ihavenothingprofoundtosay
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This is the second build done for my brother. After a surprise Gibson LP-ish type RD inspired build, we talked over a bunch of options and I built this Tele based on a bunch of features of his other Fenders. Someone used the word rustic after some pics of the stain, and I totally agree: thus, "Rusticaster".
The neck is a Warmoth Vintage modern 1 piece maple, standard thin contour, Graphtech nut, finished in TruOil.
The body is a pine Tele ordered from this guy - pretty helpful & accommodating. I'd order from him again if I were building another pinecaster anytime soon. I used 6 coats of Minwax semi-gloss poly, then 2 coats of spray gloss laquer (and a buffing with a microfiber cloth after each). The finish still dings very easily ( :sad1: ), so I'd probably go with either more coats of the semi gloss or something more durable for the finish, but live & learn. This won't be the last guitar I build. :icon_biggrin: Pine is, however, very light - the whole thing weighs just over 6 lbs, but feels much lighter than any Tele I've played.
The hardware is GFS - bridge & vintage style tuners.
The neck pickup is a Seymour Duncan Stacked P-90 - basically, a humbucking P-90. The bridge is an SD Lil-59 for Tele, and there's a 5 way split between them. I'm really happy with the results sonically: between the split Tele, both pickups full, and the P-90 full, there's 3 really different sounds. I'm guessing my brother will be able to coax significantly more tones out of it between switching amp channels & pickups.
A word of warning on the stacked P-90: it needs a deeper rout to fit, and the baseplate has hard corners (not rounded like the P-90 casing), but the sound is AWESOME. If it had just that pickup alone, no splitting, it'd be a fantastic sounding beast.
edit for a linked pic, since the attachments are gone:
The neck is a Warmoth Vintage modern 1 piece maple, standard thin contour, Graphtech nut, finished in TruOil.
The body is a pine Tele ordered from this guy - pretty helpful & accommodating. I'd order from him again if I were building another pinecaster anytime soon. I used 6 coats of Minwax semi-gloss poly, then 2 coats of spray gloss laquer (and a buffing with a microfiber cloth after each). The finish still dings very easily ( :sad1: ), so I'd probably go with either more coats of the semi gloss or something more durable for the finish, but live & learn. This won't be the last guitar I build. :icon_biggrin: Pine is, however, very light - the whole thing weighs just over 6 lbs, but feels much lighter than any Tele I've played.
The hardware is GFS - bridge & vintage style tuners.
The neck pickup is a Seymour Duncan Stacked P-90 - basically, a humbucking P-90. The bridge is an SD Lil-59 for Tele, and there's a 5 way split between them. I'm really happy with the results sonically: between the split Tele, both pickups full, and the P-90 full, there's 3 really different sounds. I'm guessing my brother will be able to coax significantly more tones out of it between switching amp channels & pickups.
A word of warning on the stacked P-90: it needs a deeper rout to fit, and the baseplate has hard corners (not rounded like the P-90 casing), but the sound is AWESOME. If it had just that pickup alone, no splitting, it'd be a fantastic sounding beast.
edit for a linked pic, since the attachments are gone:
