GregP Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Cool. I say expose the P90, but that's just me. Stealth is cool, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted October 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Right now I'm tempted to go stealth...mainly because I like the 'traditional' tele look a lot...those extra dots would ruin that. But, because I feel kind of silly for having bought this pickguard --well, that was before I started getting good at routing --I'm thinking I'll just make a new one (or two or three) with the holes. Just to prove I can one of the nice parts of the tele's pickguard is you can take it off without have to unwire everything else! But at the next string change (because I'm a cheap bastard and don't want to waste a $2 set of strings! Weird, eh?) I'm going to move the bridge back a few millimeters --in order to intonate, I had to move the saddles way back --so that the windings on the strings are riding on the saddles. Doesn't seem to be hurting the sound, but still. But once I do that, I'm going to need a new guard to cover up the patch I'll need to make on the bridge cavity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Drat. Well, at least easily fixed and you have a plan of attack. Ya know, I like stealth a bit better, too, come to think of it. Go fer it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted October 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 I don't consider it a major issue, it's certainly not getting in the way of playing it! Of course, I also have the option of converting the guitar to string through...but I kind of like the back all naked and smooth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted October 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 And finally, the pictures: I still need to file the nut slots, my guitar teacher's lending me his files for that. And since I like the sound of the P90 so much, I'm tempted to get a 'real' pickup --this one's a Mighty Mite, and I've got the idea that the real thing will have even more bite to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Looks good, but I was expecting the carve to be more pronounced. Maybe it's just the pic. When do we get to hear the thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted October 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Looks good, but I was expecting the carve to be more pronounced. Maybe it's just the pic. I copied the carve off of my strat, but it seems less pronounced because I kept the tele's flattop...I can say this though, it really changes a lot about playing the tele, it's much more comfortable to play now, standing up and sitting down... When do we get to hear the thing? ← When I learn how to play it! But that might not be too long, I've been taking lessons the past year, I'm finally starting to get somewhere. Wish I'd have practiced this much when I was a kid.... I can definitely recommend adding a P90 for anyone who's tempted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 I wonder if Marksound knew that the 'carvecaster' just features a belly carve, not a carved top. Looks great! I love that natural look for Telecasters. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Yeah, I knew whose guitar it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Yeah, I knew whose guitar it was. ← You wouldn't want me to make [gasp] a strat, would you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Nah. I'm kinda liking my Tele. Might even build one for real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Nah. I'm kinda liking my Tele. Might even build one for real. ← Well, I suppose I wouldn't have modded this guitar if I'd have had a real tele --on the other hand, I probably wouldn't have done the carve to a real tele...but it really makes a big difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Well it's not too sunny today so I can't get good photos yet. In the meantime, let's play a game called: Can you guess what I screwed up? (The light changed, not the color of the guitar --it actually looks more like the 'after' shot in person) The screw up was pretty fundamental...but it gave me the opportunity to ditch that wooden pickguard --which was pretty enough but rather bland, and annoying to play with (too thick) and besides, it bugged me that I didn't make it myself. I'm really pleased with the metal pickguard (featuring rust patterns courtesy of my kid's pee!), even though I had to remove the P90, which wasn't compatible. Luckily, I had this old 60s era pickup, in pieces, and the polepieces fit perfectly. Here's a closeup of the guard I'm going to experiment with other metal types, and eventually I'll try to remount the P90, because it sounded really good. But for now I just want to play the damn thing! So, what's your guess? How did I screw up, and how did I fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Uh, you forgot to get a tetanus shot? It looks like the bridge is moved back farther in the after pic. Is that just the angle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Heh heh, I'm up to date on the tetanus thing... Yep, I moved the bridge back. But why? What silly thing did I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Did you have to rout the middle cavity more to angle the P90? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Did you have to rout the middle cavity more to angle the P90? ← I didn't have to, I just did it because it looks cooler that way...this was when I was hoping that exposing the poles would make the P90 work with the metal pickguard... but no the mistake I made was really quite fundamental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Tell me you didn't screw the scale length when you were messing with the neck pocket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 No, it was even more simple than that...when I first started shopping for the neck, I had all my specs laid out... But it took a while to find the neck I wanted....then one came up on ebay, a nice deal, had a buy-it-now price so I didn't have to deal with people bidding up the necks with stupidly inflated prices... Except I forgot to count the number of frets....the neck I was replacing had 22...the neck I bought had 21....of course, it didn't intonate properly...took me a couple of weeks to figure this one out! So yeah, I moved the bridge back by around 8 mm...and now it's perfect. Of course, I had to make the new pickguard to cover up the holes...it's pretty ugly under there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Well, that wasn't a fair test. You should have shown a real before pic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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