T-bird's TLA-1R Ash Tele

[Andy40]

Great job man at practicing.

[wazkelly]

Nice headstock shaping

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[dave.king1]

Nice work.

My only tip is to use low tack masking tape ( the blue stuff ) to do your marking out on, saves having to sand pencil marks off the wood and a simple cleanup with Goof Off.

[Thunderbird]

Conversion bushes are in and all tuners line up

[Thunderbird]

More bits arrived today, from Ace guitar parts:

Lining up OK,except for the string through holes. Strings do go through, though:

[king casey]

More bits arrived today, from Ace guitar parts

G'day Thunderbird. Looking good so far (and bringing on a sense of deja-vu).

I reported in another thread that the Wilkinson Tele bridge is 10mm shorter than a Squier version and doesn't cover the string-through holes.

cheers, Mark.

[Thunderbird]

G'day Thunderbird. Looking good so far (and bringing on a sense of deja-vu).

I reported in another thread that the Wilkinson Tele bridge is 10mm shorter than a Squier version and doesn't cover the string-through holes.

cheers, Mark.

It covers them fine, Mark, I just drilled them badly Luckily the bridge plate covers my sloppy work

You must mean the modern type bridge. My Wilkinson, Fender MIJ and Squier '62 Custom's ashtray type bridges are exactly the same dimensions.

[king casey]

It covers them fine, Mark, I just drilled them badly Luckily the bridge plate covers my sloppy work

D'oh!!!

BTW to cover the sloppy string through holes on the back, I got one of these.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1Pcs-Electr...EAAOSwi8xaS2uH

cheers, Mark.

[Thunderbird]

D'oh!!!

BTW to cover the sloppy string through holes on the back, I got one of these.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1Pcs-Electr...EAAOSwi8xaS2uH

cheers, Mark.

Thanks for that Mark I might get that for this build, and save the single ferrules for something else.

[Thunderbird]

Today I found out that the local mechanic has a drill press, so I decided to fill and drill.
Lucky it's going to be a solid colour: