Fine craftsmanship, Cagey! :icon_thumright:
Ok, the blank arrived a few days ago. Looks really nice. Here is some Curly Maple porn.
Since the Maple billet was very thick, after resawing to the thickness of the body core, there was enough leftover wood for two lam top-sized pieces, which my luthier planed up nice and clean to a thickness of 27/32". (Totally awesome!) The short one, with the lesser figuring will be used for the control cavity cover. Here is the long one with the stronger figuring. Is anyone here interested in a Curly Maple lam top? I don't have any projects in mind, but it would be great as a 1/4"+ thick bookmatched set on a Strat-sized build.
Now the question is what to build? I was thinking about doing a guitar that exemplifies simplicity.
How about a double cut of some sort, with a Tele bridge and humbucker, with nothing else?
Specifically, this bridge (
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Gold-Humbucker-Bridge-for-Tele_p_382.html) with one of the EMG humbuckers Mark is sending me from a trade deal, and a side jack. No pots or switches or anything else. (Maybe a trimmer pot in the battery cavity to vary output impedance, in case the pickup is too bright running straight to the jack.) As an added touch of class, black screws on everything, to accent the gold.
Any thoughts on such a setup? My primary concern is that it might turn out looking like a fucked up Tele, when I don't want it to look anything like a Fender. Marko insists I do a Hipshot hardtail and a humbucker with a gold mounting ring, but I like the simplicity of the Tele bridge. I'm just not sure about having a huge gold square on a guitar.
