simonbaker
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I've finally finished my Tele/Nashville/Partscaster.
I did post elsewhere previously with wiring and pickup questions, but this is the finished article so time to show it off.
It's a swamp ash Mighty Mite body and a Mighty Mite compound radius Strat neck.
I've laid an ebony veneer on the face of the headstock, and inlaid that with a Scorpius constellation in abalone dots. I don't believe in astrology, but it kind of works on the headstock, and that's my sign.
I replaced the plastic fret dots with abalone ones. I rolled the fretboard edges, installed an Earvana nut, and leveled and dressed the frets.
For pickups, I've got a Trembucker spaced JB in the bridge, a Dimarzio Area58 in the middle, and a Joe Barden Danny Gatton neck pickup.
I put a greasebucket circuit on the tone knob, and a Kinman treble bleed on the volume. Both are 250k audio pots.
The tone control is a push/push switch, which does series and parallel wiring on the humbucker.
It's got a Schaller Megaswitch, which gives me bridge, bridge/middle, bridge/neck, middle/neck and neck on its own. With the series/parallel switching, I've got eight useful sounds!
I put a set of Tronical tuners on it (a divisive subject I know, but truly amazing in practice for alternative tunings).
I fully shielded all cavities with copper foil, and it is as quiet as a mouse.
I made the scratchplate from a blank. I've modified the standard tele shape, with something I came up with. It flows round the top of the bridge plate and the control plate. Lots of templating/routing/drilling, and tons of filing!
Here are a few more pictures taken during the build.
I'm chuffed with the way it's turned out. I learned a lot making this, and I've got some other ideas for another build.
Here's one more in its new home, with some other family members.
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