Daphne Blue

[Tonar8352]

This Daphne Blue Tele with the matching headstock turned out to be and exceptional guitar.  I have to say again that the RS Guitarworks pots are the best I have found. They have a huge impact on the taper of both the volume and tone of a guitar, amazing. I also have been consistently pleased with the performance of this compliment of Duncan pickups. This is the third guitar that I have heard them in and they are exceptional.  

Here are the specs.

1. Single pieces 3lbs 6oz Swamp Ash body all nitrocellulose lacquer finished.
2. Vintage Modern Birdseye Maple Neck, 1 5/8” bone nut, standard thin, 6100 frets, Kluson reproduction single line tunes, and gloss nitro finish.
3. Glendale saddles and bridge.
4. The neck pick up is a Duncan Vintage "54 and the bridge is a Jerry Donahue.
5. The pots are RS Guitar Works 280K super pot for volume and 250k for tone.
6. The cap is a Lux Capacitor reproduction 54-style phone book cap.
7. The pickguard is a W/B/W Warmoth and fits the color scheme of the guitar beautifully.  

 

[JaySwear]

that thing is 100% class! great work as always, tonar

 

[Nando Vallart]

Great one!

 

[jimbo]

Fantastic work! Looks nice and classy.

 

[blue313]

that thing is 100% class! great work as always, tonar

Definitely.  You'd almost need a jacket and tie to play that.

Beautiful stuff Tonar! 

 

[Loobs]

Droolworthy! Looks like something Steve Cropper would play in Murph and the Magictones.

 

[Schlieren]

i love the sound of that jerry donahue, even the clips S-D puts up on their site sound fantastic

 

[tfarny]

Beautiful guitar!
Do you find the string to string volume balance is fine with the five-two?

Very interesting idea, makes perfect sense, but I hadn't seen those before. I have Bill Lawrences waiting to go into my red tele but if those don't work out, I may try SD.

 

[edward2b]

Lovely !!!!

 

[Jeff-BVG-CR]

Hello fellows,

I'm the owner of the amazing instrument!

It began with me hooking up with Greg, because I wanted a tele repainted-

Greg (the builder/poster) is a monster professional blues/rock blues player-Who also happens to be one helluva painter-  So as I worked on my blues chops with Greg, this tele project was born-

Greg really lent his vast playing experience to this project, so yes though this is beautiful guitar to look at, its actually a massive tone machine with loads of flexibility-
From the clean blues  to classic rock, I have a lot of versatility -The set up is perfect with great action, this to me is better the the Fender custom shop tele's I've owned or played-

The Tele is really a labor of love and freindship, its very special and really is the best tele I've owned!  custom all the way! thanks Greg see you next Friday! with my tele!

 

[Nando Vallart]

Hey Jeff! Welcome to the forum  ccasion14:

That's a nice Tele you've there, hope you enjoy!

 

[bbl4ck]

That is a true classic... :glasses9:
I'd love to hear some clips of that baby!

Welcome to the forum Jeff  :headbang: