Archtop Quilted Tele

[stan]

awesome, I have one of those and some ideas...
When I finally finish something, I'll use this idea on a later project...

[bargeloobs]

A little bit more progress on the neck joint.

[wokkaboy]

looks sweet az bruh, you got to be happy, so this is your first scratchy ?
You must be off to Un Zud soon hey dawg to do some hill kayaking into fences ?

[bargeloobs]

looks sweet az bruh, you got to be happy, so this is your first scratchy ?
You must be off to Un Zud soon hey dawg to do some hill kayaking into fences ?

"Un Zud" What the?!?

I'm happy that I haven't f#@ked anything up yet I guess, but the build's not over yet. I've still got to de-fret, sand fret board, replace dots, re-fret, attempt a mop headstock inlay and finish neck/headstock yet so still plenty of opportunity's to screw things up:P
Yeah bro, this is my first attempt at a scratch body.

[bargeloobs]

I stained the jackplate the same blue as the body, and I gotta say, I'm not diggin' it at all. I'm thinking about taking it back to natural, keen to hear thoughts?

[WeirdBits]

The plate colour by itself looks amazing, almost like it's carved from a piece of marble, but it is a bit jarring over the back colour and faux binding. If you were going to have a colour on the plate, then I think that's the one, but it's a bit too prominent for me. I think the overlap with the binding is what does it. Have you comsidered matching it to the back colour and replicating the binding on it, so it almost disappears?

[crundes]

I agree Barge. For me it seems there's too much of a contrast between the body colour and the binding . Certainly doesn't look bad but natural looked great.

[bargeloobs]

The plate colour by itself looks amazing, almost like it's carved from a piece of marble, but it is a bit jarring over the back colour and faux binding. If you were going to have a colour on the plate, then I think that's the one, but it's a bit too prominent for me. I think the overlap with the binding is what does it. Have you comsidered matching it to the back colour and replicating the binding on it, so it almost disappears?

Totally agree, it's a sweet looking plate on it's own but doesn't really fit with the natural timber. You know what Weirdy, that thought DID cross my mind in regards to a natural plate with binding added. I kind of wish I had of thought about this a bit more before spraying finish, that idea would be sweet with a recessed plate, so it REALLY disappears. Any ideas how I might achieve that at this stage of the game?

[bargeloobs]

I agree Barge. For me it seems there's too much of a contrast between the body colour and the binding . Certainly doesn't look bad but natural looked great.

Righto cool, that confirms that then, cheers man;-)

[keloooe]

Depending on the size of the hole you drilled you could opt for a Tele style Electrosocket thingy?