Telecaster Deluxe / Tonar Nitro *DONE!*

[jay4321]

6) I predict Earvanas will become the standard guitar nut by high-end builders before very long. The intonation improvement is unmistakable. 

Jay,

Have you had a chance to play with other guitarists and bass players yet with the guitar? I have an older type of Earvana on my Tele and a guitar repairer who did the setup for me mentioned that there *might* be a clash of tunings if played with other guitars or bass guitar that have the usual nut instead of a compensated nut like the Earvana. I'm yet to record with mine to find out if that is the case (using my other guitars on different dubs & I suspect my dud ears won't hear it unless it is painfully obvious anyways).

Would be interested to hear how the Earvana-fitted guiatr works with other guitars that do not have the same nut.

Hasn't been a problem, and if it were, I'd tell them to get their ass in tune! I know on my LP I used to adjust tunings based on what I was playing, especially the G string. At the end of the day, though, it's not that big a deal. I know engineers and those type of folks sweat intonation and temperament down to the smallest thing but I think that's overkill. My only major drawback with the Earvana's is that nut replacement might be something of an issue down the road due to the wider channel. Hopefully Warmoth will still be around to help me out when that day comes.

But the guitar itself is intonated great and anything with chords sounds cleaner, certainly with keys there is no issue at all. I'll mess with it a bit more but eh.

 

[OzziePete]

My only major drawback with the Earvana's is that nut replacement might be something of an issue down the road due to the wider channel. Hopefully Warmoth will still be around to help me out when that day comes.

But the guitar itself is intonated great and anything with chords sounds cleaner, certainly with keys there is no issue at all. I'll mess with it a bit more but eh.

Is it possible to buy a few of those Earvana nuts & keep a stockpile?

 

[jay4321]

I could ask. Right now I'm splitting what little playing time I have between a few instruments so it's not as if it's something I'll be worried about anytime soon.

 

[DangerousR6]

Very cool tele jay, Tonar did a fabulous job on that finish. And I agree about the crapshoot of one piece bodies, but I like the grain pattern in yours, looks sweet.... :icon_thumright:

 

[Loobs]

Stunning guitar! Wouldn't be my first choices as far as pickups go, but very nice nonetheless.

 

[jay4321]

The pickups pretty much fit what I was looking to do with it. For the '72 Custom I'm building now, I'm going a little more traditional as far as the pickups go. Buying one vintage WRHB sure beats buying two, and you can use all sorts of bridge pickups for the job.

 

[Nando Vallart]

I used blue painter's tape to mask the finish while I was putting sheilding paint in the cavity, and have residue in a couple spots. Anyone know how to SAFELY clean it off a nitro finish?

Jason,
Use Benzene on a soft rag and it should wipe right off, and then polish it up with the Virtuoso.

It looks real good put together!!!  Great build.

Hey master Greg, perhaps in small doses it's ok,but Benzene is very carcinogen...

 

[Unwound G]

Good looking guitar  :icon_thumright:.

 

[The Dealer]

Hey Dude, I had a real one of these I played for about 20 years. Ten of those it was my main guitar. I'm impressed and I like what you are going for here. I may build one of these.

 

[-CB-]

That is one sweet lookin axe.

 

[imminentG]

Clash of tunings? Let's face it, if you've ever tried to play Police songs and noticed that Sting's bass is often slightly out of tune, you might find yourself writing posts in cool custom tele threads about how you think it actually might even lend to the actual "sound".

 

[jay4321]

I'm still early in my Pro Tools learning stage (really short on time with my job and budding graphic arts biz), but the tuning issue has been a non-factor. I've got 2 guitars with Earvanas with a third on the way (the other tele), as well as a a bass, acoustic, and a couple LPs that don't. They play together fine. For those big open chords though, the Earvana ones just sound better. I don't know whether it amounts to anything to your average person listening, but to me it's an improvement for a pretty small cost. I'm about to convert my Epi LP Custom to an Earvana soon, just got the part in the mail. I imagine that will benefit the most of all my guitars given the short scale length.

Lately I have been considering swapping out the pickups for a set of '59s I have in another guitar. I'm real sensitive to the covered-pickup sound in this one for some reason, though I do like the tone overall. When I whip out the soldering iron for the 2 new Warmoths I'll probably do them all in the same day.