I did a belly cut on my truckster build. Just made up the size and amount and sketched out the plan. I also intent to do an arm cut on my last tele bass. I do enjoy them on strat style builds.

I like the idea of the modified tele' control plate (& I may look into it down the track). The strat volume control is too close to the strings, and the tele switch is a bit close to the volume.