Swamp Ash Tele

[jwl68th]

Here is a crappy cell phone pic of my latest

Warmoth Swamp Ash body finished with Reranch Butterscotch (somehow ended up a burst).
Warmoth Pro Tele neck, maple on maple, 9 1/2" radius finished in tru oil
Gotoh bridge and tuners
GFS vintage rail pickups
will post more pics when I find my camera

 

[Stew]

Nice ... I like the burst  :icon_thumright:

 

[Jusatele]

that is one awesome finish, I love the natural burst, you could not have planned that better

oh, and Swamp Ash rules for transparent finishes and for tone. Pure Tele. Great Job, I approve.

 

[Strat Avenger]

Cool. How's the sound? I wanna build a swamp ash Tele one day.

 

[Jusatele]

Swamp ash has a snap to it, clear as crystal

you really cannot appreciate it till you use a non typical PU, the P90s in Barn Door made me realize how much the Swamp ash came though in total tone. P 90s are a fat sounding single coil, and as a single coil freak you learn to control 60 cycle hum with muting and volume control, but as a Tele fan you want a super quick response, or what I call snap. I get that from Barn Door, Every one who I let play it tells me it has MOJO, I can tell you, I am not a professional Luthier, I assembled a guitar, but I read the tone meter before I chose and I was looking for a NonTypical Tele, a Tele with both Snap and Fat, I feel the Lollar P90s gave me the fat, the 500 k pots gave me the control for that fat, but the Swamp Ash is why it has Snap, Swamp ash is so frigging dense it is like bouncing quarters off a 17 year old prom queens stomach, tight and fresh.

 

[jwl68th]

Thanks for the compliments.

The burst was actually a mistake on my part. This was my first attempt at a translucent finish and was originally supposed to be butterscotch finish. While the Reranch spray was nice to work with, it went on a little uneven and the more I tried to correct it the darker it got in some spots (luckily it was on the edges), so it ended up a burst all from one can.

As far as the sound goes, the GFS rails at $49 a pair were some thing I had to try. I play alot of Blues, Grateful Dead, Neil Young etc. and use a acoustic simulator alot. Of all my guitars this thing sounds AMAZING through the acoustic simulator. I haven't dialed in a great dirty sound yet, but thats not what this guitar was all about anyway.

This is my 4th Warmoth guitar. Three are Swamp Ash and one is Poplar and if I had to do it all over, they would ALL be Swamp Ash!!  Now I'm bored again, so it's time to plan another build !!

 

[Strat Avenger]

Thanks for the compliments.

The burst was actually a mistake on my part. This was my first attempt at a translucent finish and was originally supposed to be butterscotch finish. While the Reranch spray was nice to work with, it went on a little uneven and the more I tried to correct it the darker it got in some spots (luckily it was on the edges), so it ended up a burst all from one can.

It may not have been your first choice, but it looks like it turned out to be a "happy accident".

 

[reluctant-builder]

That is one great accident, since you say the burst wasn't your intention; it looks fantastic.