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Thanks Gentlemen.
I'll take some better shots over the weekend.
It sounds pretty good with the stock pickups. I am quite pleased. I am going to get it professionally set-up as I don't have the expertise or tools to do it myself. I know what needs to be done though. LOL. The neck seems reasonably well adjusted, but it is mainly the nut which requires most of the attention. It is playable, but the strings sit way too high.
My 16 year old daughter loves it!!
Chris
I get some 'DeLuxe' feelings when looking at that bridge. Far more better then the original Tele bridge ;)
Looks very nice
That looks great! the burst has come up really well and its got a beautiful shine to it, really nice work Christodav.
Thanks guys.
Now going to drop it into the local guitar guru on Monday for a decent service and continue to work on the MM kit.
Chris
Top effort Chris.
Nice feeling when you finally get to play your new creation and everything works and sounds good too.
Cheers, Waz
It's a terrible Melbourne rainy day today, so I only got another indoors shot.
It still comes up reddish with the flash. It's not like that at all. It's much more yellowish that that in real life.
(That's my 16 year old Daughter - please continue to be respectful like I have come to experience in this great forum.)
http://i.imgur.com/eNjinBz.jpg
Chris
Hi Chris, looks great.
Was this built for your daughter as it looks like a girl's name on the headstock?
Yes it was mate. Shana loves the guitar.
I wrote the capital S in the wrong spot as the string tree covers it. She didn't mind. It bothers me , but it would be a big ordeal to fix it as I wrote it with a sharpie and covered it with TO. Ah well, we live and learn.
She's been playing the thing all the time between her homework schedule for the past couple of days. I keep telling her that the action is way too high, but she doesn't care. She'll get a shock when it comes back from getting set-up I'm sure.
Now back to the MM build..........
Just a sneek peek......
http://i.imgur.com/j4cZgit.jpg
Chris
Man that looks great Chris. Awesome job on the burst. I like the head stock. Did you darken the area behind the nut or did it end up that way either the clear. I like how it makes it look vintage.. can't wait to see the MM build ...
It was all done by mistake really. I used the DT stain and used too much and it turned out quite orange - much more than I wanted. The final coat also took much longer to dry than I wanted and I think I applied way too much in a short period of time. So, I sanded it back, covered it with several coats of Tru-Oil and that was the result. I'd do it differently next time of coarse, but it looks okay and quite unique.
I've put a few applications of a woodworking creme into the fretboard, but it still looks kinda dry. I'll get the luthier to rub some decent guitar oil into it when it gets set-up.
The MM build is well underway, but I have had trouble with the staining process on the body. The neck is looking good as you can see. (I just took that picture minutes ago.) I'll continue posting updates on that one over the next few days in the build thread. The thread is there maybe on the 2nd or 3rd page.
Cheers
Chris
The fact your daughter wants to play it is the most important thing. Perhaps a set of roller string trees may be offset enough to not, or slightly less, obscure the S.
Yes, those roller string trees would help, or you probably could move the string tree forward and fill in the hole. I've done it a couple of times and it's not that difficult to make the hole almost invisible unless you get really close.
It looks awesome anyway mate. Look the fact that it inspires her to play is the best gift of all.
A little secret though.....there are a bunch of little imperfections on all of my guitars that bug me.....:eek:
And every day there will some bumps and bruises added from general use and packing away in a gig bag or hard case. All adds to the character and story behind each guitar.
http://i.imgur.com/b4A5YRq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/J7D20kj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/MgeRdnY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ULb1bdm.jpg
So it's finally finished!
I've had it set-up and it plays nice.
Thanks everyone for your kind words of encouragement. This forum was a great help. I have ended up with a nice axe.
now onto the next one.
Chris
Oh my, that is very nice
Looks great man, well done.:cool:
mmmmm tasty tele!
I tried a burst once, and if it'd turned out half as good as yours it'd still be on the guitar instead of covered up.
Looks great!
That's one beautiful Tele man, amazing job.
cheers,
Gav.
looking good!