Gavins Black Ash Tele

cool Andrew, any chance of a quick sound demo ? be interested to hear more about the wiring diagram you used, keen to try something new

thanks for the confirmation @Andrew! I just grabbed the Toneriders, bournes pots, orange drop cap and an oak grigsby 4-way. Gonna be a beast now!!

I would also be interested in hearing about your wiring @Andrew!!

cheers,
Gav.

looks great Gav, the tortoise is the go. The mods sound cool too

Thanks @Stan :) .

cheers,
Gav.

crikey Gav from yesterday building it stock to those upgrades, well done mate. Think I might have to go down the same path and experiment with a 4 way switch

@Wokka - yes, Ads makes it way to easy to spend money :) . No relief from GAS here!
The mods sound like a great idea. I'm looking forward to trying the 4-way. Go for it man!

cheers,
Gav.

Link here for the wiring
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-tech...rn-wiring.html

I also grounded the volume to the bridge.

I'll put together a sound demo soon... I have a minor stuff up to fix up. Ihe last component to finish on this Tele was the jack, note for future reference, if you upgrade to a modern Tele style recessed jack cup you may need a metric input jack....

hi guys,

Finally got back from OS again on the weekend and raring to get back to the man-cave in between bouts of jet-lag. Today I had every intention of getting the remainder of the hardware installed on the Black Ash Telecaster. But, unfortunately, it was not to be. When I did my mock build of the Telecaster, I did so with a humbucker in the neck position. The bridge was positioned such that the strings travelled correctly over the poles of the humbucker and up the neck.

Now that I've decided to use a traditional Telecaster pickguard, it turns out the bridge was not perfectly placed to run parallel to the bottom edge of the guard (and wasn't centred either). It looked bloody terrible to tell you the truth. The only thing to do was to move the bridge, and that meant drilling out the original bridge screw holes and plugging them with 6mm oak dowel. Not the best thing to have to do once the finish is completed, but at least the bridge is large enough to cover the damage!

The job was, at least, completed with a minimum of fuss - my first attempt at plugging anything. I sanded the dowel a little with 180 grit paper to make each plug slide more easily into the 6mm hole, and used Titebond to glue them in place. Each plug required a tap with the hammer to get it all the way in, but in the end each sat nice and flush with the top of the guitar. I hope to god that I did it right, and that I'll be able to re-drill the bridge screw holes.

Anyway, with the plugs in place, I was able to line up and install both the scratchplate and the control cover. All in all I reckon she's looking pretty good - although in the photo the bridge is just sitting on top of the plugs at the moment.

cheers,
Gav.

looking good Gav, glad you sorted a workaround
thought you were missing from the forum for a while !
must be good to be back building again !

Nice Work Gav. Lesson learned - settle on your decisions before you drill or cut anything. For us noobs these forums show us that the more experienced can still make an error or two. I don't feel so stupid. Every time I pick up the rasp I panic a little :)