albertop Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 Hello all, it´s been a while since my last post; I have previously built a Lp copy and a SG neckthrough guitar: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...topic=11328&hl= http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...topic=13666&hl= I built this one thinking on building three kind of guitars, a set neck, a neckthrough and a bolt-on neck, kinda like a study where I get to learn about different kind of construction and setups. This one have a one-block mahogany body (it´s a cheap tonewood here in my country, and its easy to get) and a maple/rosewood neck that belonged from a Squier. The hardware is 1 Stewmac Golden Age single and 1 Stewmac G.A. humbucker, 1 1 tone, 1 volume and 1 miniswitch for the humbucker (to go from humbucker to single coil) and a fixed bridge. Almost all of the hardware came from Stewmac. The finish is nitro on the neck and poly on the body. I have to say I´m very happy with this guitar, I think it´s the best I built and I feel like I have learned a lot from building the three guitars. I know it´s not a unique design but I wanted to learn from the masters first and then try to improve what I´ve learned. I would love to hear your input, cheers. Alberto http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/cuervo77/tele2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/cuervo77/tele3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/cuervo77/tele4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/cuervo77/tele5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/cuervo77/tele6.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v438/cuervo77/tele7.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 Please please PLEASE enter this guitar for Guitar of the Month! Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgmorg Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 Swweeet! I love the way the curves of the pickguard work with the grain of the mahogany! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 Not my type of guitar... BUT i have to say... thats great work there I second idch's idea... ENTER it for GOTM Congrats on the great work ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javacody Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 That is a beautiful guitar. Looks like you did a good job lining up the string ferrules too. Good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsilver Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 Alberto, another beautiful guitar. That SG of yours is still one of my favorites, but this tele is really good. Clean. How does it sound with that one-piece mahogany body and the StewMac HB? I don't know anything about that pickup. I bet a Duncan JB would sound great in that rig. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertop Posted June 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Thanks for the kind words guys, well I´ll see if I put in it for the GOTM, but really, everytime I put a guitar there somebody else puts a really cool one Oh well, I think I´m gonna jump in. Thanks John, yeah, that SG sounds really cool with the JB and the Jazz in the neck (like you I think those pickups sound great on a mahogany body), my goal was trying to make the cheapest guitar I could and I can say that I acomplished that. Both pickups sound really good, I can´t complain; in fact I´m very happy, very clear and articulate. And the shape of the pickguard came for the thinline Tele orgmorg, in case you were wondered. Cheers Alberto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 If you don't enter that guitar, I am going to start a write-in campaign. That is right up my alley. Simple, stark, uncomplicated and well done, I must say. I cannot imagine being able to get wood like that so easily. Green eye of jealousy appears at the end of this reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay5 Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Do you have any progress pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Simple, stark, uncomplicated and well done, I must say. ← Exactly. I keep remembering his SG, the same spirit.... Albertop--when are you going to work on your own design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Albertop--when are you going to work on your own design? I was Just thinking That same Thing!! Albertob That Is One great finish Do you have any more plans for an LP copy at all? !!METAL MATT!! I FEAR THE W.O.D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooten2 Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Wow, I love that guitar! Great work! Your SG and LP are both excellent also. I would hate to pick a favorite, so I would say all 3!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertop Posted June 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Thanks boys, I also love my "girls", I played them everyday, that´s the most important thing. I sure want to build my own design, just wanted to finish this "Guitar Building 101" kind of thing I had going and now I feel ready to give it a shot. Here is extremely difficult to get figured wood like in the States, I´m doing a research in rainforest tonewoods, here in Peru there are a lot of different woods (the Amazon is right here ) but I don´t now yet what would work. I remember the Gibson Rainforest line, probably I use something like that. The piece of mahogany for the Tele cost me $20 and is top quality. I would love to build a LP kind Matt, but this time I'd like to use maple for the top; just to learn how to carve that wood, sadly I can´t get that wood around here. Hey jay5, I have some in progress pics, I´ll post them pretty soon, I promise. Well now I´m gonna enter the GOTM, whish me luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertop Posted June 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Here are some pics I took of the process: Here´s one when I finish to route the body and the pickups cavities, notice that I route deeper the holes, that´s because I have a back problem and I can´t stand a lot of weight in my shoulders for a long time This pic shows the neckplate, I also made this from scratch. I use a piece of stainless steel a friend gave me; it was triangular so I decided to build a three-bolt neck joint. It´s pretty stabble, I was afraid of a weak neck joint but it holds on nicely. And finally the headstock after the modification; the neck was from a Squier Stratocaster so I adapted it to become similar to the Tele headstock. It´s not exactly the same but it´s close enough I guess. If you want more pics just ask, I have a couple more, cheers Alberto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSo_Spencer Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 (edited) Albertop - excellent work - i like the SG and The LP aswell that les paul is a brilliant job for your first guitar - i would have only done one more thing - put binding on it bottom and top 5ply and neck i love this tele it is beautiful, excellent craftsmanship Edited June 13, 2005 by ZoSo_Spencer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadinho Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 man.... very good job... do you have any building photos..? Very nice in deed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitefly Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 alberto, soy de buenos aires, argentina, y mi proximo proyecto es armar una tele thiline, bastante similar a la tuya. dicho sea de paso, quiero felcitarte por tremenda viola, ioncreible la facilidad que tenes para esto. Te queria prguntar como hiciste para sacar los moldes de las guitarras, y si los trasncribiste a algun material, como fuera acrilico o cartulina. Desde ya, muchas gracias, y saludos. cuqlquier cosa, te dejo mi mail: juan_zoom@yahoo.com un abrazo juans For all of you that dont speak spanish, im telling alberto, how cool is his guitar, and that i am fromo buenos aires argentina, and my next project is gonna be a tele 69 thinline like his, but with hollow body, and the f on the front. c ya juans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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