Lawry's ES-3

[keloooe]

Ok Loz, I'm not going to build it for multiple years anyway, I just want the wiring swizzles and stuff like that.... And yeah Stan has always had the same profile pic.

Also Stan, you are lucky that Tele is a lefty otherwise it wouldn't be yours anymore.... It would be a lot closer to Melbourne than you think.... Hehehheehehe...

[stan]

thanks Lozza and Overlord Pest, I like it a lot. My first (and only really) expensive, factory axe.
Oh, and it runs through a 1974 Fender Twin Reverb.... (worth more than the guitar), bought them together (used) , should learn to play...

[keloooe]

thanks Lozza and Overlord Pest, I like it a lot. My first (and only really) expensive, factory axe.
Oh, and it runs through a 1974 Fender Twin Reverb.... (worth more than the guitar), bought them together (used) , should learn to play...

Mmmmmmmm.... 74 TR and 80's Tele.... Sounds tasty! I've played an 82 Tele, they are so nice to play! I now understand why Adam loves them so much!

[wokkaboy]

ok Lozza after the mini thread jack are you going to tell us more about the plans and progress of this build ?
Myself and Weirdy have one of these kits waiting to start and are very insterested what you plan to do.
Think I'll put a bigsby trem on mine.
As for colour will probably get DB to mix a custom DT colour.
Then hopefully get some wiring options from you Lozza or Weirdy, so many possible configurations !

[gavinturner]

Mmmm....Bigsby. I have Bigsby B70 on mine and it works great. Surely a trem and some Filtertrons are the go! Personally I have GFS Nashville's and I love 'em (sorry DB!).

cheers,
Gav.

[lawry]

OK, I know I'm as slack as when it comes to posting updates. In fact, I think it's been about six months since I actually added anything to this thread. However, I finished the build just yesterday. Overall, it went together pretty smoothly with only a bit of neck fitting really needing attention. So, apart from that, I don't really have anything to report in the way of dilemmas. But just so you know what has been done, here is the build as it happened.

I wanted a natural look, so I used Tru-Oil, a total of 15 coats. I was a bit uncertain about using it for the first time but having done it now I actually quite like the stuff.

The standard pickups were replaced with Zebras from GFS: they are Alnico V and they sound amazing. They can be fat, clean, crisp or a bit dirty depending on what you want. Absolutely love them.

I replaced the supplied black knobs with some gold/transparent ones to match the colour of the body.

I also installed a different truss rod cover. I had one made out of Rosewood with 'Lawry' inlaid in mother-of-pearl. It adds a nice classy finish to a classy jazz guitar.

I decided not to use the pick guard because it somehow detracted from the overall aesthetics in my opinion.

Finally, I strung her up with the D'Addario Chromes. They give a really nice smooth, fat sound and slippery feel for playing jazz.

When I get some spare time I'll make a small video so you can hear how she sounds (yeah, I know, I'm retired so I should have spare time galore. But that ain't the case, I'm too busy having fun).

Anyway, here are some of the progress pictures.
Cheers.

[lawry]

More random pics

[andrewdosborne]

Looks great Lawry. Nice subtle personal touches. I bet she sounds killer! And off to the naughty room for the Tru Oil lol!

[stan]

sweet build Lozza, look really classic.
who did the truss rod cover?

[wokkaboy]

LOZZA IS FINALLY BACK !!

welcome back Lozza seems like eternity since you been on the forum

stunning build mate, and DB says each coat of TO is a month in the naughty warehouse so that's 15 months mate.

how was the wiring through the F hole pretty straight forward ?

love the truss rod cover, who made that ?

best you enter December GOTM !