If Fender made a tribute to pre-Fender acoustics

[oldfrets]

At least that was my thinking: a modern electric inspired by vintage acoustics.

Chambered mahogany body with a spruce cap and tortoise binding, two "staple" humbucking soapbars from Mojo Pickups, nickel hardware and a clear gloss finish. Fender American Pro neck with Schaller F-style tuners. Callaham bridge. The body weighs 4 lbs on the dot.

I'm curious how they do the lam top on the arm contour. Do they mold it to shape prior to attaching it?

 

[Rick]

Gorgeous!

 

[stratamania]

I like the concept you have.

Lam tops are generally thin enough so that it will conform to the arm contour. I assume a vacuum bag is used for clamping, at least that is how I would go about it.

If a drop top uses a thicker piece of wood, the back side of it can be cut part of the way to create scores that allow the wood to bend.

 

[teleme01]

mostly because i am penny conscious, i personally never go with binding, but damn, that binding looks worthy "insert thumb up here"

 

[triple jim]

Very pretty and unique body!

 

[TBurst Std]

Like the staple pups. Been wanting a guitar with a staple neck. Being my P90 guitar is dog earred, haven’t checked out how that will work out.

 

[Jebberz]

Just wow...

 

[oldfrets]

It's alive!

I've done zero setup work so it still plays roughly, but the sound is superb. It's a real twang mobile, but nowhere near as thin as a Telecaster. I was honestly a little skeptical that humbuckers could capture the sound of the original staple pickups, but while these aren't 100% the same, they're a really nice interpretation of that sound. Just the right ratio of twang to beef, like good barbecue .

My one mistake was the vintage radio knobs. Brown hardware clashes next to black (it's more obvious in person than in the pics), and their narrow undersides expose the nuts underneath. I think I'll find some black Tele-style knobs to replace them.

 

[Jebberz]

I would go with knobs that matches the binding of I had the choice, but still, this guitar is truly beautiful (I found myself playing with the configurator to imagine how it would lokk like on a bass). GOM material for sure!

I may borrow your concept when money will allow me to do so...

 

[Rick]

Reminds me of some thin line teles from the 70’s