Black Korina Carved Tele

[Nimrod]

First build using a Warmoth body. Bought the body from the showcase a while back. Finished it in lacquer after filling the grain for what seemed like an eternity.
Used a new Fender Robert Cray neck, sourced from eBay, with vintage-style tuners.
GFS Dream 180 pups, wired with switches for coil-splitting, pups in series and reverse phase (schematics labeled "Jimmy Page Style Les Paul", found online).
Sweet Player!

 

[stratamania]

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new guitar. It looks a little different and I like it.

 

[Nimrod]

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new guitar. It looks a little different and I like it.

Thanks! Different was what I was going for.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

If that had been in the GOTM last month, I would have voted for it over mine!
That is absolutely gorgeous!!!
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[bagman67]

Mighty handsome work.  The Warmoth carve-top telecaster body is, in my view, a substantial improvment on the original Leo design.  Add some fancy lumber and fun electronics, and whammo, you wind up with a beauty like this.  Great choices .

 

[pabloman]

That guitar looks great! Nice Chevy too.

 

[Nimrod]

Thanks for the kind words, folks!

OT - the truck was initially a guard's truck at San Quentin Prison...
How it looks today:

 

[BigSteve22]

Nice guitar, i really like korina. Welcome to the forum.

 

[Gemcutter]

I'm planning a Tele build myself, and I absolutely love your carved top! One thing I've been wondering about is the contoured heel - would you please post a close-up shot (it appears you have the contoured heel) so I can see how the screws seat into the neck plate? I'd really appreciate the information.

 

[Nimrod]

Thanks for the kind words, Gemcutter! Sorry I didn't see this earlier, I don't spend a lot of time on this forum. I did see that you got your answer in the other thread. Good Luck with your project!

 

[mayfly]

The guitar is great, but that's mighty fine truck!

 

[Nimrod]

The guitar is great, but that's mighty fine truck!

Thanks! I'm thinking of doing a guitar build in the same color. :icon_smile:

 

[ChristopherG]

Pisses me off that they have done away with the single piece carved design and you now have to use a double lam top. If I'd know they were going to do that I would have bought two tele bodies my last order.