Lyn #20 - The Lescaster

[Simon Barden]

I'd be tempted to leave a small gap between the pickguard and the body hole. Make a paper template and see what you think.

[robin]

@Bakersdozen and McCreed,
Thanks guys much appreciated

[robin]

@fender3x
Thanks mate. Some of the guys of the Forums come up with really cool looking original guitars, unfortunately I'm not one of them. So I just stuck with the classics, you can't go wrong with LP and Tele.

rob

[robin]

@Simon
I think you are right Simon. I tried to keep as much of the original pickguard shape as possible, but might re-visit it to compliment the unique features of the guitar.

Thanks mate
rob

[fender3x]

@fender3x
Thanks mate. Some of the guys of the Forums come up with really cool looking original guitars, unfortunately I'm not one of them. So I just stuck with the classics, you can't go wrong with LP and Tele.

rob

My favorites are the ones you look at and *almost* recognize, but the closer you look, the more you see that it hasn't been done before--especially if they look like they'd be good to play ;-)

[robin]

@fender3x
Hopefully it will be a good match of designs, something a bit different. But more importantly I hope it will be good to play. Time will tell.

rob

[robin]

Finally finished, well sort of.


Lyn #20 continued to fight all the way to the finish but all in all I’m pretty happy how she turned out.


She was never going to be a pretty guitar but as I’m not a big fan of reliced guitars I was hoping for the appearance of a guitar made out of old distressed timber. Not sure I pulled it off, but meh, I had to give it a try.


My total lack of for-planning meant that the neck sits a bit too low in the body. I thought I had fixed that by hand planing a mm off the front of the guitar and gluing a piece of veneer in the neck pocket, but alas it looks like I should have planed some more or used 2 pieces of veneer.


Once assembled I eagerly plugged her in to the amp and the neck pickup does not work. So obviously I immediately assumed that I had screwed up the wiring and went on a journey of discovery into the black art of electrickery. For the life of me I still cannot figure out how those CRL 3-way switches work. But I had narrowed it down to the switch or the pickup. Ended up being a dud pickup. Seeing as it was a Tonerider I was quite surprised as I have used dozens of them in the past without a prob.


Luckily I had a standard kit P90 on hand and will be using that until I get the Tonerider sorted. I am expecting a bit of a boost in output once I get the TR installed.


And lastly while doing the setup I found that I cannot get the Allen key into the truss rod nut, so I can’t adjust it. Luckily the neck was perfectly straight when I did the fret level so I only need a smidge more relief for it to be perfect. I will have to see how it goes in a week or two with string tension.


Well enough of the complaints…...pickies


I cut down a white Tele scratch plate from one of my PBG kits. Stark white didn’t look right so I aged it with some Feast Watson Proof Tint. It ended up a bit uneven which looks just about right.


A bit more detail. Scratch plate is still a bit rough, but as I have to remove it to replace the P90 I’ll tidy it up then.


I also “aged” the white binding on the neck.

[robin]

Just a couple more....


Headstock. Another left over piece of the scratch plate used for truss rod cover. The cover and the bone nut, both “aged” appropriately.


Back. A bit of a weird colour – stupid iPhone!


Neck



Cheers guys
rob

[dozymuppet]

I'm not a big fan of relicing either, but that has turned out pretty bloody well. Nice work.

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[robin]

Thanks Dozy, much appreciated mate