Tele style build.

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Tele style build.

Postby gooberman » Wed May 11, 2011 10:06 am

Here are a few pics of a Thinline type Tele that I did for another forums contest. This is my second build (first actually completed with wiring!) and I think it turned out pretty good. It is all maple body, with flamed maple cap and faux binding. Maple neck and a Paduk fretboard. It has two P90's that I picked up off the bay for under $20 total. The tuners are cheap, but they work! The sunburst was done with water based analine dyes and it was hand rubbed. I then finished it with Truoil, neck and body. Hope you like it.

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Re: Tele style build.

Postby dubtrub » Wed May 11, 2011 10:19 am

Very nice! I see the tiger stripe maple even shows through the binding.
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Re: Tele style build.

Postby MWaldorf » Wed May 11, 2011 11:13 am

That's really sharp!
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Re: Tele style build.

Postby Sarah93003 » Wed May 11, 2011 1:20 pm

That is gorgeous!!
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Re: Tele style build.

Postby Veenture » Wed May 11, 2011 3:46 pm

Very nice. You may call yourself proud owner but also proud maker! 8-)

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Re: Tele style build.

Postby gooberman » Wed May 11, 2011 6:29 pm

dubtrub wrote:Very nice! I see the tiger stripe maple even shows through the binding.


Thanks...I was quite impressed on how the faux binding came out.

Sarah93003 wrote:That is gorgeous!!


MWaldorf wrote:That's really sharp!


Thanks for the nice comments.

Veenture wrote:Very nice. You may call yourself proud owner but also proud maker! 8-)


Thank you...I am quite proud of both!

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Re: Tele style build.

Postby olrocknroller » Wed May 11, 2011 8:41 pm

Nice job! It's a great feeling to complete all that detail work, string it up and play it for the first time. I try to build one a year, incorporating some new idea that I want to try out...
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Re: Tele style build.

Postby gooberman » Thu May 12, 2011 10:33 am

olrocknroller wrote:Nice job! It's a great feeling to complete all that detail work, string it up and play it for the first time. I try to build one a year, incorporating some new idea that I want to try out...

This is my second build, but the first with the electronics done...so when I become a famous builder, it will be a trick question! But let me tell you, as soon as I plugged her in and I strummed my first power chord....I was grinning ear to ear :D

I would like to do a few a year if I could as well. My first was pretty much your standard solid body, my second was hollowed out...I want to do a top carve on my next build, I figure a Mosrite clone would be a good place to start. Plus they look really cool!


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