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Well, finally I've got my semi-hollow tele build together.
Warmoth ash body, with maple neck/ebony fretboard. Fitted with 2 of Zhangbuckers finest pure handwound vintage output pickups.
Its pretty light too, 6 1/2 pounds
I'll have to call it the Lemony Snickett, because the parts/finishing was definitely a series of unfortunate accidents.
#1 Broke Collarbone just as the body arrived
#2 Warmoth sent wrong pickguard initially, sorted fairly quickly
#3 Sanded through the sanding sealer and into stain in several places. In fixing this, more of the stain came off due to some mineral turps still on the brush I used. Luckily these rather obvious flaws are on the back
#4 Ordered neck from B Hefner, 12 weeks later and no action I checked with them. Based on their response it had been forgotten (although I'm not 100% sure on this assumption), it was shipped less than a week after the email.
#5 The ebony fretboard was very rough and the fret ends hadn't been touched. Luckily some sandpaper and the tech's setup sorted these small issues.
#6 As I was doing the very final polish with a drill pad and Meguiars polish, the rag under the guitar got caught up and sent the guitar crashing over 1m to the ground. I had to take the finish back to bare wood in 2 places (on the front edge), stain and 8 coats of clear plus sanding, rough cut/fine cut/polish again.
#7 Tuners I put on ended up being for a right handed guitar, even though I was positive I'd ordered for a lefty neck.
Luckily it sounds great. The best idea of tone is a nice Gretch. I've been hammering out some Living End on this.
Warmoth ash body, with maple neck/ebony fretboard. Fitted with 2 of Zhangbuckers finest pure handwound vintage output pickups.
Its pretty light too, 6 1/2 pounds
I'll have to call it the Lemony Snickett, because the parts/finishing was definitely a series of unfortunate accidents.
#1 Broke Collarbone just as the body arrived
#2 Warmoth sent wrong pickguard initially, sorted fairly quickly
#3 Sanded through the sanding sealer and into stain in several places. In fixing this, more of the stain came off due to some mineral turps still on the brush I used. Luckily these rather obvious flaws are on the back
#4 Ordered neck from B Hefner, 12 weeks later and no action I checked with them. Based on their response it had been forgotten (although I'm not 100% sure on this assumption), it was shipped less than a week after the email.
#5 The ebony fretboard was very rough and the fret ends hadn't been touched. Luckily some sandpaper and the tech's setup sorted these small issues.
#6 As I was doing the very final polish with a drill pad and Meguiars polish, the rag under the guitar got caught up and sent the guitar crashing over 1m to the ground. I had to take the finish back to bare wood in 2 places (on the front edge), stain and 8 coats of clear plus sanding, rough cut/fine cut/polish again.
#7 Tuners I put on ended up being for a right handed guitar, even though I was positive I'd ordered for a lefty neck.
Luckily it sounds great. The best idea of tone is a nice Gretch. I've been hammering out some Living End on this.
...but beautiful! Love the finish color.
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