New Black Cherry Tele + Afra/Afra Pro Neck

[Jusatele]

Cagey, I like the axe
sorry it took me so long to respond, I have just finished 11 strait 12 hour days, I am bushed

 

[Cagey]

Thanks. It's getting closer. Bridge pickup should be here this week, as well as the retouched bridge. Fretwork's done, so I'm thinking by this coming weekend it'll get finished up.

I understand the long hours. I went through a period a bunch of years ago with a company that kept us on the road quite a bit. When there was a plant launch, we'd be running what we called the 12/12 gauntlet - 12 hours a day for 12 days, home for a weekend, then back out again. Sometimes for months. Tough to do that and keep up with the amount of drinking/whoring/sleeping that's appropriate for a young man <grin>

 

[Tipperman]

I hope to someday try out Pau.....but....I absolutely love wenge and think everyone should at least have one guitar with a wenge neck.

I agree, and it's on my list.

I was looking at that blue SG that's been sitting in the Showcase just rotting away...

... and thought that might be a fun one to add an Ebony over Wenge neck to. But, it's probably not a good idea. An Ebony over Wenge Warmoth Pro neck would be way too heavy for an SG body.

Pau Ferro/Something? And don't forget about the new Mastery Bridge for tele's! You have to put one on... something. Do a Jazzmaster! Become Elvis Costello! You can do it, Cagey! :cool01:

 

[Cagey]

Already have some Pau. Need some different neck meat, and I don't have any Wenge or Goncalo Alves yet.

As for the Jazzmaster - probably not for me, but you never know. I didn't think I'd ever own a Tele, and now I've got two of them. Maybe I'll talk the middle child into building a Jazzmaster/Jaguar one of these days. He's a big fan.

 

[scartozi]

Goncalo Alves....that's another one I want to get....guess I better start selling more bridges :toothy12: I love my wenge and ebony neck and it would look pretty frickin good on that SG

 

[Cagey]

Yeah. It's supposed to be a good replacement for Mahogany if you want an unfinished neck with similar behavior. Looks wildly different, though, so you need the right body/finish. Another one on my bucket list is a LPS, which could put a GC neck to good use.

 

[scartozi]

That's where my original idea for Driftwood Strat came from. The wenge neck just wouldn't look right on a shinny black strat with white pickguard. I wanted an old unfinished look and think the wenge worked out perfect for my guitars theme. Most of the "figuring" on mine is on the sides by the heel and around the outside of the headstock.....so it's pretty much quartersawn wenge....sturdy as hell neck arty07:

 

[Tipperman]

Already have some Pau. Need some different neck meat, and I don't have any Wenge or Goncalo Alves yet.

As for the Jazzmaster - probably not for me, but you never know. I didn't think I'd ever own a Tele, and now I've got two of them. Maybe I'll talk the middle child into building a Jazzmaster/Jaguar one of these days. He's a big fan.

Well how about this. After my Jag is done you can hold onto it for a few days and see how you like the offsets. I'd like to see you build a vintage instrument.  :laughing7:  :icon_thumright:

 

[Cagey]

I am going to build a vintage instrument - just not for me, but for you. I'm an older guy. I've already built/repaired/owned piles of them, and got it out of my system. Yours won't be the first Jaguar I've fondled or had apart. Both of my brothers have owned one, and I got to live with those. Refinishing, rewiring, changing hardware, etc. You have to remember that most of what people call "vintage" these days were new (or relatively close to it) guitars back when I started with the whole guitar thing. We used to get guitars for $100 out of pawnshops that many guys would give their left nut for today. So, you get the benefit of my experience and the joy of learning how to love a fiddle, then letting it go when a prettier girl comes a-callin' <grin>

 

[Tipperman]

I am going to build a vintage instrument - just not for me, but for you. I'm an older guy. I've already built/repaired/owned piles of them, and got it out of my system. Yours won't be the first Jaguar I've fondled or had apart. Both of my brothers have owned one, and I got to live with those. Refinishing, rewiring, changing hardware, etc. You have to remember that most of what people call "vintage" these days were new (or relatively close to it) guitars back when I started with the whole guitar thing. We used to get guitars for $100 out of pawnshops that many guys would give their left nut for today. So, you get the benefit of my experience and the joy of learning how to love a fiddle, then letting it go when a prettier girl comes a-callin' <grin>

But mine will be MY Jaguar, and therefor superior to all others. It will also make you go "DAYUM! I want me some SIX POINT TREM! Maybe even a floyd!" It'll totally flip your mind, Cagey.  :laughing7: :laughing3:

Can't stop laughing at the thought of you using a six point and liking it.

