I mentioned I was going to slap together a quick 'n dirty Tele
I still had some parts lying around
and I found a B-stock & Blem Allparts neck (fat shape like on a Nocaster)
and a used butterscotch Warmoth body with a nitro finish, slight discolored
still had a set of pickups (ToneRider) lying around, but since I got body/neck cheap, I figured to drop in better of pups
I spotted a pair of Fred Stuart Blackguard pickups for sale, made an offer and got the pups for 140$
neck and body cost me 160$
ordered a bridge and I was ready to go
to build a Blackguard Telecaster
I started last week thursday after work, I used MicroMesh 6000, 8000 and 12000 pads to get rid of the glossy finish on the body and the neck
this took me until 4am in the morning
I ended up with a smooth neck, and a body with a thin skin nitro finish
here's the neck (sory, dark pic, it was middle of the night)