my Tele project (almost there...)

[ginormous]

I've had this rattling around in my head for a while, but it took me a good bit to get all the parts together.
Kind of like that old Johnny Cash song, where he pulls pieces off the assembly line to make his car.

Anyhoos, here's a kisekae mockup of what I have in mind, with some awkward graphics overlaid in MS Paint:



It's a triple P90 with a 5-way superswitch, and custom Fender-style waterslide decals that say "Queen Of Hearts".
It's dedicated to the lady friend.

I'm sure it'll have that "fatter than Strat" sound I'm looking for.

 

[ginormous]

The body I got from a guy on Facebook, who said he could make custom bodies. Dude used bondo instead of wood filler.
He routed for body-through string ferrules (despite my instructions), then slapped on a few pieces of paper and filled that in, again with car body filler.

I have a friend with tools and a workshop. It took ages to sand all that junk off, and do the fill-ins right.
He's been doing the work, since I haven't been firing on all cylinders health wise.

It's a Guitar Fetish maple neck, graphite nut, sapele "rosewood" fingerboard, stainless steel frets.
I'm using a hard tail bridge because I have the partscaster if I need a whammy bar.

The main thing on this, aside from the electronics, the sound and feel, is the graphics.
I want this to be a showpiece. Pretty much all my other guitars are bone stock. I want this to be a little flashy, for her.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Three P-90s in a Tele sounds like a great choice for some very cool tones.

Too bad about your experience with the body. Hope all gets corrected to your satisfaction.

So is it a top-load bridge or string-through body?


Who told you that sapele is rosewood? They are not related at all. Sapele is, however, very closely related to mahogany. Sapele is a little harder and more dense than mahogany and, in my opinion, can be more beautiful when you get a nicely figured piece.

 

[jeremy]

love the concept! sucks about the idiot who made the body, but seems like your buddy got it squared away for ya which is great!

 

[ginormous]

Three P-90s in a Tele sounds like a great choice for some very cool tones.

Too bad about your experience with the body. Hope all gets corrected to your satisfaction.

So is it a top-load bridge or string-through body?

It's a top-loading 6 saddle modern Tele bridge. All the hardware's in black.

Who told you that sapele is rosewood? They are not related at all. Sapele is, however, very closely related to mahogany. Sapele is a little harder and more dense than mahogany and, in my opinion, can be more beautiful when you get a nicely figured piece.

Well, of course, like so many, I got some BS from The Store In The Middle Of Stringed Instruments That Shall Not Be Named.
What you're telling me actually works out for me even better. I need something that will stand up to stainless round wounds.