ihavenothingprofoundtosay
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After building the RD-ish thing for my brother's birthday, I was able to sit down with him & talk about getting him exactly what he wanted, rather than building a type of guitar I knew he didn't already have. He ended up giving me two of his current herd - a Fender 70's strat with a few pickup mods, and a stock 72 Telecaster re-issue - to sell & raise the cash for the parts. I also too some measurements of all his guitars, talked over his preferences & came up with the perfect neck: standard thin Tele, 1 piece (Vintage modern construction), 6105 frets, reverse headstock. It showed up 2 days ago. :toothy12:
For the body, I've wanted to work with Pine. I came across a book on the history of Fender at the library, and read about the initial prototypes being made out of pine. A bit of googling later, I was convinced that it would be perfect to get the lightweight feel & balanced sound he was after. I got one from Jim of Pine Guitar bodies, after some shopping around. There's several pine body builders out there, but Jim got back to me first, was super courteous & quick. And way closer to reasonable on the cost scale. I'll be staining it a bit darker - something brown to dark tan - then doing a clear gloss over that. Haven't nailed down the exact method, but research is underway.
The pickups will be Duncans: Lil' 59 Tele bridge, and a stacked P-90 for the neck. I haven't got the pickup yet, but the online info says it's taller & requires a deeper rout than normal. Not being sure exactly how much deeper, I had Jim leave a little room to dremel out at the bottom. Going all black on the hardware & pickguard.
Sadly, winter means I'm stuck in the house to do most of the work, so progress will be slow until I figure out how I can get the finish done, but pics as I go.
For the body, I've wanted to work with Pine. I came across a book on the history of Fender at the library, and read about the initial prototypes being made out of pine. A bit of googling later, I was convinced that it would be perfect to get the lightweight feel & balanced sound he was after. I got one from Jim of Pine Guitar bodies, after some shopping around. There's several pine body builders out there, but Jim got back to me first, was super courteous & quick. And way closer to reasonable on the cost scale. I'll be staining it a bit darker - something brown to dark tan - then doing a clear gloss over that. Haven't nailed down the exact method, but research is underway.
The pickups will be Duncans: Lil' 59 Tele bridge, and a stacked P-90 for the neck. I haven't got the pickup yet, but the online info says it's taller & requires a deeper rout than normal. Not being sure exactly how much deeper, I had Jim leave a little room to dremel out at the bottom. Going all black on the hardware & pickguard.
Sadly, winter means I'm stuck in the house to do most of the work, so progress will be slow until I figure out how I can get the finish done, but pics as I go.
