Getting ready to do the next set of guitars. While I was out on tour The Rev from the band Success played one of my basses and ordered a set of teles with some mods ...
So here are the common wants no pick guards , one single coil , set necks, one volume no tone from there he let me have some freedom.
Rev caster one
Poplar body with maple top
Purpleheart /maple neck with maple fretboard
Revcaster two
One piece Jatoba body
maple / jatoba neck with a jatoba fretboard
But first we need to do a little design work First step we need that Classic tele shape but my own . We started with a hard board, cut out on the band saw and smoothed the curves by hand and with the spindle sander. After the happiness was achieved to 1/2" MDF board we go. Along with a dedicated centerline and hidden pattern mountng spots. I use alot of two way tape in my guitars but if I screw to a body I can change templates and reattch them as needed so if you can find a spot to hide a screw hole go for it.
Now I needed a headstock shape. So armed with a ruler and some tape rolls and jar lids to make curves this is what we got.
Tape the headstock right to the MDF and draw out the neck with the center line. This cut out on the band saw. I cut out the main neck length with a 1" blade which makes it very easy to hold a nice straight cut with out those band saw marks.
Side note though i have all these nice work surfaces and here i work on the damn garbage can.
Here it all is all together
All center lines should line up (seriously they mean everything)