Just another Tele....concept to constipation.....

[-CB-]

Otay... picture of the color of things.

Now for the long, long, long, long wait.  Hope its sunny this weekend, thats all I gotta say.  That can take a week of the wait.

 

[guitlouie]

Man...loking GOOD, and not a gun in sight!  :laughing11:

 

[-CB-]

Just that ol' steam iron in the background...

 

[vic108]

Yum! Butterscotch with sweet grain!

That black binding and wavy side grain are soooo incredible too!

Nice work CB!~

 

[NonsenseTele]

Vic
Are you going to call to FBI, CIA, and all that stuff, again?  :laughing7:

-CB-:
Great work! (as always)

 

[-CB-]

TY, if mother nature co-operates...maybe... maybe I can do something with it on Sunday. 

Saturday - I think I'll do up the electronics.  Sort of undecided here.  I could do it "exactly" like Vics, or do something more traditional, or do a sort of traditional/TFG hybrid.

Been thinking of just going with toggle in the LP location, Vol, Middle, Treble - but - I could always add the switching later, as it would be fairly self contained and I plan on using the terminal strip soldered across the pots anyway. That way I can have only one cable going from control cavity to toggle switch.  If I didn't use the terminal, I'd have to run the pickup wires into the upper chamber, then a wire down to Vol control... just seems easier to have to deal with one wire and the f/hole.  It was a breeze on the TFG.

More importantly, this guitar needs a name.

 

[Shmoopie]

i think that iron might be loaded.

 

[vic108]

Vic
Are you going to call to FBI, CIA, and all that stuff, again?  :laughing7:

and those without name or number..........

 

[-CB-]

....packs his bags for Portmerion, where its safe!

 

[guitlouie]

You should name it Marilyn, and the only reason that I am going to give to support this is that I went back to your post about the recipe for this one and then I found some info on "The Pink Pussycat Lounge" in Brooklyn NY.  Goodnight.....

 

[-CB-]

... yes across the street and just a few buildings over from Milton Arfin Music.

 

[-CB-]

Here ya go - a work in progress.  I need to wire it up, affix the P90, get the switch fished thru the hole...

Many thanks to Vic for that GREAT CASE!~ wooot!~

And... yikes the colors are not the best there.  The neck is not pinkish, and that bridge pickup IS nickel, just lacks reflection.

I'll get another pic later... get better color.

 

[NonsenseTele]

Wow! 
I'll copy your teles someday  :laughing7:

 

[jackthehack]

Why didn't  you use a black Fat Bastard on that build?

 

[-CB-]

I like the bling of nickel!~

 

[vic108]

Nice CB!~

I like the entire concept!

What's that, a 3 ply PG? Looks REAL cool!

Man! Style & function!~

 

[Alfang]

I like the bling of nickel!~

I am also a big fan of nickel, I dont think theres enough of it out there, nor enought to fit an entire guitar in nickel is there?

Does someone make good nickel tuners, seems like everything is chrome , gold or black, boring.......

 

[-CB-]

Grover, Shaller and Gotoh, and Ping....  they all make nickel tuners.  Warmoth carries chrome, but StewMac and AllParts have nickel.

 

[m4rk0]

He CB, me again, asking about the neck

so I am planning my next project and I think I will go for an unfinished Goncalo neck. now I am just trying to decide what to use for the fingerboard.
If I remember correctly, the Goncalo/Goncalo was a special order? was there a huge upcharge? also, do you think the only reason you can use it for a fingerboard is because you finished it? would it be suitable unfinished?
now you have completed this for a while how do you compare goncalo tonaly to maple?

Thanks! any other suggestions on Goncalo and on what to use for FB wood is welcome!

 

[nathan a]

Warmoth loves putting ebony boards on goncalo. I plan on a neck like that eventually, for something..  :toothy10: