ONBFFD Old New Build Finally Finished Day

[Pontiac Jack]

The parts for this one have been accumulating in the shed for the past 15 years. Every part is brand new old stock. The body was in the shed,in a box,under a pile of other bodies and tone wood since 2001. It's meant to be swamp ash,it ain't,but the weight is somewhere between an Swamp Ash and Northern Ash. I painted it Daphne Blue about 7 years ago. The neck is an old Mighty Mite that I picked up about 10 years ago. I never used it because the dot markers are way out of line. Turns out,it's a beautiful player! Machine heads are NOS Gotohs. I'm not sure how old,but they were in a box of stuff from when I closed my shop in 2000. Bridge is a top-loading Wilkinson compensated job,which is a lot better than I thought it would be.
Finally,it's loaded with a Lil '59 wired series/parallel/split through a standard 3 way Tele switch.
Plays great,sounds great,has 3 very usable sounds. Now,I just need to pull my finger out and start playing live again to get some use out of it!!

Cheers,PJ

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: ONBFFD Old New Build Finally Finished Day

supercool! Love the cutouts.

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: ONBFFD Old New Build Finally Finished Day

Nice!

'Grats!

 

[treyhaislip]

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Awesome! Love the tummy cut and forearm contour! Working on a Tele build right now and am doing the same thing on mine!

 

[Pontiac Jack]

Re: ONBFFD Old New Build Finally Finished Day

Thanks for the comments. Sadly,the "gut cut" is becoming more of a necessity these days!

Cheers,PJ

 

[Artie]

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Sweet! Love that color. I hope you can post some clips sometime.

 

[Will S-T]

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Hey Andy, that's gorgeous mate!

Is that a mint guard? very classy indeed

 

[Pontiac Jack]

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Thanks Artie,I believe I used one of your wiring diagrams . I'll try to record some noise for you.

Cheers Willy,i think the plate is mint,or parchment,or aged white or just a piece of mangy old crap out ofthe shed ! I dunno its been floating around here for a while. Get ya Spanish butt over here to try the sucker out and you can call it any colour you want .

Cheers,PJ

 

[GuitarDoc]

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Love that you put in the "gut cut" and forearm relief. I now do that to nearly every one of my builds.

 

[daan]

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Very nice! That looks really classy, and fun to play.
I dig the L59 in my Tele, too.

Did you do the contouring, or did you get the body that way? I kind of wish I had contoured my Tele body when I was working on it.

 

[treyhaislip]

Re: ONBFFD Old New Build Finally Finished Day

Love that you put in the "gut cut" and forearm relief. I now do that to nearly every one of my builds.

Same here, after a Semi-Hollow Strat project without either I use both going forward.

 

[Pontiac Jack]

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I did the slicing and dicing myself. I probably left them a bit too angular.
I've always loved the look and feel of Strat bodies with deep gut cuts and forearm relief. I like when they almost flow into each other. There's a smooth transition like a beautiful piece of sculpture.

Cheers,PJ

 

[BloodRose]

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VERY NICE!! IMO, the cut outs make it alil more, I dunno.. classy maybe? Teles to me always look like such a blank plank. Really like that!! Cut outs required here too.. I have to hold my guitars a certain way or the amp picks up my pain pump in my gut clicking...