Old / New tele build
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Re: Old / New tele build
Why thank you Sir. Wait until you see it all together, its not what you call a new looking guitar but every single part is new and modified in some way, well except for the body and neck, but they are still modified.
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Re: Old / New tele build
My tele doesn't have many original bits left.
Body and neck wood, tuners, switch ... string tree, ashtray bridge plate, and pickups oddly enough. But hot rails soon.
Body and neck wood, tuners, switch ... string tree, ashtray bridge plate, and pickups oddly enough. But hot rails soon.
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Re: Old / New tele build
Ran into a slight issue over the weekend, just when I thought Id get this thing finished. Neck pocket is 16mm deep but neck is 27mm overall not 25mm making neck height off top of body 11mm not 9mm - so bridge saddles cant cope with the extra height dammit, mods to follow
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Re: Old / New tele build
a little shim in the neck can help tilt the neck up, so the saddles don't need to be so high - might be a good stopgap solution?
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Re: Old / New tele build
Oh my god. Please be super careful and patient when shimming.
You need one that equally covers the whole pocket, not just a wedge at the back or your neck ends up lookin like a skate ramp.
You need one that equally covers the whole pocket, not just a wedge at the back or your neck ends up lookin like a skate ramp.
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Re: Old / New tele build
Says the king of well planned and executed lutherie. LolSingle coil wrote:Oh my god. Please be super careful and patient when shimming.
You need one that equally covers the whole pocket, not just a wedge at the back or your neck ends up lookin like a skate ramp.
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Re: Old / New tele build
Oh right. It's too big.
Proceed with caution.
Proceed with caution.
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Re: Old / New tele build
Well, after a few dramas both life and guitar related I have this thing together and with a rough setup managed to plug it in for the first time lastnight. I must say the Entwistle bridge humbucker is sweet for the price and the neck tele pickup sounds kinda Straty to me. On the whole, guitar is relatively light weight, neck feels nice, aged hardware came out better then expected and I didnt screw up the wiring! So, its final setup time and up for sale to move on to the next project, pics to follow and will be on Trademe soon......
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Re: Old / New tele build
turned out alright 
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Re: Old / New tele build
That's gangster.
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Re: Old / New tele build
doesn't look like its going to pop a cap in my arse.Single coil wrote:That's gangster.
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