mpeg2 Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 I've finished the project - and to my total surprise, the guitar is not only playable, but it sounds quite nice as well. This is my first Telecaster, so I'm not sure exactly what it's supposed to sound like, but its got the brightness on the bridge pickup, depth on the neck & sounds quite different from any of my other guitars. Take a look here: http://psip.home.comcast.net/ and click on the bottom link. I guess one measure of success was my son informing me that I'd be building his next guitar! Thanks for all the help from folks on this forum. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Not my kinda guitar but I like it...real nice wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Wow. That is beautiful! I am glad you like the sound. The fact that it suits you is the real kicker. That is the best looking custom tele I have seen recently. Go enter in GOTM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpeg2 Posted February 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 How do you enter in GOTM?? Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 just post pics into the GOTM thread which is located in the Announcements and Test Area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 just post a pic here http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...?showtopic=4963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_ed Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Hi Rich, Very pretty. Non-traditional, but who cares about that? Not me. I built a Tele out of a solid piece of Walnut last summer. Came out nice. Keep on building. Guitar Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Wonderful looking guitar Rich Here is the picture you wanted posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILOWAT® Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 verry nice work... i like the wood contrasting on the maple... i dont like the headstock.... -congratulations nice guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 BTW: This is my workshop: I've seen more Ping Pong Tables turned into workbenches that I can remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpeg2 Posted February 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Isn't that what ping pong tables are for? Actually, I just used mine as a horizontal surface to spread things out on. I still use it for its intended purpose. I've been doing most of my work on one of the Black&Decker workmates - probably the best invention for a workshop ever! Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Verrry pretty! So, what kind of pkps and bridge, and what are those mini-switches doing? Splitting? Tapping? What are you playing on it, traditional boot-scootin' twang or something else? Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdw3332 Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Very nice work. I'm starting on something similar. I ran across some 1/4" lacewood pretty cheap. It was only about 3 1/2" wide so I have glued up 4 pieces for a top. I decided to use 2 pieces of 4/4 mahogany for the bottom so it wouldn't get too thick. I'm going to rout out chambers in the top piece if mahogany. We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 very nice indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpeg2 Posted February 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Drak: I used Fender Texas Special pickups - the bridge was from Stew Mac. The original intent was to use a mini-switch for each pickup - with the 3rd to allow switching between series and parallel. When I did the original wiring, something got messed up and everything was very noisy in the series position - so I simply pulled that part of the wiring out (its now conventionally wired, with the 3rd switch unconnected). I dropped by a Guitar Center today, just to try compare some Fender Teles - I think I actually like the sound of mine better than any of the ones I tried. One important thing I noticed - I put a lot of time in shielding the cavities & doing star grounding. Every Fender I tried had considerable noise - the one I made is as quiet as any of the humbuckers I have. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 (edited) Thats beautiful! Also I think it's great where your guitar you built, you enjoy more than a production guitar, after all thats why we all (try) make our own guitars BTW No sarcasim intended in this post, if thats how it might look Edited February 16, 2004 by rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Sweeeeet!!!! Do Tele's use a neck angle with that kind of bridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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