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An update on my summer Telecaster build (documented in the build forum), but I’m creating a thread here because I’m curious if anyone has had similar issues with the neck pickup route and I couldn’t find an existing thread: I’ve been auditioning new pickups because there are some things about...

As promised, a few pics of the finished product; not the greatest lighting but I think you can see some details:

Finished this morning, sounds great! I haven’t done any setup at all, just bolted on the neck, strung it up, tuned it, plugged it in, and started playing, but it plays terrific! A rough check on intonation is plenty acceptable, as is the action. I’ll likely do a full setup next weekend, but...

Body holes drilled, pickups mounted on neck ring and bridge, neck ring and bridge installed, strap buttons installed (Schaller Strap Locks, have them on all my guitars). Had to clean out the neck pickup wire chaise to the control cavity because it was too narrow for three pickup wires (the...

Haven’t had a lot of time to work on this, but have made some progress: I dry-fit the neck and did the basic measurements per Warmoth’s directions; looks good Installed the Hipshot open-back staggered locking tuning machines; the universal mounting plate system worked like a charm. I really...

And that’s a “Warmoth choose for me” quilt maple top :)

Delivered! First picture:

Agree about straight top jacks, but at least they can take a 90 degree plug, which the Strat jack can’t really handle. (I prefer using a 90 degree connector on my instrument cable at the guitar end.) I like the side jack; on my incoming Tele body, I went with the 7/8” side rout and will be...

My early-March order with a LamTop and dye finish just shipped, two days shy of 20 weeks, so your late March order should be getting close. I think there have been some other posters ordering finished custom bodies that have been about 20 weeks too, so that’s what I would estimate for the...

Shipped! Will have it middle of next week! So just under 20 weeks…

I wish Warmoth had more status info on orders than just “pending” :(

Not in a while; around week 12, I touched base and they said it should be in the 16-18 week ballpark, so I figure I’ll give them a few more days before checking in.

Week 19 done, now into week 20, no shipping notice yet 😐

End of week 17, no shipping notice yet…hopefully this will be the week🤞

At 16 weeks since order, so should be seeing the shipping notice in the next couple of weeks. First partscaster, and first Tele; here’s the key specs for the body and neck: Telecaster® Replacement Body: Chambered mahogany with quilt maple LamTop, forearm contour, belly cut, cream binding Gloss...

IIRC from Glyn Johns’ autobiography (and also the album liner notes), the first song Glyn and the Who worked on for Who’s Next, kind of a tryout, was “Won‘t Get Fooled Again”, recorded at Mick Jagger’s house called Stargroves…using the RS mobile. The rest of the album was recorded at Johns’...

I have one of the Gotoh bridges as in the video, just sitting, impatiently waiting for the body and neck to arrive ;)

From Joe Walsh (actually Barnstorm, but the label decided to put it out as a Joe Walsh album), one of my favorites: And the live version, for the 1976 live album and also taped for Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, featuring among others Don Felder on second guitar, Joe Vitale on drums and flute...

Anybody looking into the new Fender cobalt chrome Tele pickups? I have a Tele build in the pipeline (ordered body and neck in early March, so probably looking at sometime in June), and have been researching pickups. Current favorites are the Fralin split blade noiseless in the Blues Output...