elgravos
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Here's to number 3 - Telepaul
Finally got my act together and after months of agonizing over various details, I've put in my order and am expecting my telepaul to show up some time mid july. Was initially considering putting a bunch of questions to the forum but somehow managed to figure out things on my own in the end - though a couple where put out way back when.
Anyway, here are the specs:
One piece mahogany carved top telecaster body with flame maple top - 2 hbs - recessed TOM with staggered string through - 720 mod - contoured heel and tummy cut - standard tele controls - fireburst top - vintage tint masked binding - clear gloss back.
Was willing to go for something but ended up not being wild about any of the unique choice flame maple tops they had at the time. Maybe they are getting rare and going the way of quilt maple? Anyway, the three they had were all way too busy for me in different weird ways so just went for the standard top (which I believe is AA). My Gibson LP is AA and it is pretty damn nice. Given what I've seen in the showcase for reasonable prices, Warmoth should be able to do far better than that so not too worried on that front (notwithstanding the occasional bout of paranoia). Fingers crossed. After much thought, decided to go the recessed TOM route and give up on the stop bar / angled neck pocket. More tele that way but shouldn't impact on the sound. Plus, it looks less busy which I like. Though I am a little sad that the neck won't be at an offset angle to the body. A lot of the LP charm is there IMO. I guess, I'm going the Hamer route in that sense.
Throwing in a pair of bareknuckle rebel yells for good measure so pretty psyched on that end! Expensive but hopefully will live up to the hype - otherwise there is always ebay. Must say I was impressed with the delivery time. Took 6 days for them to get here from the UK (east b**f*** - though it is a small country) and they slipped through customs undetected so I ended up not having to pay any duty on them - which saved me in the region of 50 bucks. Still, way over 200 bucks for a set of HBs. Let's hope they are worth the money.
Neck:
Conversion Tele neck - rosewood - jet black ebony fingerboard (no inlays) - SS6105 frets (stainless) - earvana graphtec nut (1-11/16ths) - 12" straight radius neck (for the true LP feel) - sperzels.
Had to go for standard thin in the end. Not quite what I wanted but the closest available. Given the conversion scale and the 1-11/16th nut, it should feel different enough from my current warmoth guitars but would have preferred something slightly more substantial. I think they really need to put out something in between the standard thin and the 59' - but not asymmetric. The Gibson 60s slim taper is by far my favorite profile - so far at least - and is just slightly more hefty than the standard thin. Food for thought.
Pics as soon as it lands.
Cheers.
Finally got my act together and after months of agonizing over various details, I've put in my order and am expecting my telepaul to show up some time mid july. Was initially considering putting a bunch of questions to the forum but somehow managed to figure out things on my own in the end - though a couple where put out way back when.
Anyway, here are the specs:
One piece mahogany carved top telecaster body with flame maple top - 2 hbs - recessed TOM with staggered string through - 720 mod - contoured heel and tummy cut - standard tele controls - fireburst top - vintage tint masked binding - clear gloss back.
Was willing to go for something but ended up not being wild about any of the unique choice flame maple tops they had at the time. Maybe they are getting rare and going the way of quilt maple? Anyway, the three they had were all way too busy for me in different weird ways so just went for the standard top (which I believe is AA). My Gibson LP is AA and it is pretty damn nice. Given what I've seen in the showcase for reasonable prices, Warmoth should be able to do far better than that so not too worried on that front (notwithstanding the occasional bout of paranoia). Fingers crossed. After much thought, decided to go the recessed TOM route and give up on the stop bar / angled neck pocket. More tele that way but shouldn't impact on the sound. Plus, it looks less busy which I like. Though I am a little sad that the neck won't be at an offset angle to the body. A lot of the LP charm is there IMO. I guess, I'm going the Hamer route in that sense.
Throwing in a pair of bareknuckle rebel yells for good measure so pretty psyched on that end! Expensive but hopefully will live up to the hype - otherwise there is always ebay. Must say I was impressed with the delivery time. Took 6 days for them to get here from the UK (east b**f*** - though it is a small country) and they slipped through customs undetected so I ended up not having to pay any duty on them - which saved me in the region of 50 bucks. Still, way over 200 bucks for a set of HBs. Let's hope they are worth the money.
Neck:
Conversion Tele neck - rosewood - jet black ebony fingerboard (no inlays) - SS6105 frets (stainless) - earvana graphtec nut (1-11/16ths) - 12" straight radius neck (for the true LP feel) - sperzels.
Had to go for standard thin in the end. Not quite what I wanted but the closest available. Given the conversion scale and the 1-11/16th nut, it should feel different enough from my current warmoth guitars but would have preferred something slightly more substantial. I think they really need to put out something in between the standard thin and the 59' - but not asymmetric. The Gibson 60s slim taper is by far my favorite profile - so far at least - and is just slightly more hefty than the standard thin. Food for thought.
Pics as soon as it lands.
Cheers.
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