I'm in the process of doing a sunburst finish on a Tele body I made using the "Behlen "spray cans which we can get here in Australia. http://www.guitaraust.com.au/finishing/aerosols.html
Unfortunately they can't ship out of Australia.
If you can get some I reckon you would be happy with the result. Mine seems to be coming along OK.

Thanks Guys !! Very much appreciated.

Very nice Norman !! Got some nice flame going on there. Enjoy !! ?

Looks like it might be a fun project. Certainly needs some TLC though !!

[/quote]Also, anyone know where I can get a replacement trem arm for the US jazzmaster system?
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I would try Ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FENDER-VINTAGE-62-JAGUAR-JAZZMASTER-TREMOLO-ARM-BAR-/331085496449?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4d163bc081

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Guitar-Tremolo-Arm-Jaguar-Jazzmaster-Chrome-/131071150610?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item1e84730a12

Anyhow have fun, after all that's what its all about !!

Wow, whoever put the strings on that sure knew what they were doing !!! ?
Should be a nice guitar to mod. Well done !!!

Wow............ This Starcaster talk has got my interest going. I own an original Starcaster, (Pics below) but I'll be watching this. I don't know how well made the Reissue will be, but I'd be interested to know.

Hi Owen, as Reinhard said, the best way of finding more info on that guitar would be to email Fender. The guitar dater cant give info on Vintage series serial numbers.
http://www.guitardaterproject.org/fender.aspx

It is "Very nice !!!"

Alan Ratcliffe wrote: Glad you enjoyed it. I'm not a Santana fan, but I probably would have gone for the SMB - a very underrated band IMO.

Yes, I tend to agree with you (a very underrated band). They do a great show, play some great music and I would have gone to see them alone.

CostaFonix wrote: still waiting for 'ol Carlos to venture to our shores,,,,,
did he play all the good classics or mostly his new stuff?

He played a lot of his great classics along with some new stuff. I thoroughly enjoyed the night and would gladly go again. Unfortunately it doesn't look like he is heading your way anytime to soon. (his 2013 tour dates)
http://www.santana.com/Santana-On-Tour/
The Steve miller Band were pretty good as well.

Great show. Well worth the money.

Looking forward to this. Should be great.

Hi Norman, it took a while but it was certainly worth the wait. You have a very nice looking guitar and I'm sure it sounds as good as it looks. I think I have said before that I love Flame and that is absolutely beautiful.
Congratulations on a job well done !!! Enjoy.

Great Tele !! Well done .....

It is a very nice body that's for sure !!! I think I have the same vice as you as I'm allways admiring guitar bodies. Particularly flame top ones...
Have you thought about getting one that is not routed to take a pickguard and you don't end up hiding the nice top ?

Well ... a couple of months ago I bought a Fender Modern Player Tele Plus body on Ebay from "thestratosphere". I had a nice Mighty Mite neck I was going to put on it, but, would you believe it, Fender make these with a longer neck pocket. They are made to take a 22 fret neck without any overhang. I couldn't find another neck that would fit without having one custom made so I then had to buy a neck from one of these guitars. (It would have been cheaper to have bought a guitar and thrown all the unwanted parts). I guess that's what you get for buying Chinese made !!
Anyhow a few pics :

The Tele Plus Body


The Tele Plus Neck



The Mighty Mite neck I was going to put on it.


I replaced the bent steel saddles with stainless steel;
Installed vintage style locking tuners;
Fitted Lace Sensor pickups, some controls, did some wiring and I was done.
I need to cut a pickguard that fits a little neater sometime. It's not a real good fit around the bridge pickup!!

The finished Guitar.

Wow !!!! That is an absolutely stunning acoustic. Beautiful !!!!

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing !!!

Vic wrote:

Aubs1 wrote:

ajileguitar wrote:

Vic wrote:

ajileguitar wrote: Yes, a couple of nice toys you have there. 8)

Hi Ajile.... thanks. I notice you like Strats a bit more than Teles hey.... ?

Hi Vic, I have got more Strats than anything else but my preference (at the moment anyhow) is Teles.
Maybe one day I'll shock everyone and get a LP... ?

Alain, an LP will "complete" your "near perfect" collection ...... ? Oh, and it has to be a CUSTOM ...... ?

I'll support Aubs' line of thought ! ?

@ Aubs and Vic....A Custom heh... Well if I ever do buy one I'm not sure I would go that far. Probably a little expensive for my first LP. But yours Aubs, is a real beauty, that's for sure.
It would probably end up being a flame top like Vics. (in appearance anyhow).

Hi billionaire, I don't know if anyone else can see your pics because I can't.