Just ordered my first build! Gold flake double bound tele w/rosewood neck and ebony fingerboard!

[AndrewR12]

Hey y’all! Just wanted to share that I ordered my first ever build! Definitely went all out on this one too. The body is swamp ash and will be painted in gold flake, double bound with white binding. The neck is rosewood and the fingerboard is ebony, with white binding. Stainless jumbo frets and a white tusq nut.

Ordered the fralin stock tele pickups, black/white/black pickguard, gotoh vintage tele bridge with in-tune saddles, schaller locking tuners, all the wiring and screws, and the chrome warmoth logo (should pop against the rosewood!)

Really stoked to get working on this! Not looking forward to the wait but it’ll definitely be worth it!

 

[Rick]

That sounds awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AndrewR12]

That sounds awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Rick! I’ll make sure to post here when it all arrives and I can get started!

 

[NedRyerson]

Yes, definitely need pics!

 

[AndrewR12]

Aaahhh! It’s shipping today!

 

[mayfly]

ooooo - subscribed!

 

[Scab Pickens]

Nice! Can't wait to see it.

 

[AndrewR12]

The parts have arrived!! Have to wait until the kids are asleep before I start on the project, but here’s the body and neck!

 

[AndrewR12]

Oh, forgot this one! Here’s the body, neck and pickguard together! Gives a pretty good idea of what it’ll look like in the end!

 

[Rick]

Double bound flake!

 

[mayfly]

woah!!! I love it!

I ... gotta ... have ... it....

 

[Hodgo]

That’s beautiful. Congratulations

 

[AndrewR12]

That’s beautiful. Congratulations

Thanks!

 

[AndrewR12]

I did some work on it tonight, the one snag I seem to have hit so far is the bridge ferrules don’t want to go in AT ALL. I’m imagining it has something to do with the thicker flake paint job. Anyone have any ideas on a good way to fix this issue?

 

[stratamania]

I did some work on it tonight, the one snag I seem to have hit so far is the bridge ferrules don’t want to go in AT ALL. I’m imagining it has something to do with the thicker flake paint job. Anyone have any ideas on a good way to fix this issue?

Put some sandpaper around a dowel or similar to sand the paint inside the holes to ease the fit.

 

[Rick]

Yep sand paper around a pencil.

 

[Scab Pickens]

That looks awesome! Any pics of the backside? The grain on the headstock front is absolutely beautiful.

 

[AndrewR12]

I still need to string it up and probably install string trees, and sort out whatever is causing the control plate to bow out a little bit. But I am THRILLED.

 

[Rick]

Looking good.

 

[stratamania]

Was that neck really just $220?
If so it looks like it was a bargain.