Driver Blues
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I'm in the process of commissioning the local luthier to build me a "homegrown" Telecaster styled build. The body wood will be sourced from a pine tree I have cut from my property and the neck will come from a hickory tree that I also fell.
I'm going for a possibly angled license plate pickguard, a sinple wraparound bridge, and a natural, though possibly stained, finish. The pickups will be a TV Jones Classic neck and a Fender '51 Nocaster bridge. I'm thinking about for the controls just a simple volume control and a Fender style blade switch.
I don't want to just copy the Tele body shape because I prefer an offset body shape and body contouring, but I want it to be somewhere in the same ballpark. A more offset Peavey Omniac with rounded edges and contouring would be a good place to start, but I'm looking for a more rustic, "made from papa's barn" look.
So I was wondering if you guys knew of any body shapes in particular that strike you as fitting this description. A few things I haven't quite set in stone are whether or not to include the license as part of the control plate or to fabricate a separate control plate that attaches, and if I do, whether or not to keep a Tele style control plate or a crescent shape more similar to a EBMM Stingray.
What are you guys thoughts? Oh, and here are some gratuitous photos:
I'm going for a possibly angled license plate pickguard, a sinple wraparound bridge, and a natural, though possibly stained, finish. The pickups will be a TV Jones Classic neck and a Fender '51 Nocaster bridge. I'm thinking about for the controls just a simple volume control and a Fender style blade switch.
I don't want to just copy the Tele body shape because I prefer an offset body shape and body contouring, but I want it to be somewhere in the same ballpark. A more offset Peavey Omniac with rounded edges and contouring would be a good place to start, but I'm looking for a more rustic, "made from papa's barn" look.
So I was wondering if you guys knew of any body shapes in particular that strike you as fitting this description. A few things I haven't quite set in stone are whether or not to include the license as part of the control plate or to fabricate a separate control plate that attaches, and if I do, whether or not to keep a Tele style control plate or a crescent shape more similar to a EBMM Stingray.
What are you guys thoughts? Oh, and here are some gratuitous photos:
