Thinline build (Added more pics 03/23/09)

[DslDwg]

Figured I'd move this over from out of the box to start to show some of my progress.

Thinline Tele - Cherry burst - Quilted maple top - Alder body

Birdseye/ Birdseye neck - SS6105's -1 3/4" nut - wizard profile - satin finish - no inlays.

You might notice the pickups - Seymour Duncans - hot rail bridge - vintage stack neck. I will have a push/pull volume to split both pick-ups and a EMG AB for variable boost. I wanted a fairly traditional looking Tele - however I am a hard rock/metal player hence the humbuckers and pre-amp

Sperzel  Open back sound locks - never had them before but I love the look of them and the concept of how to install the strings - scary drilling holes in this neck though. But actually I bought a little battery powered Dremel and it worked great and gave me great control.

will post more as I continue - couple weeks due to travel schedule.

Here it is laid out before I start assembly -

Cleaning out the holes for the string ferrules

String ferrules installed

Neck bolted on temporarily

shielding bridge pick-up route

bridge installed - probably temporarily also ha-ha

More to come.

 

[Nando Vallart]

Looks damn good!

 

[erogenousjones17]

Both the body and neck look amazing!

 

[blimpo]

really, really nice.

love the open gold tuners and the BE neck is stunning...

 

[lafromla1]

Hmmm, my next build was gonna be a gold-top LP, but that Tele is making me think again.  Really nice body and neck.

 

[m4rk0]

go for a goldtop thinline!!

 

[Tempest]

go for a goldtop thinline!!

Oooooh yes!  That would be delicious.

Sweet looking thinline BTW DslDwg!  :icon_thumright:

 

[lafromla1]

go for a goldtop thinline!!

That's what I was thinking. I'm not to partial to the standard Tele bridge though, I kinda like the 'Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and anchored tailpiece' that Fender uses on some of their Tele's.  Does Warmoth have something similar?  Also, have to do a lot more research on what sound I want.

 

[DslDwg]

bump - new pictures

 

[line6man]

Looks good.

But how come your not shielding the neck pickup route?

 

[DslDwg]

I am - still a work in progress - that's next.