First guitar is progressing

[Chistopher]

Got all the scary parts of my Tele build done.

Neck is a reinforced Musikraft made from quartersawn maple, fretboard is reclaimed from Coney Island board ( 100 year old Brazilian walnut). SS Frets.

Body is white mahogany.

Mostly spare hardware I have laying around is going in it. Wilkerson bridge and Bootstrap Pretzel pickups.

There is a gap around the neck pocket (looks worse in the picture than it actually is) that should be just fine once I get it finished. Plan now is white doghair stain with a matte clear coat.

Any questions?

 

[Chistopher]

Here's the picture

 

[Chistopher]

Forgot to mention, the body came out pretty prefect in that every error I could make was fixed without visual indication except one of the through holes for the strings ended up *slightly crooked. I can probably fix it because I haven't drilled for the ferules yet

 

[Chris Pile]

Brazilian walnut - AKA imbuia.

When you sanded it did it smell like cinnamon?

 

[Chistopher]

I didn't do any sanding on it. The neck was prebuilt. Next project is gonna be making a neck

 

[jeremy]

i like the grain on the body, how heavy is it?

 

[Chistopher]

I haven't weighed it yet, but the full body blank was a little over 8 pounds. It's a very light body. The neck isn't too far from average in terms of weight, but it's also on the lighter side

 

[playas]

That´s really cool.

Please keep us updated with how you´re getting on.

 

[GuitarDoc]

It's looking very good so far.

It's interesting that you said that the..."body blank was a little over 8 pounds. It's a very light body." My entire completed guitar builds including neck, hardware, and finish are right at 6 pounds.

 

[Mincer]

It's looking very good so far.

It's interesting that you said that the..."body blank was a little over 8 pounds. It's a very light body." My entire completed guitar builds including neck, hardware, and finish are right at 6 pounds.

That's the ideal weight for me (or lighter).

 

[Chistopher]

It's looking very good so far.

It's interesting that you said that the..."body blank was a little over 8 pounds. It's a very light body." My entire completed guitar builds including neck, hardware, and finish are right at 6 pounds.

With the body routed out, it's about 5 lbs. Don't know exactly where that lands for a Tele. Neck is a little heavier than I'm used to for maple