Spalted Tele Progress

[riverbluff]

Here is my tele so far.

Spalted Maple/Alder body.  Pau Ferro/Pau Ferro neck, 6105 SS frets, standard thin contour.  Bare Knuckle Pile Driver pickups. 

All major assemble is complete.  Still need to do wire it up and perform set up.

This will be my first attempt at wiring one up, guess I'll see how it goes.

Thanks for all the help alone the way.

Bill

 

[DangerousR6]

Wow Bill, that pretty badass, but what's with the streaks on the back....? I'm guessing it's just mineral streaks in the wood?

 

[nathan a]

I like the streaks! And that neck back,,,

 

[ZGOZZ]

nice
Are you putting copper tape on the cover plate as well?

 

[riverbluff]

Quick question...

I have the Gotoh tele bridge and I failed to pay attention when I removed the saddles so I could install the bridge.  After I removed then I noticed that there were 2 different lenght springs (2 short and 4 long) and also 2 different lenght allen screws to adjust saddle height (again 2 short and 4 long)  When I put them back on I used the short springs on the Low E and G string and I used the short allen screws on the Low and High E strings.  Can anyone confirm if this is the correct placement.  I am trying to avoid going through a couple sets of strings during the initial set up.

nice
Are you putting copper tape on the cover plate as well?

Yes, I put copper tape on the cover as well.

Wow Bill, that pretty badass, but what's with the streaks on the back....? I'm guessing it's just mineral streaks in the wood?

Doug, the streaks do appear to be something in the wood.  They are not cracks, I actually kind of like the way they look.  Really looking forward to hearing how this thing sounds.

V/R

Bill

 

[ivar]

Hello!
That is a very nice telecaster!
(I like all of the spalted maple projects on this forum, very nice wood)
The Pau Ferro neck is perfect to that body.
Nothing like PF-necs, let`s have more of it!

By default, the two short springs is for E and A strings.
The short height-adjust is for the two E and E on both sides.

You can switch the hight-screws one by one whithout intonation problems,
switcing the springs,means you must set up again.

Ivar

 

[NonsenseTele]

You're kidding me, isn't it???
I'm going with Piledriver too in my Spalty  :laughing7:

Looks evil, man  :evil4:

 

[DocNrock]

The Pau Ferro neck goes great with that.  That's gonna be sooo coool. 

 

[riverbluff]

Here is my first try at wiring up a guitar. 

Overall, I'm very happy the way it came out.  Sure does help having a nice iron to do the work with.

Bill

 

[DangerousR6]

Looks like a real nice job Bill, very clean and tidy...... :icon_thumright:

 

[SlingBass]

That guitar is just bad to the bone 

 

[RobR]

The only problem I see with this Tele is .... I don't own it... ha ha ha

Nice Job!!

 

[ZGOZZ]

I am so looking forward to getting mine done....'''
Good job.

 

[DangerousR6]

Here is my first try at wiring up a guitar. 

Overall, I'm very happy the way it came out.  Sure does help having a nice iron to do the work with.

Bill

Hey Bill, what kind of pots are those? :icon_scratch: I've never seen any like that....

 

[riverbluff]

They are the CTS pots from Warmoth.

 

[DangerousR6]

They are the CTS pots from Warmoth.

Hmmmmm, I have 2 sets of CTS pots, but mine are enclosed on the back? :icon_scratch:

 

[riverbluff]

The one in my LP are the  same as what went in the tele