My box arrived but..................(NEW COMPLETED PICTURE ADDED)

[mullyman]

Agreed with all these previous posts, you did a great job on that. Is that the Blues Jr. in the background? I have the same one.
MULLY

 

[mullyman]

One other thing you've probably already noticed but red is really difficult to get a good photo of without some kind of filter. I can't get any photos of my cherryburst Strat that look anything like it does face to face. I bet that Tele is just gorgeous when you're looking right at it.
MULLY

 

[-CB-]

Man 0 Live, if that thing dont hit you with a hot wind from Havana, nuthin will

 

[Unwound G]

Mully, you are right about the color capture from my "snap away" camera.  I hope to get into more serious picture taking like you with your white Strat.   The Blues Jr. is my doodling amp which has never seen a real gig.  It works great with P90 pickups.

Thanks everyone for all your encouraging comments on the Carved Top Tele.

 

[tfarny]

I absolutely love this build. 1. carve top 2. tele 3. P90s! 4. great woods 5. exotic neck 6. beautiful finish 7. no Floyd! What's not to like?

 

[Mor Paul]

I absolutely love this build. 1. carve top 2. tele 3. P90s! 4. great woods 5. exotic neck 6. beautiful finish 7. no Floyd! What's not to like?

I don't like it's location.

 

[blue313]

I absolutely love this build. 1. carve top 2. tele 3. P90s! 4. great woods 5. exotic neck 6. beautiful finish 7. no Floyd! What's not to like?

I have to agree.  I like just about everything in this build!  :icon_thumright:

 

[Return of Guitlouie]

Holy Macaroni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Nice.

 

[whitebison66]

As the kid in the Dodge Hemi commercial used to say,

Sweeeeeeet!

 

[mullyman]

Mully, you are right about the color capture from my "snap away" camera.  I hope to get into more serious picture taking like you with your white Strat.   The Blues Jr. is my doodling amp which has never seen a real gig.  It works great with P90 pickups.

Thanks everyone for all your encouraging comments on the Carved Top Tele.

Well, man, what I was meaning to convey was that these photos look really good and since red is such a bicch to photograph that I bet face to face it's just immaculate.
MULLY

 

[Nando Vallart]

Jesus man! This is applyed for "Guitar of the Year" straight forward!

 

[rockskate4x]

before it's guitar of the year, we're gonna need MORE PICS  :hello2: :hello2: :hello2:

 

[ironeddie]

Looks Great! Despite your initial setbacks it looks like you won in the end!  :guitaristgif:

 

[m4rk0]

looks killer...did you have to take any material out for the front PU?

Yup, deepened the cavity to the level of the wire channel with a router.  Coincidentally, the volume balance between the two pups is spot on.

Thanks for all the kind words.

did you use a real router or just use a dremel? I am facing the same problem and still haven't decided how to approach this.. I have a dremel but not a router

 

[hannaugh]

If you have a Dremel, you can always get the Dremel router attachment.  It's pretty useful.

 

[joelmit]

Wow!   I was debating with myself if I wanted to build a carved top tele. But wow is all I can say. Now I just have to decide what type of pickups to put in it.

I'm going to go with a mahogany body with Koa top! Or maybe a darker color core wood not sure yet!

 

[Unwound G]

If you have a Dremel, you can always get the Dremel router attachment.  It's pretty useful.

Yes, I used a Dremel with router bits.  Slow but works great.

 

[m4rk0]

how did you make sure not to cut in the sides or through the back???  :tard:

 

[Unwound G]

The neck pickup cavity has a wire channel running across the rout which is the perfect depth for wood to be taken off above it.  I used a Dremel plunge router holder and cutter bits.  The extra preparation work involves making a bridge or wooden rail running above the pickup rout since the guitar top is arched and the router base will not sit flatly on top.  I carefully routed line by line to take off the wood.  For the curved corners, I used a brad point drill bit to round off.  Work is tedious because the body has be so beautifully finished and a wrong turn will destroy it.  Do practice on a piece of raw wood to get a better hang of it.