2nd Build TLA-1

[Simon Barden]

Indeed, a very fine looking guitar. Well done!

[grahamjohnston80]

Thank you Gents!!

[McCreed]

Nice job Graham. That ash looks great with the Tru Oil. I think that will age nicely too.

[grahamjohnston80]

Thanks McC!

As long as I also age nicely...

[Andyxlh]

Wow, that looks really, really good. I like the unusual headstock and the way the decals fit on it. It's a nice bit of wood too, good idea not to hide it under a solid finish
The Iceman is cool. Is that a PB kit guitar too?
Nice work!

[grahamjohnston80]

Thanks Andy,

I was very happy when I got a good piece for this kit as I wanted to do a natural finish. The Tonerider pickups are awesome, the more I play, the more I like them.

Yes, the Iceman was a pit-bull kit, my first build. I was waiting for the standard IC-1 kit and a custom special became available on the website so I grabbed that instead. Apparently it was returned as it wasn't up to the customers spec.??
A great kit but I wish it didn't have the binding as this was tricky for a first build. At a distance it looks fine but close up there are some spots I'm not 100% happy with. It is a great guitar to play, very light and sounds good with the stock pick-ups.

[Andyxlh]

Thanks Andy,

I was very happy when I got a good piece for this kit as I wanted to do a natural finish. The Tonerider pickups are awesome, the more I play, the more I like them.

Yes, the Iceman was a pit-bull kit, my first build. I was waiting for the standard IC-1 kit and a custom special became available on the website so I grabbed that instead. Apparently it was returned as it wasn't up to the customers spec.??
A great kit but I wish it didn't have the binding as this was tricky for a first build. At a distance it looks fine but close up there are some spots I'm not 100% happy with. It is a great guitar to play, very light and sounds good with the stock pick-ups.

Well it looks like a great job.
I have 2 teles, one with the hot tonerider and one with the classic. Both are superb. I wired the classics with a pull switch to put them in series, they really sing then!
I find the stock humbuckers are pretty good out of the box