AUSTINTXTELE
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Tom Oatley, here in Austin, could not have done a better job building this beauty for me. I picked her up yesterday after work and before a rehearsal. She plays and sounds as pretty as she looks. Facts and figures:
Custom Warmoth Body; All rosewood w/ maple veneer sandwiched between the front and back.
Warmoth rosewood neck, Brazilian rosewood finger board, vintage modern shape.
Most of the parts came from All Parts; bridge, saddles, knobs, switch, neck plate, etc.
Vintage Fender machine heads, Tom Oatley had these in his shop.
Voodoo 60's Bridge, Voodoo Tele Neck pickup. Sound fantastic.
She weighs in at 10.3 lbs, and that my friends is a healthy baby.
Warmoth did a great job with the body and neck, hoping the delicate satin finish stays pretty.
And a bit about Tom Oatley. Tom has been a player and guitar tinkerer for a long time. It shows in all the work he does. Before building this guitar for me, he's set up all my guitars, all my friends guitars, basses, etc. Not impressed? He does all of Jimmie Vaughn's guitar work, worked with Jerry Jeff Walker, toured as the Dixie Chicks' tech and does guitar work for Charlie Sexton to name a few. He is a craftsman when it comes to dialing in a guitar and my guitar is proof that that's just the beginning of what he can do. Fret jobs, pickups, switches, neck adjustments, you name it, he can do it. In fact, a friend of mine had a Gibson Hummingbird that got smashed, Oatley rebuilt it and it sounds great. And to top it off, he's a good dude. Look him up, I'll post some pics on his site too.
http://www.myspace.com/oatleysguitargarage
Custom Warmoth Body; All rosewood w/ maple veneer sandwiched between the front and back.
Warmoth rosewood neck, Brazilian rosewood finger board, vintage modern shape.
Most of the parts came from All Parts; bridge, saddles, knobs, switch, neck plate, etc.
Vintage Fender machine heads, Tom Oatley had these in his shop.
Voodoo 60's Bridge, Voodoo Tele Neck pickup. Sound fantastic.
She weighs in at 10.3 lbs, and that my friends is a healthy baby.
Warmoth did a great job with the body and neck, hoping the delicate satin finish stays pretty.
And a bit about Tom Oatley. Tom has been a player and guitar tinkerer for a long time. It shows in all the work he does. Before building this guitar for me, he's set up all my guitars, all my friends guitars, basses, etc. Not impressed? He does all of Jimmie Vaughn's guitar work, worked with Jerry Jeff Walker, toured as the Dixie Chicks' tech and does guitar work for Charlie Sexton to name a few. He is a craftsman when it comes to dialing in a guitar and my guitar is proof that that's just the beginning of what he can do. Fret jobs, pickups, switches, neck adjustments, you name it, he can do it. In fact, a friend of mine had a Gibson Hummingbird that got smashed, Oatley rebuilt it and it sounds great. And to top it off, he's a good dude. Look him up, I'll post some pics on his site too.
http://www.myspace.com/oatleysguitargarage
