Hybrid Tele Body Just Arrived

[pangloss]

Black Kornia, chambered body with a Walnut cap.

I bought grain filler but the surface is so smooth, that I'm wondering if I even need it.

Plan to use Crimson Guitars penetrating oil for the first three coats and then their high-build oil for the remainder. Still debating stains.

 

[Rick]

On walnut I don't use grain filler, it's fine as is.  Never dealt with Korina in person though.

 

[garytlove]

What was your order date?  Trying to get a feel for when mine will ship!

 

[pangloss]

What was your order date?  Trying to get a feel for when mine will ship!

April 1st. The body Shipped May 7th but I wasn't home to receive it when it arrived. So, five weeks, more or less.

 

[garytlove]

That is a long shipping window!  I live 2-1/2 hrs from Warmoth.  It takes a couple days for mine to deliver.

 

[pangloss]

That is a long shipping window!  I live 2-1/2 hrs from Warmoth.  It takes a couple days for mine to deliver.

The guitar took seven days to get to me on the East Coast....it took five weeks from order to ship.

 

[Michaelga]

Congratulations on your new purchase! It looks great! It gives me hope that mine will ship soon. I also ordered a guitar body with a walnut top (chambered hybrid strat with alder base) and no finish. I ordered it April 12th along with a bunch of other stuff. I hope it gets here soon!

Michael

 

[pangloss]

Congratulations on your new purchase! It looks great! It gives me hope that mine will ship soon. I also ordered a guitar body with a walnut top (chambered hybrid strat with alder base) and no finish. I ordered it April 12th along with a bunch of other stuff. I hope it gets here soon!

Yeah, it should be any day now for you...hopefully. I will say this, I'm extremely pleased with the fit and finish of my Tele body. It looks like a top-shelf piece of workmanship.

 

[ragamuffin]

Nice wood! Should look great with an oil finish.

 

[JohnnyHardtail]

Very nice wood choice.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the body appears to be a standard Tele with a HSH pickup route.

"Hybrid Tele" would have the pickups mounted via the pickguard like a Stratocaster.

 

[Rick]

Curiou ... what switching are you going to use?

 

[pangloss]

Very nice wood choice.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the body appears to be a standard Tele with a HSH pickup route.

"Hybrid Tele" would have the pickups mounted via the pickguard like a Stratocaster.

The neck route is actually not a surface route and the pickup (Lollar Novel 90, a P90 in a humbucker shape) will be affixed to the pickguard. The center single coil will also be mounted on the pick guard. The bridge pickup (also a Novel 90) will be mounted in the Kluson Tele Humbucker bridge: https://www.kluson.com/kluson-contemporary-humbucker-bridge-for-fender-telecaster-with-brass-saddles-details.html

 

[pangloss]

Curiou ... what switching are you going to use?

I'm still debating the switching...I like to play around with wiring. I assume I'll use a 5-way for the actual switch but I'm thinking that I'd really like a G&L Legacy wiring (one volume, one treble and one bass pot), though I'm not 100% sure yet. Need to investigate a Tele control-plate with three knobs.

 

[stratamania]

Very nice wood choice.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the body appears to be a standard Tele with a HSH pickup route.

"Hybrid Tele" would have the pickups mounted via the pickguard like a Stratocaster.

You are correct the Warmoth Hybrid Tele Body style looks like this...

The OP in this thread has a standard Tele body with a "hybrid" of pickup options.

 

[pangloss]

To clarify.

 

[JohnnyHardtail]

Looking awesome so far!

 

[ragamuffin]

Curiou ... what switching are you going to use?

I'm still debating the switching...I like to play around with wiring. I assume I'll use a 5-way for the actual switch but I'm thinking that I'd really like a G&L Legacy wiring (one volume, one treble and one bass pot), though I'm not 100% sure yet. Need to investigate a Tele control-plate with three knobs.

I got a 3-knob tele plate for my jazzcaster from 920D Custom on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Fender-Telecaster-3-Hole-Control-Chrome/dp/B01M62EZWP?pd_rd_w=7epDO&pf_rd_p=fa751cb5-14ed-497e-b5ae-9a4f4dd05b44&pf_rd_r=3R1F0KCWS7N5F9Q26DTJ&pd_rd_r=740f67b5-706c-4a90-ade8-e8cc477c594c&pd_rd_wg=8rxwM&pd_rd_i=B01M62EZWP&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_d_rp_23_t

I also did the G&L PTB wiring on that guitar, it's very cramped in the tele control cavity but it's doable and definitely worth it IMO

 

[SeattleScotty]

Wow that is a very sharp looking guitar!  :icon_thumright:

I love walnut on guitars, it has a lot of depth to it and the color is nice - I am building a mooncaster with a walnut body/neck and quilted maple top/rosewood board. The neck has arrived and can be seen in my thread.  :headbang1: