well over a year in the making! BUILD FINALLY FINISHED! (pic heavy)

[jake_xms3_punk]

i finally finished building my telemaster!

basic specs are
BODY:- solid mahogany with THICK slightly spalted flame maple cap
NECK:- flame maple with bocote fretboard and skunk stripe, ebony wood fret dots. bone nut. reverse headstock.
PICKUPS:- neck- duncan vintage for tele, bridge- custom 5.
wired with two volumes (both cts, 250k for neck 500k for bridge)
reverse control plate.
WEIGHT:- heavy!

finish-
BODY- clear nitro
NECK- tinted oil


here are the pics, please excuse the crappy pics, they really don't do this guitar justice :-

this is how i received the body.

and after months of waiting on parts and building, soldering, drilling etc...here is the complete guitar

check out the flame! also there are natural marks in the wood that look like finish flaws. i also like the light spalting

the camera doesn't pick up the flame on the headstock too well, the pics don't do it justice.
i love the fretboard!

look how thick the cap is. i was a little concerned until i plugged it in!

nice flame maple neck, again the camera didn't pick it all up! nice mahogany back!

i haven't had much play time yet but all i can say is this guitar sustains for DAYS. much more then my sg and lp special!

the neck pickup is a little unbalanced with the bridge pickup output wise, but that's why i wired it up with 2 volumes and no tone. i also haven't had much time to tinker with pickup heights etc. might go for something hotter in the neck in the future

i hope to have more time playing and tweeking and hopefully get some clips up soon!

 

[Kam]

Re: well over a year in the making! BUILD FINALLY FINISHED! (pic heavy)

****ing hell man...that is beautiful. Good job, I really love it. :friday:

 

[jake_xms3_punk]

Re: well over a year in the making! BUILD FINALLY FINISHED! (pic heavy)

****ing hell man...that is beautiful. Good job, I really love it. :friday:

thanks man! really appreciated :beerchug:

 

[FretFire]

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That is REALLY cool, well done!

 

[jcthejester13]

Re: well over a year in the making! BUILD FINALLY FINISHED! (pic heavy)

Sexy.

 

[elscorcho]

Re: well over a year in the making! BUILD FINALLY FINISHED! (pic heavy)

That is REALLY cool, well done!

+1.....Enjoy it!

 

[Kam]

Re: well over a year in the making! BUILD FINALLY FINISHED! (pic heavy)

thanks man! really appreciated :beerchug:

No problem, dude. I mean, you did just build my dream guitar...albeit in a gayer backwards fashion.

How's it sound? I would imagine it to be a bit bright for my tastes...

 

[St_Genesius]

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That's not a cap. That's half the guitar!

 

[tone4days]

Re: well over a year in the making! BUILD FINALLY FINISHED! (pic heavy)

congrats
enjoy

man that isnt a mahogany guitar with a maple top .. its a maple guitar with a mahogany back

cheers
t4d

 

[astrozombie]

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All I can say is: yes.

where'd you get the parts and such?

 

[bluesbend]

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WOW!!! Great job man!

How does she sustain?

 

[jake_xms3_punk]

Re: well over a year in the making! BUILD FINALLY FINISHED! (pic heavy)

That is REALLY cool, well done!

thanks man

Sexy.

isn't she just?

+1.....Enjoy it!

will do thanks man

How's it sound? I would imagine it to be a bit bright for my tastes...

its actually not that bright, not half as bright as i expected. but like i said i haven't had much time with it through my marshall yet so

That's not a cap. That's half the guitar!

congrats
enjoy

man that isnt a mahogany guitar with a maple top .. its a maple guitar with a mahogany back

cheers
t4d

ye it is pretty much lol, it has a arm contour so it goes a lot thinner there (see pic4) so i guess it would have to be that thick or the back would come through. i didn't expect it to be half the guitar though! :scratchch

All I can say is: yes.

where'd you get the parts and such?

cheers! i got the guitar body made by a luthier in the uk, got the neck from a luthier in the US, all custom made to my specs. the rest of the parts i got mainly from ebay and parts websites.

WOW!!! Great job man!

How does she sustain?

thanks man! i plugged her in briefly through my marshall and struck a chord and i was like wow and held it for as long as i could, i actually got bored and gave up in the end cos it sustained for so long lol



thanks for the feedback guys! :friday:

 

[d1dsj]

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Fantastic job indeed. That looks great and I'm sure it sounds it too!

 

[stevie_bees]

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Very nice indeed! Congrats...

 

[ehdwuld]

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love it

so what does it really tip the scales at?

 

[woemoejack]

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thats one of the most bad ass parts made guitars I've ever seen. Congrats

 

[SabbathFan0220]

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Dig it.