Carved Top Tele and Flamed Maple Neck

[MattPurland]

Hey guys, finally got my body and neck from UPS!

Specs:
Carved Top Tele
Swamp Ash with upper toggle
Humbucker at bridge and neck (wood mount)
Floyd with angled pocked
Tummy contour
Heel contour

Flamed maple neck with flamed maple fretboard
6505 SS Frets
Compound radius
Standard thin contour

Sorry for the shitty pics, but it's the best I can do at night. I'm very happy with both, there's a couple of grain marks on the swamp ash but that's to be expected (swamp ash is very random) but the grain is really nice in my opinion. The neck is reaaally nice, the flame hasn't really come out in the pictures, but it's very uniform and I really like the crazy grain patterns!

The finish will be natural masked binding, red stain on the top and black on the back. I'm tempted to stain the top black, sand back (leaving a black grain) and staining red on top - what do you think? Then all over in satin nitro. The neck will be finished in tung oil... simple

Unfortunately I can't afford to buy the rest of the hardware for about 2 or 3 months, but it'll be worth the wait!

 

[MattPurland]

More pics

 

[MattPurland]

One more...

 

[Nando Vallart]

Will be awesome, congrats!

 

[22frets]

Nice, congrats!  I still have 2 weeks to wait for my order, but every one that gets filled gets 'em closer to mine!  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Unwound G]

Nice body and neck.  It will be a very interesting project when all the parts arrive.  Keep us posted.

 

[DangerousR6]

Heyaaaaal yeah, a double hum tele with a Floyd.... :headbang1:

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Heyaaaaal yeah, a double hum tele with a Floyd.... :headbang1:

EVH style direct mounted p'ups too.

I immediately thought of you when seeing this.

 

[MattPurland]

Heyaaaaal yeah, a double hum tele with a Floyd.... :headbang1:

EVH style direct mounted p'ups too.

I immediately thought of you when seeing this.

Can you tell who my main influence is?

 

[Unwound G]

Heyaaaaal yeah, a double hum tele with a Floyd.... :headbang1:

EVH style direct mounted p'ups too.

I immediately thought of you when seeing this.

Can you tell who my main influence is?

Steve Cropper ?  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[MattPurland]

Heyaaaaal yeah, a double hum tele with a Floyd.... :headbang1:

EVH style direct mounted p'ups too.

I immediately thought of you when seeing this.

Can you tell who my main influence is?

Steve Cropper ?  :icon_jokercolor:

I've got Thursday and Friday off this week so I may have a go at finishing the body and neck... exciting!

 

[Superbeast520]

Awesome Matt!!  cant wait to see the progress reports, .....dont sweat it, even though the wait to get the right parts is torturous, it is well worth it in the end. Happy Building!!! :headbang:

 

[MattPurland]

Guys, what do you think of this finish idea:

Hard Wax Oil (click for info)

It's 'hard wax oil' and gives a satin finish - I really like this idea as it seems quite simple and easy to apply. The picture above looks very much like ash and I really like the look.

Or I've already got black stain and I could go over that in clear wax? hmm

I've decided to try and make this one as easy as possible, I'm probably not going to do the natural binding with this one, it's time to keep things simple!

 

[DangerousR6]

I think that would be fantabulous..... :icon_thumright:

 

[bbl4ck]

That looks like an interesting product.  You have a nice grain pattern on that top that might just be great for that type of finish.
Good luck and I will be watching  :glasses9: for progress picks.
:rock-on:

 

[DangerousR6]

He could call it "Black magic"....... :headbang1:

 

[bbl4ck]

I like it...  Get a neck plate rollin' :guitarplayer2:

 

[MattPurland]

Yeah I need a neck plate! I might try and get one today if the local music shops sell them (which I doubt...)

 

[DangerousR6]

Yeah I need a neck plate! I might try and get one today if the local music shops sell them (which I doubt...)

I think Bart was refering to me making a custom plate..... :dontknow:

 

[bbl4ck]

Yeah I need a neck plate! I might try and get one today if the local music shops sell them (which I doubt...)

I think Bart was refering to me making a custom plate..... :dontknow:

Most definitely...  :icon_thumright: