OK...so I have been bitten by the building bug BIG TIME. So badly that I need to sell most of my guitars...
Decided that I am going to build a Thinline Tele for one of my oldest friends. I am hoping to have it done for his B-day on March 16th. He is living in Seattle working his ass off to support his wife through law school in Boston. I wanted to do something nice for him and have an excuse to get another build under my belt. He (nor his wife) have any idea that I am building it...it's going to be a total surprise.
I am building it to his "specs" based on conversations that we have had throughout the years. I talked to him a few months ago and nonchalantly asked about gear to make sure he was still "current" on the features he was looking for.
It's based off a prized G&L Namm show prototype that he bought in the 90s and had to let it go in hard times. It was a semi-hollow finished in Mary-Kaye White. Building about the same thing, but with his modifications....
First the body: Thinline Swamp Ash w/matching top, rear routed. 2lbs 10oz. LIGHT! Routed for humbucker in bridge and P90 in neck.
Decided that I am going to build a Thinline Tele for one of my oldest friends. I am hoping to have it done for his B-day on March 16th. He is living in Seattle working his ass off to support his wife through law school in Boston. I wanted to do something nice for him and have an excuse to get another build under my belt. He (nor his wife) have any idea that I am building it...it's going to be a total surprise.
I am building it to his "specs" based on conversations that we have had throughout the years. I talked to him a few months ago and nonchalantly asked about gear to make sure he was still "current" on the features he was looking for.
It's based off a prized G&L Namm show prototype that he bought in the 90s and had to let it go in hard times. It was a semi-hollow finished in Mary-Kaye White. Building about the same thing, but with his modifications....
First the body: Thinline Swamp Ash w/matching top, rear routed. 2lbs 10oz. LIGHT! Routed for humbucker in bridge and P90 in neck.