Fresh of the big brown truck

[ChristopherG]

Now that is a thing of beauty.

 

[BigSteve22]

Pretty. Give us details!

 

[ChristopherG]

Sorry, was in a hurry.

Single piece walnut, H/S/H as you can see, double battery box in the back--cuz you just never know, bridge is going to be the Gotoh Humbucker Tele bridge.

My dark rosewood on dark rosewood neck is due to arrive on Friday.

 

[musicispeace]

Very, very nice. Well done. How is the weight? I keep pondering walnut for a strat body. Always a good day when the brown truck stops at ones address. Please post more when it's all together.  :guitarplayer2:

 

[ChristopherG]

UPS listed weight was 7.6 lbs, so minus a few ounces for the box and the packing?

Lets call it seven-ish.

 

[fdesalvo]

Nice!

I bet it will weigh under 5lbs.

 

[ChristopherG]

^^ You were closer than I was. 5.6 lbs.

 

[DangerousR6]

nice, all walnut is hard to come by...

 

[ChristopherG]

Yeah, the one piece thing cost me an extra $100 but I have always loved the look of asymmetric grain on a tele body.

 

[Pharos]

That looks really nice! I've always loved walnut. I can't wait to see how it looks finished.

 

[ChristopherG]

The neck came today.

 

[stratamania]

What are the specs of the neck. Looks nice and complementary to the body.

 

[ChristopherG]

Fender scale, 59 roundback, dark rose on dark rose, 1 11/16 nut, 10-16 compound, medium jumbo stainless frets.

 

[stratamania]

Ok thanks and look forward to seeing it come together.

 

[fdesalvo]

Outstanding!  Please report back on the tone of the RS neck once she's done. 

 

[jmcecil]

OH that looks good.  can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[BigSteve22]

Looks really nice. I'm glad you posed the picture with the neck in place. A future build I was considering is a rosewood laminated, walnut tele body with a 2 piece rosewood neck. (Can't even think of spending $1000 plus on a solid rosewood body!) Now I'm sure it will work and look pretty close with a nice clear gloss finish. It may not be Harrison's, but then again, I ain't George either!

Good luck with your build, I look forward to seeing it progress.

 

[ChristopherG]

I know what you mean. If I had more money than sense I would buy a solid rosewood body in a heartbeat.

 

[rgand]

Love that rosewood neck with the walnut body. Thumbs-up!