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  1. Here is one of my Acoustic electrics. I'll call it "Abbey" Why Abbey, you may ask? Well, she just came back from Abbey road Studios. The owner fulfilled a lifelong dream of recording there and meeting George Martin. Anyway onto the instrument. Completely hollow Honduras Mahogany body, very thin braced quilted maple top. Honduras Mahogany Set neck, Ebony fingerboard. Dunlap 6230 fretwire, with Abalone dot markers. Bone nut and saddle. Body and neck are both bound in celluloid binding, finished in Nitrocellulose Lacquer. Electronics consist of a Loyd Baggs under the bridge transducer and preamp system. A TV Jones passive pickup is in the neck position. The Baggs preamp includes full EQ adjustable by trim pots inside the back cover. On the on the top you have a single volume and tone for each pickup controlled by a 3 way switch so you can choose the bridge neck or both. Thanks for looking. Roman
  2. Here is a link to Will "wanking" with some Jake E Lee riffs. It is a photobucket video Visit My Website
  3. Mine is called the WB. The nickname is simplistic without any fanfare, as it is named after it's new owner, WIll Boggs of WB pickups. This is a player, not a "case queen". Will plays it every day. Specs and Features: Koa neck with Indian Rswd fingerboard. Vintage 60s fender fretwire 12 inch radius on a 22 fret thick Rswd board A mixture of gold and chrome hardware at the request of Will. The body is a solid chunk of hard ash from a reclaimed 25 year old solid ash bookcase. with mahogany top and back. It is completely chambered almost like a 335. Double bound body with bound "F hole." Both Body and neck are finished in Nitro Lacquer, with the body finished as thin as possible. There is no sanding sealer, no pore filler, just straight lacquer. Here is where it gets fun. WB custom wound pickups are installed. All pickups are wound with vintage 60s enamel wire and alnico magnets The neck has staggered pole pieces, and the middle has flat poles so there is more picking clearance. The bridge however is a monster! It is wound so it will go from that "Tele Spank" to a P 90 growl! OK, enough Yacking lets post pictures. While I don't expect to win, ( there are so many beautiful guitars entered here) the guitar is still a winner! Will Loves it and that is all that matters! Here is a video sound clip, http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm247/w...nt=102_4459.flv and another, http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm247/w...nt=100_4421.flv Thanks for looking! Roman
  4. Thanks a bunch! Here is another pose.
  5. Hi folks, I haven't been here in a while. I have been awful busy. I have some completed pictures of this Tele should you be interested.
  6. Thank you sir! Teles are fun to build and play! Roman
  7. I guess you missed this in the last post. I am sure there are guys that could actually inlay my logo without any filler. but........................I'm not one of them! For me, that would be real tricky to do a gap less inlay of my name by hand. I build guitars. I am not an inlay artist. maybe you are but I'm not.
  8. Here is the headstock with the rist decal in place. I was going to do an inlay at first, but couldn't bear to hide the figure in the Koa under black paint. I am sure there are guys that could actually inlay my logo without any filler. but........................I'm not one of them! So, I did a decal.
  9. Should any one care to follow along, here is a link to the original build thread. http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/luthiers-c...ups-dilema.html Here is the Koa Neck after a coat of nitro.
  10. I often times asemmble a guitar I am building before doing the finish. There are a couple of reasons. a) I like to do a final neck carve with strings on. No matter how they feel when you carve them they feel different once the strings go on. this also gives me a chance to work out any minor bugs in the build. This one passed all tests with flying colors! I have enjoyed playing it.
  11. You need to dress the frets, plain and simple. A fret file does not lie. Low action and a relatively straight neck IS possible provided the frets are properly dressed. Roman
  12. I think we need a "hats off" smiley for this one! Well done.
  13. I just did something similar to myself on an electric bolt-on neck. So a question for the more experienced. When choosing a drill bit to drill a hole in wood, into which a wood screw must be inserted, how to you choose the size of the drill bit? Like geo, I chose to match the diameter of the "centre" of the screw, resulting in a very tight fit, and lot's of effort to get the screws in. I am worrying that if the bit is too large, then the threads won't have enough wood to bite into. I do the diameter of the screw body and let the threads cut into the wood. If I am worried about the hardness of the wood being too much I will wiggle the drill bit a touch to enlarge the hole. A bit of wax on the threads of the screw and we are good to go.
  14. No, that's lovely! The simplicity of that body is really beautiful. You are a good man, Geo. Glad we see eye to eye! There's a dang good reason that the same basic shapes have been selling consistently for the last 60 years. The simple, classic beauty of the Strat, LP, and Tele are undeniable. The PRS & SG are just more variations on a theme. Even in many of the BC Rich bodies, you can see a Strat or Tele. No, you can never go worng with something that's been proven to stand the test of time. How true. They just work! Speaking of work, to me a Good Tele is truly the work horse of guitars. Whereas a nice Les Paul or PRS are The high maintenance "beauty Queens" A good Tele is like an old Timex watch, " takes a licking and keeps on ticking". Teles, I love them. Roman
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