Burl Walnut Tele

[Kcoogan]

I got this nice piece of Walnut 1/2 thick for a top. This is my first from scratch build so I thought to start with a telecaster. I found a guy here that had some nice cherry for the body. Down loaded a tele plan and made a template.

So I glued up everything....

Then cut it out with a small bandsaw...I then routed using my template...I had a minor goof when the lock on my plung router unlocked...so it will be more of a Telecasterish look. Now I need to do some major sanding.

Here is the my two choices for pickups:

Gold

or black

I need to fill the voids. I'm thinking of putting some gold leaf and filling with CA. Not sure if the CA with stain the wood. Should I seal it before or just use CA across the whole top to sort of fill all the grain?

[avengers63]

The white pearl pups look classier than the black.

I'd fill the voids with epoxy instead of CA. Do some experiments on some cutoff with both to see which you like best.

[Levi79]

Beautiful wood!

[Kcoogan]

^{I spent the day doing some clean up and routing the pickups and cavity out.}

^{Hogged out the cavity.}

^{A better look}

Then on to the pickup cavaties.... all done

I think I'm liking the gold

Ran into a new problem. While is was drilling the holes for the wires The drill bit broke off in the wood about 4 inches worth....it was a thin bit.

Edited September 9, 2012 by Kcoogan