Swamp Canary - Telecaster

[nexrex]

Hey all,

Got home tonight and behind my door our local UPS guy had left this for me. I am totally blown away by the canary top and the raw canary 59 round back neck. Fingerboard is Pau Ferro, and I am very impressed with it.  It feels really slick.

Body is swamp ash, with clear on the canary and trans yellow on the back and sides. i was a little worried when I ordered the trans yellow back, as I was unsure if it would match the canary top, but they are just visually perfect for each other.  :laughing7:

Anyway here's some pics, I should have her put together by the weekend (time permitting), with all the chrome hardware and the Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickups.  :guitarplayer2:

 

[nexrex]

And a few more...

Thanks

Paul

 

[Updown]

:blob7: Yummie indeed  :icon_thumright:

About time something else jumped outta the box .....

Yep the Trans Yellow can be tricky, as I had it on a Mahogany / Goncalo Alves Strat (The Cigar with GK-3)
Was expecting it to be more yellow than it was, but was still happy with it.
Mine was more Honey like.
Yours seem a bit more yellow, probable the swamp ash is lighter couloured than Mahogany.

Sure looks a great match up with the neck too.  :hello2:
I'm using a Quarter pound in one of my Tele builds too.

Look-out .... Tele's are on the move at the moment ..... see what Cagey started  :laughing7:

Bet that hat had some use in the last few days  :icon_biggrin:
Cheers  ccasion14:

 

[nexrex]

Cheers updown. Yeah the old hat got a bit of use. It's been stinking hot in Melbourne. Looking forward to the cool change.

 

[Cagey]

Wow! That's a sharp combination! I never thought of putting Canary on a top, but that's really nice! I like that a lot.

 

[nexrex]

:icon_thumright: Thanks cagey. I wish the idea was my own, but it was mostly inspired by the canary topped strats in the showcase.

 

[nexrex]

Also, i hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday season.  ccasion14:
Apologies for the iphone pics. My camera has gone walkabout again (girlfriend). I will try to get some better pics when I'm done.

 

[Tipperman]

 

[Just Another Smith]

:icon_thumright: Thanks cagey. I wish the idea was my own, but it was mostly inspired by the canary topped strats in the showcase.

Who cares where the inspiration came from that is a beautiful guitar.  Definite thumbs up.

 

[nexrex]

Yeah. I am pretty damn happy with how it looks and feels. Hoping it sounds as great, I think it will be a real rocker  :guitarplayer2:

 

[nexrex]

Silly question, does canary change color as it ages? anything special I need to do to preserve it?

Thanks

 

[Cagey]

Not that I'm aware of. The woods that are heavy in tannins such as Walnut, Padouk, Purpleheart, Mahogany, etc. will change on you.

 

[nexrex]

Not that I'm aware of. The woods that are heavy in tannins such as Walnut, Padouk, Purpleheart, Mahogany, etc. will change on you.

Great, thanks again Cagey

 

[crash]

Damn that looks nice.  Not sure about that pickguard though.  How about a tortoise colored pickguard?

 

[Stew]

Sweeeeeet!

... and I like the black pg  :icon_thumright:

 

[nexrex]

Damn that looks nice.  Not sure about that pickguard though.  How about a tortoise colored pickguard?

No thanks, I have had guitars with tortoise shell pick guards. I think they look OK on solid colors, but on something like this it would look too busy

 

[AprioriMark]

Man, that thing is perfect.  I'm blown away.

-Mark

 

[nexrex]

Thanks. Here's my original concept using the body builder. I think they are pretty close...

Should looks great with these Gotoh height adjustable tuners.  Not sure if I will need string tees. Just in case I have these graphtech ones.

 

[nexrex]

Wiring and control plate just got delivered. Looks like I am all ready to go now...

 

[lafromla1]

So that is where that body ended up.  I really was looking hard at that and then it disappeared.  Very nice  :icon_thumright: