Pau Ferro / Mahogany / Ebony with Joe Bardens...

[frown]

Just finished this build this evening!

Warmoth Body and Neck:

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Neck

Style: Warhead
Construction: Warmoth Pro
Scale: 25-1/2"
Shaft Wood: Pau Ferro
Fingerboard Wood: Ebony (Black)                         
Orientation: Right Handed
Nut Width: 1 3/4"
Back Shape: Fatback
Radius: 10-16" compound
# of Frets: 21
Fret Size: SS6100 [Jumbo Stainless Steel]       
Tuner Ream: Schaller [25/64", 11/32"]
Inlays: No Inlay, Side Dots Only
Side Dots: White Side Dots
Nut: Earvana GraphTech Black TUSQ XL     
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Finish: N/A Raw

Custom Option: Tele Heel                           

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Body

Telecaster Replacement
Solid
Right handed
Mahogany back                                                     
Pau Ferro top                                                     
Rear Rout                                                         
Humbucker [Wood Mount]
Humbucker [Wood Mount]
CT Tele - Volume
CT Tele - Tone
No switch slot
1/2" [12.70mm] Side Jack Hole
Tele neck pocket with 720 Mod                                     
Standard 4 Bolt
Contoured Heel                                                   
Forearm Contour                                                   
Tummy Cut                                                         
No Battery Box Rout
No Binding
No Finish

Hipshot Flat Mount SB 5105-010 Bridge Rout*   
 
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Hardware:

Hipshot flat mount bridge
Schaller Locking Tuners - pin type
Joe Barden Two/Tone humbuckers with individual push/pull volume for coil splitting
Jim Dunlop straplocks
Icon plates neck plates
Stainless Steel 32mm and 38mm neck screws
Switchcraft long barrel jack socket

and finally...

Pics [at various later stage build points, so missing knobs in some pics etc]:

Too late to start playing loud through my amps now, so soundcheck will have to wait until tomorrow...

 

[bagman67]

She's a beauty.  Congratulations!

 

[frown]

Thanks!

I'm loving the fatback neck. Can't wait to put it through my Boogies...  :guitarplayer2:

 

[drewfx]

Just fantastic! Nice job.  :headbang:

 

[stratamania]

This looks very elegant. The Pau Ferro and Ebony look along with the Pau ferro top looks great.

 

[frown]

The idea with the pickups was to try something new [ie not Seymour Duncans, DiMarzio or EMG as I have in the past]. I have a Hot Rail Stack in a Fender Tele and it got me thinking to find pickups that appear similar to the fretboard [which I'd always planned on being black ebony], so it's a 'continuation' of sorts from the neck. The Bardens were a perfect choice - both in looks and materials.

Going for a 'less is more' approach and keeping things simple with clean lines by not spoiling a nice piece of Pau Ferro with a scratch plate was the plan. I also love wood grain finishes, so kept as much wood on show as possible, with fewest controls possible... I also dislike pickup surrounds and looking at this finished axe, I'm glad - they wouldn't look right at all in my mind.

New day, time to play!

 

[Surf n Music n Ski n Bike]

Sweetness!!  :headbang:

 

[DarkPenguin]

Lovely.

 

[frown]

Two more pics:

 

[Fat Pete]

That's a really nice looking guitar. Good call keeping it as simple and clean as possible.

I'm guessing that sheen - especially on the mahogany - isn't how it came out of the box. Is it just polished or have you fine-sanded it?

 

[frown]

Thanks!

It's been fine sanded then had several coats of Tru-oil. I've not polished it, as I prefer a matte finish - which is exactly how it ended up!

I'm sure some areas will polish up over time - forearm contact and where it rests on my leg, but I'm ok with that.

 

[Mike Seta]

Nice. Simple and classy. I'm a huge fan of no fretboard inlays too.