Natural Swamp Ash Tele

[Maroonandwhite]

Hello folks.  This is my first ever build and my first Tele.  I will be using:

Lightweight Swamp Ash body

Quarter sawn maple neck with rosewood board - 10-16" scale, 6150 frets, standard thin C
Sperzel locking tuners.


Edit for more details:
920D Loaded plate and guard with DiMarzio True Velvet Pickups
Vintage Gotoh Bridge with in-tune brass saddles
All other parts from Warmoth

 

[Maroonandwhite]

Sprayed with Zissner aerosol clear lacquer (de-waxed).  I did 4 light coats just as a sealer.  I'll begin the lacquer coating process this weekend and will be using the Min-Wax Satin aerosol.  This pic was after 2 coats.  It's a pretty even color at this point and I'm hoping the lacquer will complete the "look".

I saw a Fender model Tele and Strat at Guitar Center that seemed to have the grain unfilled with a satin natural finish and loved it.

 

[rgand]

That's a fine body. Looks good already. Welcome to the forum.

 

[Maroonandwhite]

On an off topic note... What's the preferred method of posting images on here?

 

[bagman67]

Host remotely, post the image using the

icon button and the url to the remotely hosted image.  Flickr, imgur, your own hosting, whatever - but posting images as attachments is clunky and doesn't look as good as inline images.

 

[BigSteve22]

Sprayed with Zissner aerosol clear lacquer (de-waxed).

Good luck with your first build. I take it you meant that you used de-waxed shellac as a sealer, right?  :icon_scratch:

 

[stratamania]

Welcome to the forum.

I assume 10 -16" that was mentioned for the neck is the radius, but what is the scale length?