If you liked the Gold Top... here's it's twin: the Cherryburst Tele Deluxe!

[RockStarNick]

Well, after I made my first Warmoth, my Goldtop Tele Deluxe (see this thread:  http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=5022.0  )

It was just so damn awesome, toneful, and perfect, I HAD to make another one. I decided to make it a twin brother, so I could have "matching" stage guitars.

Just like the Gold Top, the Cherryburst has a Mahogany Body, Maple neck with rosewood board, and Duncan 59 and C5 pickups.  The differences are the Cherry has Mother of Pearl Dots (the goldtop has abalone), and the Cherry has a Alder Laminated "plain top", to simulate the look of a maple plain top LP.

Tele Deluxe Body, mahogany
Cherry Sunburst Finish, cream binding, natural hog back, laminated Alder top.
Fender American Standard bridge.
Gibson amber Knobs
Duncan 59 and Custom 5 pickups
CTS pots and Switchcraft hardware
Warmoth Neck
1/4 Sawn maple with rosewood board,  Mother of Pearl inlays.
Schaller tuners

Sonically, this one is a big airier sounding, and weighs a little less too, but just as toneful.


Here's the original; the Gold Top Tele Deluxe:

And HERES the Cherryburst one!!!

 

[GoDrex]

Amazing. :icon_thumright:

 

[rapfohl09]

Two of the same exact guitars?  :icon_scratch:

Dont get me wrong, they are absolutely beautiful, the gold top makes my jaw drop every time I see it, cherry bursts just arent my thing.


Incredible job with both :icon_thumright:

 

[Soylent]

Awesome man!  :headbang:

 

[RockStarNick]

Well, not EXACTLY the same. More like fratenal twins. Not identical.  :icon_smile:

I guess the bright, plain cherryburst is an aquired taste, but I love it.

 

[GoDrex]

Hey - any difference in tone with the laminate top? Just for curiosity's sake.

 

[Mor Paul]

I'm a fan of plaintop cherrybursts

It looks great  :icon_biggrin:

 

[RockStarNick]

Tone difference:

Well, the Cherryburst weighs about a half a pound lighter, give or take. I'm not sure if the laminate has to do with that, or if it's just a lighter piece of wood. But the cherryburst one has more of an airier upper midrange, and the Goldtop has more of a rounded treble response and slightly more lower mids.

I really am guessing it's just two totally different chunks of wood, and that the laminate isn't the culprit.

Still, both sound great.

 

[tfarny]

I think it looks great - and since half the board has four strats, each with some minor variation or other, i see no need to give you grief about having two deluxes. You're like the Fonz of the tele deluxe - you get to play with beautiful twins (non-identical of course).  :icon_thumright:

 

[blue313]

Nice build! I'm loving the burst.  :icon_thumright:

 

[RockStarNick]

Part of the inspiration was to have 2 almost identical guitars for live gigs. I play out alot, and I always bring a backup. But sometimes, if your #1 goes down, switching to a regular Tele, or a LP, is WAY different. I wanted a guitar setup where if I started with the goldtop and switched to the Cherry (or vice versa), it would be seamless.

That, and also, I just fell in love with the Warmoth Standard Thin contour.  I'm doing another build with that neck contour too.

 

[guitlouie]

I may be the odd one out, but I like the cherryburst one even better!  Great job!

 

[nathan a]

I really really like the idea of using an alder lamtop to mimic plain maple.

 

[Mor Paul]

+1 on alder mimicking plain maple  :icon_thumright:

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Clearly any tonal differences could be attributed to the different materials in the dot markers.  Just kidding.  Both look great.  Do you have a favorite?

 

[rockskate4x]

Don't get me wrong, I love the paint jobs, but the pickguards have got to complement them... I find nothing appealing about the black smothering everything else.

 

[RockStarNick]

Yeah, it's too bad Warmoth doesn't even offer a plaintop lam maple. If they did, I would have used that. 

And the Tele Deluxe pickguards. Its either ya love em, or hate em.  Me, I love em.  Big and nasty!  :laughing11:

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

I like It all, it's tasty looking.

 

[Mor Paul]

As much as I like both, I still think that you should try a creme pg on them  :icon_thumright: And like everything else I critique, covered humbuckers!

 

[RockStarNick]

My next warmoth build will be a third tele to round out the collection.

Mahogany body, single P90 in the bridge.  Basically, make a "Jr." to accompany the "goldtop" and "standard". ya know?