Orange Swamp Ash Telecaster

JaySwear

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Finished this thing a couple days ago, but every time I mean to get it out to take pictures I just end up playing it for a few hours then putting it away! Easily the nicest playing guitar I've owned. Gotta love it when a plan comes together! Sometimes you never know what you'll be getting with a parts guitar.

Specs:
• Warmoth Swamp ash body (with some flame on the front)
• Tequila Sunrise Burst finish
• Warmoth quartersawn maple neck with Brazilian rosewood fretboard
• Fatback contour. Once you go Fat you'll never go back.
• Rio Grande Dirty Harry telecaster pickup set
• 4 way switch

I can't believe how huge this thing sounds. Definitely the most versatile guitar I've ever owned. The singlecoils are almost dead quiet. I could barely believe it! I wired it up with a 4 way switch because I thought I'd really love the 4th position for the bigger sound and hum canceling (and I do) but I don't think it was completely necessary with these pickups. Virtually no 60 cycle hum, and I play everything from pop rock to metal. Handles high gain extremely well.

Anyway enough rambling. Pictures!

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Thanks guys! I was starting to feel bad... I think what Warmoth does best is finishing, and all I had from them were solid color guitars! Not anymore :icon_biggrin:
 
This is confusing me.  Is that maple on the front, or is it flamed swamp ash?  I, in my noobness, have never seen flamed swamp ash before.
 
Jet-Jaguar said:
This is confusing me.  Is that maple on the front, or is it flamed swamp ash?  I, in my noobness, have never seen flamed swamp ash before.

Sorry, just saw this! It's swamp ash, but definitely has some serious flame to it. I've seen one other guitar with flamed ash, so I figure it's at least somewhat rare! The other was an early Fender strat I think somebody posted on TDPRI.
 
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