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telepaul has landed

This guitar is absolutely gorgeous! I WANT it! The flame, the binding, and the wood combination are all perfect in my opinion. Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

I agree with Super Turbo Deluxe Custom on the drop top binding. Here's a link to the description on the Warmoth site:
http://www.warmoth.com/Paint/Binding.aspx

-Bobbie
 
ok so i need a natural ash strat, white blonde strat, buterscotch blond tele, sunburst strat with mint pickguad and maple board and now that ive seen this i need an orange carved top tele as well.

seriously i love that color, reminds me of gretch but on a guitar i would play alot.
 
OMG that thing is so sexy - You guys are giving me horrible GAS for a Caved Top Tele. Great Great looking guitar.  :headbang1:
 
Thanks everyone.  I am eager to get this built and plugged in to some tubes!  Just to clarify the comments on the flame: at no point was I considering a return to sender.  This one's a keeper!

Couple more things I was going to add about the design of the CTT: the fact that you can get a recessed TOM on a carved top is pretty cool.  I don't believe it's available on any other carved tops that Warmoth make.  Kudos to the design team for getting that to work.

Also, for those who are interested: the flat metal HB mounting rings appear to be flush to the body without any unsightly gaps despite the carved top...  That's pretty important as they are the only option to go with if you are getting the 720 mod on this one.

More pics once it's done. CTT FTW!

 
elgravos said:
Couple more things I was going to add about the design of the CTT: the fact that you can get a recessed TOM on a carved top is pretty cool.  I don't believe it's available on any other carved tops that Warmoth make.  Kudos to the design team for getting that to work.
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Have you tried dry-fitting the TOM bridge in that recessed mount yet? I'm curious whether or not there'll be any hardship involved with adjusting its height or the string saddles. It's not like you have to adjust those things all the time anyway, so even if it's a pain in the shorts it's not the end of the world, but it would be good to know you can do it if you need to.
 
Very good question.  Now that you mention it, I anticipate some difficulty and even perhaps some hair pulling.  Fortunately, I am having someone else do it so at least I won't be going nuts trying to set it up.  I have to assume it's the same for any recessed TOM user anyway.  The carved top doesn't really make it any harder - on the basis of which it must be do-able.  Otherwise it would not be a very popular option at all.  On the other hand, I'm feeling a little dumb about having bought the tonepros TOM as I'm not sure how I could possibly access the locking allen screws at the base of the bridge... oh well.
 
Yeah, it's not the TOM or the carved top that's the problem, if there is one. Those marriages have been taking place since forever. It's that the thing is buried in the carved top where you can't get at the various adjusters, which are meant to be exposed. But, if that were an issue, I'm sure somebody would have flagged it. I can't imagine you're the first person to sink a TOM into a carved top.

Geez, that sounds kinda dirty <grin>
 
I don't think that's 'forearm contour', just carved top fall away on that side.  It is gorgeous. I didn't think recessing was necessary on a carved top anything, nor did I expect it to work. Is the neck pocket not angled? If so, I guess I might could own a carved top one day after all.
 
swarfrat said:
I don't think that's 'forearm contour', just carved top fall away on that side. 
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Going back and looking again, I think you're right. It's the way the light is reflecting off it that makes transitions seem to show up where there aren't any.
 
Yep, that's just the carved top, there is no forearm contour.  As for the neck pocket.  It's not angled if you have the recessed TOM option.  Of course you can get the standard TOM which is available and requires a recessed pocket.  I was initially gunning for that but I think the recessed option looks better on a tele body.
 
Hot dawg - I hate angled neck packets with a passion. It's largely why I sold my LP studio dotneck waaaay back. (So stupid, I bought the guitar for a song and sold it for 1.05 songs.  I still can't stand the neck angle, wrong waist location, clean tones, etc., but I should've at least sold it for a decent price. But I was too young and stupid to appreciate that I actually had a decent guitar, even if it was not well suited to my tastes.)  I think this certainly will have an impact on my own Paulocaster/Telepaul project.

Hey Warmoth, hurry up and get the CT builder up and running!! Please?
 
Cagey said:
Have you tried dry-fitting the TOM bridge in that recessed mount yet? I'm curious whether or not there'll be any hardship involved with adjusting its height or the string saddles. It's not like you have to adjust those things all the time anyway, so even if it's a pain in the shorts it's not the end of the world, but it would be good to know you can do it if you need to.
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I'm looking at the pictures and it looks like the guitar is flat in the center......like a regular tele, then the edges are carved...... so it should be like any other recessed TOM.....

My recessed LR Baggs T-bridge was kind of a pain to set the height of..... but I  only had to do it once, and I had no problem setting the intonation.  A little tip on when you do your initial setup...... you will need to raise the mounting studs ever so slightly to begin with, I'm almost certain of that, as the rout is about 1/4" deep, you are gonna need about 1/32-1/16" of height above the floor of the rout to keep the strings from not fretting out.  I don't know, like two turns of the studs should do it. You'll be able to tell the first time you put a string on it.  In fact, I just thought of this, it is probably easier to set the TOM HIGHER than you need, and lower it till you get some buzzing and dead strings, then raise her up a 32nd or so.  Shouldn't be a problem at all, if you are just ever so slightly crafty.....
 
You're spot on, the top plane of the tele is pretty much flat - the carve really covers the "wing" and back areas.  Works out quite well as you can have the recessed TOM or the more standard tele hardtail bridge which would definitely be a non starter if it was a full-on carve.

You're quite right there as well on the setup, at least if you are using a traditional Gibson TOM bridge.  The newer tonepros bridges also have adjustment screws at the top of each post which comes in really helpful when you have a recessed bridge.  As I'm not in the least bit crafty, I had a tech throw it all together for me - and a find job he did too (pics pending).  He actually asked to check the TOM spefically for this when I brought the guitar in as he didn't want that particular headache!  In other news, once installed, the intonation adjustment screws and the bridge locking hex screws are all pretty reachable which is good to know.

One final observation would be that with the 720 mod and the recessed TOM you are pushing the envelope on how low the action can get before your strings are sticking to the pickups!  There is not a lot of ground clearance left there, though I'm perfectly happy with my setup.  I'm not a low action nut though so could be worth keeping in my for those considering that combination.  All things considered it's probably the same with a regular strat but it looks a lot more stricking on a rear routed guitar.
 
Meet your cousin.

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Death by Uberschall said:
dNA said:
Unwound G said:
Meet your cousin.

DoneFeb2010a.jpg
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hate to be a further derailer... but that's one hot cousin
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1st, 2nd or 3rd cousin? Makes a big difference,...... ya know.  :laughing7:
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Yeah I actually almost hooked up with a cousin I didn't even know about... BUUUT that's another story :laughing8:
 
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