Members Grant Harding Posted December 3, 2018 Members Share Posted December 3, 2018 Woo hoo! That's a real beauty! Amazing to watch it come together like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted December 3, 2018 Members Share Posted December 3, 2018 incredible work , I've ben eagerly followng every step Thank you for taking the time to document and share the process .I am truely envious of your skill. It really is a work of art But ,it's like a lady once told me "show just enough to make them look and hide enough to keep them guessing because the mystery is most enticing" I'm in the minority opinion here but I think a telecaster without some sort of pickgaurd or something is still a generic slab of wood no matter how nicely doneHate on me all you want but it's my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted December 3, 2018 Author Members Share Posted December 3, 2018 I have not put a pick guard on any guitar that I've built except the ES things. I think it belongs on them but on everything else I don't need them or want them. I'm too much a wood slut to want to hide it under a piece of plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted December 3, 2018 Members Share Posted December 3, 2018 Nothing wrong with thatJust a matter of personal preferance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6down1togo Posted December 3, 2018 Members Share Posted December 3, 2018 Man oh man is that ever pretty! Incredible workmanship there and I love the top sans pickguard. Too pretty to cover up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted December 3, 2018 Author Members Share Posted December 3, 2018 When I think about it, all the pick guards on the ES things have been wood, usually ebony to match the rest of the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted December 4, 2018 Members Share Posted December 4, 2018 I'm really considering putting a clear one on the Barncaster because I'm playing it so much and the soft pine is starting to show some wear. I'd happily let it relic to the max, but I know how you feel about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted December 4, 2018 Members Share Posted December 4, 2018 you are not the only one, who thinks witthout a pickguards its looks kinda naked... still great work and piece of art, but not exactly what my taste prefers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted December 4, 2018 Members Share Posted December 4, 2018 Shoulda painted it flat black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted December 6, 2018 Members Share Posted December 6, 2018 But the biggest question is how does it play Do you notice a tonal difference with the chambered body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted December 6, 2018 Members Share Posted December 6, 2018 I can take or leave the pickguard as long as there's no control plate but I do like the look sans pickguard. My Schecter doesn't have one and I neither need nor want one on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted December 7, 2018 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2018 But the biggest question is how does it play Do you notice a tonal difference with the chambered body This first thing you notice when you pick this puppy up is just how incredibly light it actually is. It weighs 5 lb 13 oz on my postage scale - my hollow arch top is 6 lb 8, the chambered LP thing is 7 lb 10, my solid Lester is 9 lb 3. I'm tempted to take the scale down to the music store to weigh a "real" tele. Second thing I notice when comparing to the LP is that unplugged it has a lot more "acoustic" presence. Neither one sounds good unplugged, but the tele seems considerably louder. We could speculate all day how that affects the plugged sound, and of course there are so many differences between them that the point is moot - but something for sure is moving a little bit more air. The ergonomics seem fine - I like the neck shape (remember its based on a LP), the fret board is 12 inch and just a hair wider than most tele. I do notice the flat body - I'm used to angled necks and curved tops. How does it sound plugged? It sounds like a tele, at least what I think a tele should sound like. Remember, I'm not an electric player, I've only rarely played other telecasters (and mostly those were ones that I built). Remember too that these are pretty generic pickups - I happened to have two StewMac "golden age" pups - I bought them for something else and so thats what I used ). I've used these in a couple of the barncasters and people seem to like them so for right now I'll leave them in. (Grant will be really disappointed, I promise one of these days to order a set from Fralin..... With both my LP clone and the jazz guitar I tend to play thru my home made tube amp with no effects - just pure and clean. I play more on the neck pickup too - I've become spoiled by the lush sounds. The tele I've plugged into a cheap Fender practice amp that has a bunch of different "voices" - it seems to prefer just a little clipping. I don't know much about effects but I have a multi effect thing that I may experiment with. I'm way too old to be a shredder. So, short story, I like the way it sounds, it will supplement my other two electrics rather than replacing them. I certainly am sold on the whole idea of chambering - both the chambered LP and this convince me it is worth while. I like the woods and finish, altho I'll admit that its a little more than I expect of a telecaster. Final note, I always do a spreadsheet of the costs just for my records. This was kind of interesting - every thing involved came out of my stock. Sure, I bought it some time but the records are lost and it was basically like building for free. I bought two sticks of fret wire but didn't use them, a quart of lacquer and a 30 dollar gig bag. Maybe I need to look in boxes under the work bench more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted December 7, 2018 Members Share Posted December 7, 2018 Take a look! Maybe my OM is under there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted December 7, 2018 Members Share Posted December 7, 2018 For the record, the Fralins have been replaced with TV Jones Starwood Tele set and it just came alive. I knew when I ordered the Fralins that they were really low output by design. While they sounded really good, the TV Jones are more what I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 in another life I was an engineer What field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 But he didn't - so there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 The guitar turned out beautiful Freeman - great job, and congrats on the cool new toy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted December 7, 2018 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2018 Electrical, I specialized in industrial controls and automation in the food (fruit) industry. My wife said that what I did was to figure out someone's job and eliminate it. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted December 7, 2018 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2018 Good thing I waited, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted December 7, 2018 Members Share Posted December 7, 2018 I'm still a huge Fralin fan. His Blues Special set is what that guitar wants, but decided to try the TV Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jaxjaxon Posted December 10, 2018 Members Share Posted December 10, 2018 That is one nice mahogany Rush ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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