ActualGenuine
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My new build parts are here, and I've run into a problem! The planned double cutaway LP shape was to duplicate a guitar I've had since I was a teen, with some modern updates.
Since it is a three humbucker design, I planned to do that with the new one, and wanted a guitar blank to cut the shape I was after. So, I got the blank and a neck from Warmoth and laid out my design based on the old body, and surprise! (You might have known this already). Warmoth blanks are too short for Gibson styles. They clearly are meant for Fender shapes. =) Whoops.
So... I've decided to move my Tele style build ahead in the queue, and keep the rest of the design intact. A Tele with three humbuckers and LP controls? A Tele with a Strat neck pocket and a 3x3 headstock?
At this point you can't stop me... so here's the plan. Body is alder, routed for three double coils, rear control rout, recessed TOM bridge with angled string through-body ferrules. Neck is rosewood on mahogany. I really like the stripes in the fretboard.
Since it is a three humbucker design, I planned to do that with the new one, and wanted a guitar blank to cut the shape I was after. So, I got the blank and a neck from Warmoth and laid out my design based on the old body, and surprise! (You might have known this already). Warmoth blanks are too short for Gibson styles. They clearly are meant for Fender shapes. =) Whoops.
So... I've decided to move my Tele style build ahead in the queue, and keep the rest of the design intact. A Tele with three humbuckers and LP controls? A Tele with a Strat neck pocket and a 3x3 headstock?
At this point you can't stop me... so here's the plan. Body is alder, routed for three double coils, rear control rout, recessed TOM bridge with angled string through-body ferrules. Neck is rosewood on mahogany. I really like the stripes in the fretboard.