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holyCATS1415 .


Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 1062 Location: PDX
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:16 pm Post subject: Maple Tele start to finish (lots of photos) |
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Made this a few weeks ago for a guy that I work with. Maple body, maple neck, ebony fret markers, mahogany skunk stripe, pickup by toez10, finished in tru oil.
I freehanded the headstock and body shape, so it's not an exact telecaster exact shape, but I am pretty happy with the way it turned out.
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brainfur .


Joined: 01 Jun 2011 Posts: 1878 Location: United States
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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beautiful! thats really close for freehand work _________________
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holyCATS1415 .


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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks! I also made the body a lot thinner than a normal tele, otherwise it would have weighed a ton. |
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brainfur .


Joined: 01 Jun 2011 Posts: 1878 Location: United States
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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holyCATS1415 wrote: |
Thanks! I also made the body a lot thinner than a normal tele, otherwise it would have weighed a ton. |
yeah i cant imagine a full size maple telly-- would be heavier than an old les paul _________________
George wrote: |
in the future there must be only guitars or only computers |
theshadowofseattle wrote: |
TYPICAL AMERICAN BAND LIKE JAY Z, AXE BODY SPRAY, AND THE VENTURES. |
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cur .


Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 7296
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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holySHIT holyCATS, that's nice!
You have anymore truss rod installation pics _________________
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sunshiner .


Joined: 02 Nov 2012 Posts: 4947 Location: Around the corner
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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That's a great biuld. How thick is the body? Looks like 38 mm like Mustang. I'm working on a guitar that will have 38 mm body at the moment, but have a lot of problems with it. Mostly because I don't have a workshop, so I'm building in the kitchen, what is totally inconvinient. _________________
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holyCATS1415 .


Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 1062 Location: PDX
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks! I used a router and a table jig that a friend of mine made to cut the slot for the truss rod, I forgot to take pictures that day though. The body is 1 1/4" thick. |
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theshadowofseattle THE TAMPA BAY HERO

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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Was the fret-placement math fun? I bet it was fun. _________________
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cur .


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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 1:18 am Post subject: |
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Ther are charts for that. All you have to do is measure. _________________
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holyCATS1415 .


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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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fret placement just involves a set of digital calipers and a chart. Tedious but not too bad. |
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theshadowofseattle THE TAMPA BAY HERO

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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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That's no fun. _________________
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JohnnyTheBoy .


Joined: 04 Feb 2011 Posts: 540 Location: Middle England
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:09 am Post subject: |
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That neck looks superb!..especially as youve free handed the headstock...  _________________
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Zack .


Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 700 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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amazing work as always dude. the skunk stripe looks great.
charts are good for quick scale length placement, but with the maths you could make some odd scale lengths. |
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