Cheap Thrills Tele

[dmraco]

looks good.  Bolt the bridge on an use a drexel to take out the needed material.  That wood is likely Palwana and soft.

 

[bagman67]

Turns out that the router template is back ordered. 

I might have one around here that I can mail to you.  I'll let you know if I find it.

 

[Axkoa]

That's probably one of the weirdest tele bodies I've ever seen. The pickguard is nice!

 

[Jusatele]

really is looking nice

 

[rgand]

All the chrome does it justice. I like it.

 

[mayfly]

Got the routing template!  As you can see, the original route is, well, just a bit non-standard.  :headbang:

 

[DangerousR6]

Just a bit... :doh:

 

[bbl4ck]

WOW :toothy11: That's not even close...

 

[dmraco]

At least the string holes line up. :icon_thumright:

 

[mayfly]

Allright!  It's a nice day outside, so let's get ready to route!

Body is ready.  I countersunk the holes in the template before bolting it down.  The tape is just in case I accidentally tilt the router or something.  More in a bit

 

[exaN]

Thumbnail looks like a green Tele with a turtoise bridge plate, maybe for your next build :icon_tongue: ?

 

[rgand]

Thumbnail looks like a green Tele with a turtoise bridge plate, maybe for your next build :icon_tongue: ?

Might look good with a different green. Or monkey vomit gold.

 

[mayfly]

Doesn't everyone route outside in the back yard?

end result looks pretty clean

Now that's better!

Unfortunately found the next problem:  The pickup wire hole is so high in the body that the pickups won't go into the hole!  I think a specialty drill bit is in my future...

 

[Cagey]

That's one of the most beautiful Tele pickup cavity routes I've ever seen. You missed your calling. You should've been a Tele pickup cavityrouter instead of an electronics design engineer/professional musician. It's not too late, you know. You could still become a guitar tech and make minimum wage part-time. Think of the stories you could tell! Plus, chicks dig cavity routers.

 

[rgand]

Lookin' gooood. Now if I can do that nice a job with mine...

 

[DangerousR6]

That's one of the most beautiful Tele pickup cavity routes I've ever seen. You missed your calling. You should've been a Tele pickup cavityrouter instead of an electronics design engineer/professional musician. It's not too late, you know. You could still become a guitar tech and make minimum wage part-time. Think of the stories you could tell! Plus, chicks dig cavity routers.

^^^^^
What he said.... :toothy12:

 

[mayfly]

That's one of the most beautiful Tele pickup cavity routes I've ever seen. You missed your calling. You should've been a Tele pickup cavityrouter instead of an electronics design engineer/professional musician. It's not too late, you know. You could still become a guitar tech and make minimum wage part-time. Think of the stories you could tell! Plus, chicks dig cavity routers.

^^^^^
What he said.... :toothy12:

<blush> stop it!

 

[Logrinn]

Looking mighty fine. Too bad about the hole being placed too high. What kind of clowns design those bodies at GFS? :doh:

 

[mayfly]

All right!  Let's deal with those pickup wire holes.  In this body, the neck pickup was drilled into the bridge pickup cavity.  I didn't like that.  Also, all holes were too high.  I didn't like that either.

A quick trip to home depot produced this:

Looks somewhat intimidating doesn't it!

 

[Cagey]

Pretty gnarly. Ridgid, even.