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A week or so into the finished product. I just have to say, this thing is amazing.
This neck is rock solid and keeps it's tune amazingly well.
I am gettting used to the binding as well but my old eyes just can't see black dots on white binding.
I have to peek at the dots occasionally since I am no ...

Understood Barry. I find just about every guitar of any brand differs somewhat. I would never (again) purchase a guitar without seeing it, playing it and letting my ears and hands be my guide. This one, which was given to me, had a certain sound to it even with strings that were at least 10 years ...

That guitar is absolutely gorgeous!

it does so.

Thanks. This one definitely surprised me. I had no idea the junker she handed me was a quality guitar.
I ran my fingers across my old Red Seal Yamaha and then ran my finges across this. This one won, hands down.
I never would have believed it. I will resist modding it as long as I can but you know ...

She's all together and sounds mighty fine even with the ancient strings that were in the box that I installed and removed (low and high E) at least 10 times while cutting the slots. I'll swap out the strings soon and put a bit of fallaway on the upper frets. I like to start with a perfectly level ...

Nice! I now know what a fine guitar these are. Confirmed.
Nice hint on the seymour duncan pickup. I am going to try one of those someday.
For now, I am using an SM 57 duct taped to a double tom stand. It's a bit of a pain but sounds pretty good plugged or unplugged.

I just love the character in that wood and the vintage bridge.
I'd say it's worth every single penny if you're into thinlines.
I Love the finish too.

It'd be cool to see those. I am new to Degas Guitars. I once had 11 guitars on my wall but after building 5 Tele styles (one even out of spruce 2x4s for testing pickup combinations), I've settled on Teles as my guitar of choice., Mostly I like the body style that fits into the corner of my couch so ...

Cool. Thanks. I am on the right track. I was in town last night (a rare thing for me to do) and I picked up some Meguiars scratch 2.0. It says it won't hurt paint and erstores brilliant finish. I dunno. I'm thinking it is a clear laquer so it should work. I wanted to check here for a response before ...

Yes. That is why I don't recommend anyone uses it. I however will continue to use it my way. Sparingly and removed almost immediately. It'll be fine until long after I die. I don't add multiple coats until I get a high shine as many do and my fingers wear it nicely as well. Again I do not recommend ...

Thanks Barry. All I saw was a real junker when she handed it to me with the battered old case.
I am amazed how well it is turning out and how little it is taking to get it back in shape. This thing is rock solid.
We're talking solid back and sides too, I'm sure. This is one of those that you feel ...

*perk* EL Degas made Teles? Now you've got my attention. Pics, I want pics. lol.

That's a nice looking guitar man. The body could very well be walnut and it's hard to say where the mahogany is. Regardless that' what I like to see. Natural woods. Tone wood is somewhat irrelevant in an electric from what I have found in a way. The integrity of construction makes a world of ...

The binding turned out better than expected. I scraped the beer stains and tobacco stains and who knows what off it and I filed between the frets to get the grain flat again and then took some progressively finer grit sandpaper to the wood. The further, I go the more I like it. Somethign liek this ...