]
Continue reading...EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: Aging The Body, Adding Some Grime
20. May 2008
OK, so here are a few various iterations of our Relic Tele as we play around with different types of faux aging. Since this is truly an experiment, and we have absolutely no experience applying wear & tear to guitars––other than the good old fashioned way––we are taking our time to find out what works [...]
Continue reading...EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: The Poor Man’s Paint Room
16. May 2008
OK, so here’s our lovely little Baja Telecaster after about five days of start & stop finishing via my “poor man’s paint room”–– otherwise known as a cardboard box. One of the beauties of building a Relic, I suppose, is that the finish doesn’t need to be absolutely perfect, so we were able to get away [...]
Continue reading...EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: First Look At The Hardware
8. May 2008
And now the moment we’ve all been waiting for… here is our first batch of hardware after spending about six hours in a rock tumbler filled with pea gravel. As you can see, it came out quite nicely. It’s hard to say whether I will attempt the “acid bath” on these as well. I guess I’ll [...]
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2. July 2008
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