Recent content by seattlesteveo

Very pleased with the results.

This first thing I did was dry fit the body and neck to check the fit and the scale length. I burnished the back of the roasted maple neck and peghead for over 3 hours to give them a nice shine and slick feel, and when that was done, put in the tuning pegs.  Then I installed the pickup selector...

When the body and neck arrived, the build was very straightforward with few issues.  The biggest issue I encountered was one of the pickup screws on the neck pickup hit the side of the cable route, so it was hard to drill there.  To resolve this, I bridged the route with a piece of plastic that...

Here are some build pics of my Regal/Hombre build.  This is pretty simple compared to some of the great instruments I see here, but I really enjoy making and playing these guitars. I was going for a Les Paul with P90's look. I could not have done this and my other 2 builds without all the how...

Yes, it's really nice. I just had expected it to have a more reddish tone, like my roasted swamp ash tele. Definitely a keeper!

I agree, the roasted flame maple neck is great looking. I burnished the neck for about 3 hours and it came out very smooth and shiny.

Ordered this 6 1/2 weeks ago and it arrived Saturday, a couple weeks ahead of schedule.  Nice they could get this to me a bit early.  Overall, very pleased so far.  A little disappointed that the body, roasted Swamp Ash with clear finish, is more brown than the tele I bought recently which has a...

Atlantic Custom Guitars carries Gibson speed knobs that fit 24 spline CTS pots. I just got some top hat knobs from them and the fit my pots perfectly. First time I ordered from them and the service was fast and friendly.

Beautiful tele, excellent!

Fits like a glove, this case is a good value.

Thanks for the heads up on these cases.  I just ordered one using my wife's Prime account.  Ordered yesterday, arriving today.

Wow, that body is quite spectacular! Thanks for posting the pics.

Would love to see a pic of yours, Logrinn. I spotted the burnishing post a while back and did my 2 teles with great results.  Will definitely burnish the neck on this  build when I receive it.  Thanks!

Will definitely post pics when they arrive and when built. Logrinn: Have you received your body?  I'm hoping the tortoise binding will be a nice transition from the roasted swamp ash to the honey burst.

I guess I am hooked... After 2 tele builds that I am really pleased with, I've ordered a custom build.  I think the teles came out looking good, plus they play and sound wonderful. It's very satisfying to play a guitar that I put together, so each one gets a lot of play time. I have now...