 

[Cagey]

But mine will be MY Jaguar, and therefor superior to all others. It will also make you go "DAYUM! I want me some SIX POINT TREM! Maybe even a floyd!" It'll totally flip your mind, Cagey.  :laughing7: :laughing3:

Can't stop laughing at the thought of you using a six point and liking it.

Yes, it will be yours, and you will love it, and pet it, and call it bitch <grin>

I'm sitting here trying to remember if I ever owned a six-point trem, and drawing a blank. I'm sure I did, but there are a lot of things I don't remember. I do remember working on a lot of them. Frustrating little buggers. I knew a guy who smashed a Strat to smithereens one time because of one, and he wasn't even on stage. This was during morning practice all by himself in his apartment. Those old cast iron steam radiators in those old Detroit apartments had a lotta mass to 'em... good for bashing things on, or handcuffing your girlfriend to <grin>

I played an old '61 Melody Maker for a lotta years, and one of the first things I did to it was remove the pitiful vibrato bridge Gibson used to put on some of those things. Vibrato bridges were the bane of many a guitar player's existence until Floyd Rose and Trevor Wilkinson finally came up with some workable designs. This wasn't until the early '80s, mind you. Prior to that, you had to be part masochist to want a vibrato bridge on a guitar. Even Leo abandoned the 6 point design when he started G&L.

 

[Updown]

What colour anodising you having done on the bridge ?

I'm presuming Black !!

this'll be a tribute to the members of the Unofficial Warmoth Forum.

Well then Cagey you better add ....... GK-3 internal
                                                        B-Bender
                                                        Tattoos
                                                        Cigar Wrappers
                                                        Wood Etching
                                                        Tonar Finish
                                                        3 x Humbuckers
                                                        A Bucket load of switches 
                                                       
                                                        :laughing7:  :laughing3:  :laughing11:  :toothy12:

A curiousity question.  Was this thing originally routed with the standard Tele routing and then you had them route for a humbucker?  I ask because of the notch at the back of the bridge pickup.  I'm also curious whether that would not be convenient for someone wanting to mount something like the Roland GK-3.

YEP correct ...
Being the GK-3 guy around here  :icon_biggrin:
I can see what you mean by that little extra cutout in the Bridge rout for say the wire for the GK-3 pickup.
As there is somewhere for the wire to be out of the way of the Hum pup.
But thats easily done anyway on any pickup rout !!

If interested.
Here is my install for the GK-3 pup.
1st    http://s864.photobucket.com/albums/ab202/Zummooz/GK-3%20Install/
2nd    http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=17451.0

 

[Cagey]

No, I'm afraid I'm going with the dreaded gold anodizing, to match/complement the rest of the instrument.

As for having left off some possible contributions, it was unavoidable. The thing was already finished and I don't use B-benders, plus I'm doing the wiring. So, that pretty much covers all the additional possibilities you mentioned.

 

[DangerousR6]

No, I'm afraid I'm going with the dreaded gold anodizing, to match/complement the rest of the instrument.

As for having left off some possible contributions, it was unavoidable. The thing was already finished and I don't use B-benders, plus I'm doing the wiring. So, that pretty much covers all the additional possibilities you mentioned.

Not sure if it's possible, but it woulda looked the tits with real gold plating, and rather expensive...

 

[Alfang]

Ah Ha, I thought it was you with the afra

Is that neck finished or raw? is it gona stay raw if so?

I am so gonna go buy me an afra neck, and you say they will reroute a fender headstock to a warhead? if unfinished that is.

 

[Cagey]

No, I'm afraid I'm going with the dreaded gold anodizing, to match/complement the rest of the instrument.

As for having left off some possible contributions, it was unavoidable. The thing was already finished and I don't use B-benders, plus I'm doing the wiring. So, that pretty much covers all the additional possibilities you mentioned.

Not sure if it's possible, but it woulda looked the tits with real gold plating, and rather expensive...

It was pretty well polished to start with, so it's not going to look like your typical anodized aluminum.

 

[Cagey]

Ah Ha, I thought it was you with the afra

Is that neck finished or raw? is it gona stay raw if so?

I am so gonna go buy me an afra neck, and you say they will reroute a fender headstock to a warhead? if unfinished that is.

It's raw, and it's gonna stay that way. And yes, they'll turn an unfinished Strat headstock into a Warhead for $45. It's one of those options that doesn't show up in the builder because you can start with a warhead there. So, if you find a Strat neck in the The Showcase you like, you simply add a note to the order saying you want the headstock cut to the Warhead shape and accept the $45 adder.