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Bacchus
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Oooohhhh.
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Hurb
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| Yep that looks tasty! |
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Thom
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Cheers guys, yeah I'm quite excited now! |
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euan
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I've looked at guitarbuild bodies before, half planning a jazzy project. Was it sold as a blemish? It looks fine and the splinter wouldn't bother me in the slightest. But on the other hand, the bodies they sell are expensive and should be professional standard. They should be holding themselves to that standard and not shipping something that has a fault (even as minor as this) on it. If you were buying that body to build something to sell, the splinter wouldn't be acceptable.
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My Tele was a Guitarbuild body and I was very unhappy with the neck pocket being undersized and the bridge pickup seemingly being in the wrong place too
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Thom
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Bacchus wrote: |
I've looked at guitarbuild bodies before, half planning a jazzy project. Was it sold as a blemish? It looks fine and the splinter wouldn't bother me in the slightest. But on the other hand, the bodies they sell are expensive and should be professional standard. They should be holding themselves to that standard and not shipping something that has a fault (even as minor as this) on it. If you were buying that body to build something to sell, the splinter wouldn't be acceptable.
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My Tele was a Guitarbuild body and I was very unhappy with the neck pocket being undersized and the bridge pickup seemingly being in the wrong place too |
That’s really crap. Luckily other than the splinter the body was spot on. Seems they can be a bit hit and miss which is really shitty for a successful company. |
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Thom
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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It's ready to ship! 
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Hurb
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| Shiny!! |
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Thom
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And it's done! 
Body arrived yesterday and I spent the evening assembling. I couldn't be happier, the finish is flawless - top quality work. I can't recommend Rexter Guitars highly enough. It's really quiet, no buzz at all - first time I've properly shielded a guitar...well worth it. The guitar itself sounds great, and plays well - I haven't done a full set up yet, but it's pretty damn close. In terms of weight it's also very close to my Am Pro, just 3oz heavier, coming in at 8lb1oz. It's definitely got a bit more snap to it, sounds a bit more percussive which must be partly due to the maple neck, but it's different pickups too so they were never going to sound identical (thankfully). Has been a lot of fun and I'm really please it didn't mess up the wiring!
Copper shielded:
Done:
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Hurb
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Top work Thom! It looks classy as fuck.
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Doog
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:23 am Post subject: |
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Aww man, what a power duo; great work!
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Thom
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:24 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks guys! |
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kingkiller
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:28 am Post subject: |
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Looks HAWT Thom! Congrats!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:50 am Post subject: |
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| Looks lovely! The colours are both great. |
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Thom
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Cheers Nick and kk  |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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if sex was guitar (that wasn't my tele,) that'd be it!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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That's just indecently good on every level
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Looking good.
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Bacchus
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Gorgeous. But sort out the thumb prints on the tailpiece ffs!
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Thom
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Gorgeous. But sort out the thumb prints on the tailpiece ffs! |
 I actually thought I had before I took the photos! |
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Thom
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| plopswagon wrote: |
| if sex was guitar (that wasn't my tele,) that'd be it! |
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