After my wife gave birth, I asked the doctor how long it would be until we could have sex.
He said “I get done at 7 PM, meet me out back.”
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Teenycaster Side Marker Dots
The neck that came with the kit did not have side marker dots. Time to fix this (actually I should have done this before). I eyeballed the locations and drilled some holes, glued in some side dot material, then trimmed them off and sanded smooth. A little oil made everything nicey nice.
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Teenycaster New Nut
Time to replace the crappy plastic nut with something better. I picked up a new TUSQ nut, removed the crappy chinesium nut (it came out in pieces lol), cleaned up the nut slot in the fretboard, sanded the nut down to get the nut slots about right, and added a couple drops of super glue to hold it in place. Easy least.
Next I’ll refine the nut slots with my files and redo the intonation and action.
I used to have an epileptic goldfish. He was ok as long as I didn’t take him out of his bowl.
This is such a brilliant idea! Ton Anderson guitars include 2 strap buttons so when you put it down and lean against an amp or something, the strap buttons form “feet” so it doesn’t tip over!
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Teenycaster Frets and Tuners
The Teenycaster neck needed some attention. The frets sucked (they are dull, the ends are sharp, and some are high and buzz) and the tuners suck (they are wobbly and the ratio is too low). I bought an inexpensive set of Wilkinson tuners that are really nice. They are much better quality than the tuners that come on most inexpensive guitars and they don’t cost an arm and a leg.
First it is time to fix the frets…
Now it’s time to address the tuners.
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Teenycaster Bridge Upgrade
I hate Telecaster bridges.
- They have the stupid lips to attach a cover that nobody uses.
- They only have 3 saddles so you can’t get the intonation right (especially on a short scale like this)
Time to upgrade.
I bought a new replacement bridge with six saddles so it can be properly intonated. The new bridge is a “string through” bridge which should make it sound better too. Also, the new one is thicker metal so it should resonate some more.
Time to install it. The first step is marking the location where the strings will go through the body. Then I need to drill the holes through the body as straight as I can without a drill press (spoiler, they are crooked). Then some counterbores on the back side and then installed the ferrules to hold the ends of the strings. Next up is installing the bridge and voila!
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Teenycaster Size
I’ve been working on the Teenycaster again after a hiatus, and doing some upgrades as well. It’s a lot more fun that I initially thought. For giggles, here is a photo comparing the Teenycaster to my normal size PRS.
The Teenycaster has a ~16″ scale length compared to the 24″ scale length of the full size PRS. After my upgrades I hope to get it tuned to E standard tuning.
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Mac Sabbath – Pair-a-Buns
This oozes with coolness
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Kramer V Paint Color
I think I have settled on a color for the V. My friend’s daughter has a Squier Telecaster that is bright orange and I love it. Her guitar is orange with a white pickguard and chrome hardware. It looks like an orange creamsicle. As everyone knows, orange and black look really cool together so I think I’m going that direction.
A company named Createx makes a line of water based paints that can be used on guitars and purchased in small amounts. The have a some really cool metallic colors that can be used with their clear orange. The video below shows all of their candy colors applied on 4 different basecoats. I love the orange applied over a charcoal metallic basecoat.
Metallic orange has a cool 1980’s vibe with a cool “heavy metal” twist with the dark metallic undercoat. Slap some all black hardware on that and it will pop.
I think I also want to paint the black part of the headstock with the same orange metallic and add the same logo back except in black.
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