Hey guys, it's been a while for me. I've been really busy, still playing guitar but not doing all that much with gear other than some BYOC pedal kits. Recently one of my cats (my favorite cat, actually) ran away after a traumatic experience and I've been going crazy looking for him. I think he is still in the neighborhood, but the search is emotionally draining to say the least. My husband thinks I need a project to take my mind off it when I'm not out looking, so here's what I'm thinking.
I would like to build a Telecaster body with my husband. He is a really good carpenter and we have built up his workshop quite a lot in the last couple years, so we have most if not all of the tools we would need. I've wanted to do a Tele Thinline for a long time, but I think maybe because it's a first scratch build, just stick with a regular Tele at this point. At some point I'll get a neck for it, it might be a while though. It's more "hey look, something to do that sounds fun so I don't lose my mind" rather than a dream build.
We have some mahogany that we actually got from an old Fender warehouse (the Fender plant in Corona is 15 mins from my house). They gave up this warehouse and my friend's company bought it complete with a bunch of wood that Fender left behind. Why did they leave it behind? We have no idea. But we got to fill up the back of my hatchback with free mahogany, which my husband built a book shelf and various other things out of, and we saved some for future music projects. It's not great mahogany, but it is free and it's just sitting in our garage.
Anyone have recommendations for which plans I should get or advice for this build? We plan on getting some throw away wood to do practice runs on as well so hopefully we don't screw anything up too bad. Any ideas on finishing? I'm all ears, nothing is set in stone yet other than I want it to be a fairly traditional setup pickup and hardware wise.
I would like to build a Telecaster body with my husband. He is a really good carpenter and we have built up his workshop quite a lot in the last couple years, so we have most if not all of the tools we would need. I've wanted to do a Tele Thinline for a long time, but I think maybe because it's a first scratch build, just stick with a regular Tele at this point. At some point I'll get a neck for it, it might be a while though. It's more "hey look, something to do that sounds fun so I don't lose my mind" rather than a dream build.
We have some mahogany that we actually got from an old Fender warehouse (the Fender plant in Corona is 15 mins from my house). They gave up this warehouse and my friend's company bought it complete with a bunch of wood that Fender left behind. Why did they leave it behind? We have no idea. But we got to fill up the back of my hatchback with free mahogany, which my husband built a book shelf and various other things out of, and we saved some for future music projects. It's not great mahogany, but it is free and it's just sitting in our garage.
Anyone have recommendations for which plans I should get or advice for this build? We plan on getting some throw away wood to do practice runs on as well so hopefully we don't screw anything up too bad. Any ideas on finishing? I'm all ears, nothing is set in stone yet other than I want it to be a fairly traditional setup pickup and hardware wise.