I'm not certain if this is in line with accepted protocol... By "Work in Progress," I'm currently at the "awaiting shipping" stage.
My guitar playing has been sporadic over the years. I took some lessons when I was 13 or so, and have played off and on for the next 30 years (more off than on). For a while I was more of a mandolin player. Recently, our acoustic trio hooked up with a drummer, which has inspired me to reach for the 6-string again.
I currently have a used, beat-up Mexican Telecaster, as well as my first Warmoth build (Soloist body (swamp ash with flame maple top), birdseye neck with an ebony board). My guitar player buddy has an LP-style guitar (a Sin City Brent Muscat signature which he got from Brent, who was the engineer on my buddy's first album) which he loaded with GFS Dream 90s. I love the sound of the pickups, but the Lester is not my style, and is way too heavy even though it has a thinline-style body.
So, I started plotting. Being a Telecaster person, I decided to go with the `72 Thinline style body. I wanted it to have a little something different, so I started thinking about a CBS Strat neck. My bass player reminded me that there already was a Tele with a strat neck (`72 Deluxe), so I may not be as original as I thought... I picked up the phone to Warmoth, and Spike and I worked up the details. Both body and neck were plucked from the Showcase.
`72 Thinline Tele body, in Sonic Blue
Q-sawn maple neck, maple board CBS Strat headstock, 22-fret, vintage tint
Vintage Pearl pickguard
Flatmount Strat bridge (humbucker spacing)
I'll be using the GFS Dream-90 pickups from my buddy's guitar (he's putting the original Duncans back in). He's also providing a set of ESP-stamped Kluson tuners pulled from one of his old ESP tele guitars (he used to be sponsored by ESP), along with some Tele knurled knobs.
I probably still have 2-3 weeks before I get the body and neck, but I'm itching to go on this. Funny thing is, so is my bud. He called last night to have a planning discussion. He was worried about the neck gaps from putting a strat neck on a tele body, but the 22 fret extension will cover that up well.
If anyone knows how to find pics of sold showcase items, I can post those to tide us over until the box arrives.
My guitar playing has been sporadic over the years. I took some lessons when I was 13 or so, and have played off and on for the next 30 years (more off than on). For a while I was more of a mandolin player. Recently, our acoustic trio hooked up with a drummer, which has inspired me to reach for the 6-string again.
I currently have a used, beat-up Mexican Telecaster, as well as my first Warmoth build (Soloist body (swamp ash with flame maple top), birdseye neck with an ebony board). My guitar player buddy has an LP-style guitar (a Sin City Brent Muscat signature which he got from Brent, who was the engineer on my buddy's first album) which he loaded with GFS Dream 90s. I love the sound of the pickups, but the Lester is not my style, and is way too heavy even though it has a thinline-style body.
So, I started plotting. Being a Telecaster person, I decided to go with the `72 Thinline style body. I wanted it to have a little something different, so I started thinking about a CBS Strat neck. My bass player reminded me that there already was a Tele with a strat neck (`72 Deluxe), so I may not be as original as I thought... I picked up the phone to Warmoth, and Spike and I worked up the details. Both body and neck were plucked from the Showcase.
`72 Thinline Tele body, in Sonic Blue
Q-sawn maple neck, maple board CBS Strat headstock, 22-fret, vintage tint
Vintage Pearl pickguard
Flatmount Strat bridge (humbucker spacing)
I'll be using the GFS Dream-90 pickups from my buddy's guitar (he's putting the original Duncans back in). He's also providing a set of ESP-stamped Kluson tuners pulled from one of his old ESP tele guitars (he used to be sponsored by ESP), along with some Tele knurled knobs.
I probably still have 2-3 weeks before I get the body and neck, but I'm itching to go on this. Funny thing is, so is my bud. He called last night to have a planning discussion. He was worried about the neck gaps from putting a strat neck on a tele body, but the 22 fret extension will cover that up well.
If anyone knows how to find pics of sold showcase items, I can post those to tide us over until the box arrives.
