Blue Burst Telecaster arrived.

[Gilmore]

Hi

Here is my Blue Burst Tele body and neck I got from the Showcase. It took only 6 days since the day I ordered and when it hit my doorsteps. I live in Iceland, Europe.

One piece Swamp Ash.
One piece Maple neck (high grade flame and some birdsey as a bonus), standard thin, abalone inlays, black Graphtec nut, 6105 regular frets.
Vintage Tele bridge (Gotho or regular, I ordered both).
Gotho vintage tuners.
Seymour Duncan Broadcaster bridge (STL-1b) and maching Vintage Neck pickup (STR-1).

It´s just a basic guitar, but I don´t own any Telecasters and not a single blue guitar either.

I have a custom build strat on the way also, and that one is more fancy with all the bells and whistles.

 

[bagman67]

Sexxxy.  Congratulations on your excellent taste, and on the very rapid shipping as well.

 

[Syntheticocean]

Awesome! We need more blue guitars! Only thing I don't really like is the abalone inlays. I think my taste for abalone was ruined when I got an EC-1000 that has WAY too much abalone. I don't know what I saw in the guitar before i bought it. AWESOME guitar, but abalone is to guitars as sequin dresses are to Vanna White.

 

[Gilmore]

I normally don´t like abalone inlays either and blue guitars for that matter...hehe, but It´s nice to have one Blue guitar.

I think those inlays match the colour of the body very well, they have shades of blue and green like the body. I also have 12 other guitar so I was going for something different this time......abalone inlays, blue body and so forth. The Tele is my first parts guitar.

I only have 1 guitar with maple, so it was ideal to have the Tele with maple, but normally I like rosewood or some dark material.

 

[Syntheticocean]

Don't get me wrong. These inlays look good. Unfortunately on my EC-1000 its giant flag inlays and an abalone binding as well so it sparkles like a disco ball.

 

[Jusatele]

Awesome

Tastey

nice selection

 

[crash]

Love that neck!!!

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Loving all the blue teles popping up around here!!!  ccasion14:

 

[DangerousR6]

Loving all the blue teles popping up around here!!!  ccasion14:

:laughing11:

 

[Syntheticocean]

Loving all the blue teles popping up around here!!!  ccasion14:

Blue guitars period! I'm so sick of seeing natural colors(as beautiful as they are). I LOVE BLUE! Go to guitar center and find 1 transparent blue guitar. You can't. Aside from the always present ibanez acoustics.

 

[animal control]

Sweet. I would not have thought of putting a pick guard on a burst finish, but the black pick guard is going to make it more subtle - the come and get me look. Keep the pics up!

 

[peter.k]

the come and get me look.

??? ??? ???

Are you sure you are looking at guitar porn? :laughing7:

 

[nexrex]

You have made some beautiful choices here.  ccasion14:

 

[Gilmore]

Thank you for the comments.

About the pickguard, I like classic look on guitars like Strats and Teles, and the pickguard is important part of that. I know it´s a shame to cover a beautiful finish, but on my upcoming "Strat" that is backrouted and has figured maple top, I will not use a pickguard, and I will not think of it as a strat....though it has the same outlines.

Teles with no rout between cavities really don´t need a pickguard, but some Teles have that rout between neck pickup slot and electronic cavity. Why are some Teles like that and some not? Are Warmoth only ones that just drill a small home between the cavities for the pickup wire?

And by the way, I have set everything up for assembly, so I´ll make a thread in the "Work in Progress" section.

 

[Stew]

Very nice  :icon_thumright:

I think the route between the pickup cavities on a tele is a vintage thing ... Warmoth offer it as a 'feature' on their vintage tele bodies.

 

[ORCRiST]

Awesome! We need more blue guitars! Only thing I don't really like is the abalone inlays. I think my taste for abalone was ruined when I got an EC-1000 that has WAY too much abalone. I don't know what I saw in the guitar before i bought it. AWESOME guitar, but abalone is to guitars as sequin dresses are to Vanna White.

No way man, I love all of that abalone binding... If I needed another hole in my head (aka guitar) - I really the like ESP Edwards
strat copies with all that glorious abalone binding!  Mmmmm... abalone binding...abalone inlay...  :headbang1:

BTW Gilmore... have you ever heard of CCP? (a video game company in Iceland)

 

[Gilmore]

Wow....those are nice inlays.

I´ve heard of CCP of course, but I don´t play EVE.

 

[ORCRiST]

Wow....those are nice inlays.

I´ve heard of CCP of course, but I don´t play EVE.

Aren't they? I could do without the gold hardware... but thats why they make Ruthenium.

And you should play EVE its a great (rather, was a great) game... On second thought... stay away!

 

[Updown]

I've kind of gone off the Maple necks ... But I must say, that just looks great on that Tele, great colour combo. Very very nice.  :icon_thumright:
Keep the pic's coming ...

Oh No  :doh:  now I wanna build a Tele.  :icon_jokercolor: