Andy40's ATL-1SB (Tele Thinline)

Got this kit for Christmas. Thought I'd start a build diary to get me moving on yet another project.

There's a wierd cut on the underside of the fret board which makes it look like it's on an angle. However, it isn't it's just cut higher on the underside end of the bass side of the fret board. Must have been nicked with the routerhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4976c9ce98.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f207bdb729.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4bc9188e58.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f29e940a44.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...493e8e1b2d.jpg

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Man, that's a super nice kit

Goodness Andy40 thumbs up all right, nice looking kit. I don’t mind minor issues anymore, it’s just an excuse for a creative fix.

Great looking kit! Looking forward to seeing what you’re going to do with it

Nice and funky, I like it!

Nice looking bits of Timber Andy. Is the 6 saddle bridge standard with that kit or an aftermarket one?

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Nice looking bits of Timber Andy. Is the 6 saddle bridge standard with that kit or an aftermarket one?

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Hey waz, that's the one that comes with the kit. But I have a Wilkinson short bridge that I will be using.

Still haven't decided on what pickups I'm going to wind yet.

A brown tortoise shell coloured pickguard will be used rather than the period kit one.

Additionally, Guitar family locking tuning pegs and bone nut.

The whole guitar will be dingotone natural.
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That is a lovely bit of timber right there.

Not sure about the short bridge plate if you are planning to us a standard style bridge pickup because the standard bridge has a lot to do with the tonal palate.

I know I'm a fan but given the number of T kits being built it seems the message is getting out ( again )

Niiiice look looking awesome already!

You’re killing me Andy. So much want

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That is a lovely bit of timber right there.

Not sure about the short bridge plate if you are planning to us a standard style bridge pickup because the standard bridge has a lot to do with the tonal palate.

I know I'm a fan but given the number of T kits being built it seems the message is getting out ( again )

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Interesting comments as i was wondering how bridge pup would be mounted?

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Originally Posted by dave.king1

That is a lovely bit of timber right there.

Not sure about the short bridge plate if you are planning to us a standard style bridge pickup because the standard bridge has a lot to do with the tonal palate.

I know I'm a fan but given the number of T kits being built it seems the message is getting out ( again )

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DK thats a really good point. I was considering fashoning a tele bridge adapter ring for a humbucker rout....but now you have scared me

I have the same Wilkinson bridge on my HH Tele, it doesn't sound very Tele like with the 1970s Schaller buckers

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Looks great DK.

Hey guys. Just saw this. Binding has separated slightly. Never had this before

Anyone got any other recommendations other than glue and clamphttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4b87d3b22e.jpg

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I've mounted a Guitar Fetish tele bridge pickup in a humbucker hole with an adaptor ring on a Westone Spectrum and - to my ears, at least! - it sounds perfectly tele-ish, though I'm no tele expert!
The rings I bought were plastic ones for the job, though I used the bridge ring as a template to make a steel one because I thought exactly as DK said, that the pickup mounted in steel rather than wood or anything else was an integral part of the sound.

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Looks great DK.

Hey guys. Just saw this. Binding has separated slightly. Never had this before

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Paint thinners should make it plyable again if you approached just that section with caution.

You could try heating it with a hair dryer to soften it up a bit, but the glue and clamp. ;-D

It looks rather like it really doesn't want to be flat and that it's likely to want to spring out again, if not there, then right next to that point if you force it back down.

I might try and cut the binding in half, sand the ends until the two end just touch when pressed into place, then use acetone to stick the binding back and weld the ends together.

Or I might use superglue in the gap and then use lots of string round the body to squash it all flat.

In reality I'd probably just swear a lot and go and do something else instead.

That’s disappointing. I was really impressed with the build quality of my “A” series ST kit.