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[Doctor Jeff]

From Guitar Fetish…

LOVE the sparkly Lake Placid Blue body. I could never get a finish like that in 10,000 years.

[Jim Soloway]

My favorite color

[pingu]

coooool i wonder what it’ll be
when you put it that stuff together ?

[Stringswinger]

That color looks a bit different than my Lake Placid Blue Strat.....

[chris32895]

How are these XGP bodies typically? I was looking at a double-bound sunburst tele body and the price is really great.

[Doctor Jeff]

That color looks a bit different than my Lake Placid Blue Strat.....

Nice guit. The difference might be an effect of the light. The GFS color is listed as "Lake Placid Blue".

I am going to sell this at an auction for my high school--nickname is Big Blue. Hence the blue body.

How are these XGP bodies typically? I was looking at a double-bound sunburst tele body and the price is really great.

It is very nice quality, alder I believe. I realized when it arrived that the XGP has a "vintage" rout and will not accommodate a "modern" bridge plate (which I had ordered). So I had to order another vintage bridge plate ($15). If you want a modern bridge, you should order the Lido bodies--though they did not have one in the LPB color which I was wanting.

Also FYI the pickguard did not come with mounting screws, and only the body neck pocket, string through-holes and ferrule holes, and headstock tuner holes were predrilled. The rest of the screw holes have to be drilled. Should not require advanced woodworking skills though.

The finger board is paua ferro btw. I've not seen one before. Very nice finger feel, and looks pretty cool--kind of like black palm, if you're familiar with that. The "Brazilian ironwood" used in guitar-making is probably a Machaerium, related to black locust and soybeans interestingly.

[John A.]

Is this a kit, or did you order all those components a la carte?

[Zigracer]

Nice project!

[Doctor Jeff]

Is this a kit, or did you order all those components a la carte?

Ala carte. GFS sells a kit for about $100, but components look cheaper, also the headstock is not shaped or finished and the body is not finished. No substitutions.

Stew Mac also sells a kit for $200 which looks better quality, and a really nice Wilkinson kit for $400. Again, requires finishing and shaping the headstock. I thought about getting the Stew Mac kit and substituting the GFS LPB body, but would have been more $$.

[Spook410]

Great blue..

[Doctor Jeff]

Made a minor boo-boo. I thought the neck pickup was attached to the pickguard, like my other Tele. Nope, it was meant to be screwed into the body. I had already made holes for mounting to the pickguard. Not a biggie, except…

I don’t have screws/bolts for that.

The number of different screws unique to guitars is rather astounding, about half of which are not available at the local Ace hardware. Guess I should just order a big assortment of guitar screws and bolts.

[Skip Ellis]

The only thing I hate about Guitar Fetish is, they're about ten miles from me and won't let me pick stuff up at the warehouse - I've emailed and begged but they just say they're not set up for walk in customers. I just hate paying shipping to get something from across town. I got a Paulownia body from them a couple years ago and it took a LOT of sanding but I think that was more the wood's fault than theirs. I've seen several comments lately about their quality improving quite a bit.

[Doctor Jeff]

“Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my closeup…”