My first build in years ... the Plaidocaster!

[davi3blu3]

I wan't planning on doing a build, but I stumbled upon this tele body on Reverb. I thought it looked pretty funky and cool, and a hand painted nitro piece of art to boot. I showed my girlfriend and she exclaimed, "it's a Plaid-ocaster!" and that's when I knew it had to happen. She is always rolling her eyes at my dad jokes -- I was so proud that she had made a guitar pun, and that obviously had to become its name.

So I thought I'd start this thread to track my progress. I've got a great traditional tele, so I'm thinking something a little bit more modern and rock-centric for this one. I've ordered a neck from Warmoth - roasted maple, standard thin, compound radius, stainless steel frets, and suppose I have about 4-5 weeks to figure out the rest of the details.

Excited to discover this community while researching details! I hope to share my updates (though I want to take my time and get things right!) and I appreciate any thoughts or advice you might have along the way. Cheers!

 

[rgand]

This'll be fun to see go together.  :icon_thumright:

 

[Jecht]

I love everything about this.

 

[Rick]

You got skills!

 

[davi3blu3]

You got skills!

Glad you like it, but I can't claim credit for the paint job!  It's by Surleyman Design, they have some cool pieces on reverb. https://reverb.com/shop/surlyman-design

 

[davi3blu3]

Parts are trickling in ... Finally got a beautiful Warmoth neck, really stoked about it.

 

[davi3blu3]

Out of the box thread with more pics: https://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=32338.0

 

[DangerousR6]

 

[davi3blu3]

Locking tuners installed! I decided to go with a reverse headstock as a bit of a hat tip to Hendrix, but then I had a little trouble finding exactly the right spec tuners in lefty. Turns out they are 100% reversible! So after a youtube clip, I was able to take apart the tuning peg, pop the shaft out and  back in the other way. Not shabby!

 

[Verne Bunsen]

Yes........

 

[davi3blu3]

Special thanks to DangerousR6, my custom davi3blu3 neckplates have arrived! Love them! I'm excited to finally try get the neck on this weekend and start putting everything together.

(this is going to be DB001, but obviously I now need to start planning 002 and 003  :toothy10

 

[rgand]

Those are some fine looking neck plates. Doug's work is second to none.

 

[DangerousR6]

Special thanks to DangerousR6, my custom davi3blu3 neckplates have arrived! Love them! I'm excited to finally try get the neck on this weekend and start putting everything together.

(this is going to be DB001, but obviously I now need to start planning 002 and 003  :toothy10

:headbang:

 

[davi3blu3]

My father always taught me to "measure twice, cut once".

This was more like tape up, measure twice, re-tape, measure again, is this even straight?, what am I measuring again?, and finally drill. I always find this part a bit nerve wracking :tard:

Think it looks pretty straight though. Onto the neck mount

 

[rgand]

Looking good. Yes, it does pay to measure twice (or more) before doing anything.