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So yesterday and this morning I put the finishing touches on my first from scratch build. I built the body, the neck and finished it myself. Didn’t turn out half bad, and plays great. It definitely has some flaws and I have a real respect for actual luthiers who have become professionals who have mastered this craft.
On to the eye candy. Speaking of which it is candy apple red with a metallic gold base as you can see. I bought off the shelf hardware for it. Currently has a fender American vintage 52 pickup in the bridge and a Duncan vintage tele pickup in the neck. They both sound great. I mean it’s a tele. It sounds like a tele and plays like one. I made the neck with a fat asymmetrical d shape. 12” radius because I can’t be bothered with those old timey round boards of most fenders.
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my 96 epiphone my brother bought new with his first summer job money, I promptly inherited it a year later when he never learned to play and it started living in my bedroom as i played it constantly. My dad made him whole that year and bought it from my brother as a gift to me for hs graduation. This guitar traveled up and down the west coast while i was in college and went out east to New york afterwards with me to play in a band for a year. Its seen more gigs than any other guitar I’ve owned and survived 26 years with me. I cant recall how many times ive rewired it. Its had at least 6 replacement switches in it. I used to go through one every 2 years with the damn stutter sound id use it for. I sometimes think about taking of the stickers i put on it 20 years ago but it almost seems wrong to do so at this point. If it wasn’t coated in an 1/8” of polyester im betting id have worn through the finish years ago Im not joking about the thickness either. The headstock from the side looks like it had a pane of glass glued to the top the finish is so thick. I once threw it off my shoulder with no regard for how it would land as i started getting into a fight after being spit on by a band mate. Lets just say this guitar has had more malt liqour spilled on it than most people ever drink .
Currently it resides quietly in the basement jealous of a Korina explorer. Hey at least it got some cts pots and nice pickups to replace the emgs i kept in it for years.
It should also be noted this is the most rock solid guitar ive ever had It never needs the truss rod adjusted unless dtring gauge is changed and it hold tune better than any other guitar ive owned- 7
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You have a fine set of skills sir. Truly appreciated.
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I’m excited to see the whole thing. I love black with multi ply binding and gold hardware. Cool to see another masterpiece.
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NGD (sort of) Tele (no Hamer content)
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