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After all the hard efforts to drilling holes and sanding the surfaces, the dyeing begins. I put only 2 coats of blank ink to let the natural color of the wood can come out through the dyes. After the dyeing I put 5 coats of satin for finish.
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Bolting on necks, putting bridge, pickups, control plate, pickguard. The vintage styled neck pickup is slightly painful to install - I had to adjust the height of the pickup before putting the pickguard on.
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And the tele has come! I put my name on the head.
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