Tele looks nice Chris. I like the earthy look of it.

Ash body is heavier than I expected. I was tempted to route out some more just to l9ghten it but it sounds so good I’m tentative
to hollow her out.
Yeah, my TLA-1 (in my avatar, also ash) was heavier than I liked, so I did comfort and forearm contours as well as a "swimming pool route under the pickguard. It started out at 2.8kg and I got it down to 2.4kg. I know it's only 400g, but it makes a difference IMO.

The whole thing finished up at 3.8kg, which is fairly reasonable across tele's in general. (3.7kg is the average weight of all my strats, teles, LPs)