Quote Originally Posted by McCreed View Post
Well I got the Les-Tele finished off today.
Still have some minor tweaking to do (mainly fine tuning the intonation) but it set up very quickly with no issues so far.
Plays very nicely and sounds great too.

I love the CS Twisted Tele neck pickup and it pairs well with the CS Texas Special in the bridge.
I was worried that this guitar might sound too bright with such a light mahogany body (the whole guitar weights in at 3.22kg) and single coils, but it has not been the case. I'll get better feel for it once I can crank it up tomorrow when Mrs. McCreed is out!

I had a couple of firsts on this one, and of course learnt a lot.
I wasn't necessarily a true build as much as it was a total do-over, but I'm pretty happy with it.

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Catching up with the posts and love your LesTele. It reminded me of an old ‘70s Kay shortscale bass that I have stored away somewhere. Started turning some wheels in the old grey matter and I have now earmarked it for conversion to a 30” baritone LesTele as I have a surplus of telecaster parts at the moment. Basically, fill the tuner holes, refit with 3L/3R, new brass nut ( it has a zero fret), Tele bridge and pickups and see how it goes. Just in my head at the moment, thanks for the inspiration 😀