WezV Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 just started this, shouldnt take too long to get done the filler i used to stabilise the burl went a little cloudy but its all being sprayed trans blue so i am not too worried about that, somethign to watch out for next time though its having a 1 piece neck made from perfectly quartersawn mac ebony wilkinson trem, sperzel tuners, 2x BKP humbuckers - that kind of thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Mmmmmm... burl. Is the body solid or is it a top? That should be a good looking neck too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 just the top 1/4" - the rest of the body is mahogany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova9 Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Me likey the neck - how are you doing the truss rod - skunk stripe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Buttman Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 awesome choice of wood. Looking forward this build ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 yeah, it will have a skunk stripe - just trying to decide what wood... the last rosewood one i did had a maple skunk stripe and i was happy with the fender negative image look so might go for it again. The other options are to do it in jet black ebony or bloodwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staticunderwater Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Looks great, I've always been a big fan of burl. As for the neck, of those three choices I would personally go with ebony or maple, I think bloodwood would look a slight bit out of place by bringing a whole new colour into the equation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 That neck is going to look SICK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I did a burl/rosewood guitar earlier this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 SICK!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Is that solid burl maple, Rhoads56?! I can burly believe it..................... That'll be a cool tele with the humbuckers and wilkinson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I did a burl/rosewood guitar earlier this year... that is gorgeous! - - shame my burl is only 1/4" I think prostheta has a matching set to mine has anyone tried a solid ebony neck... i must admit its something i have been wary of but i got these two pieces and they were screaming out to be 1-piece necks. weight could be an issue but i figure a tele balances well enough for that not to be a problem and if it is, well i guess i will scrap the idea and make something more conventional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpcrash Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I haven't tried it, but can only imagine it will be time for serious blade sharpening/replacement afterwards. I know when I cut an ebony fretboard I can make sparks . I'm sure this will be amazing when it's finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 well i got a lot done on the body today left to do is the controls, some comfortcontours on tehback and i will probably contour the heel as well - then the whole thing can be tidied up and sent for spraying i also started on the neck, its had its truss rod slot routed out, had the fret slots sawn and been cut to shape. i need to glue in a skunk stripe and cut the headstock out before carving and radiusing it. The mac ebony black wasnt quite wide enough so i have stuck an offcut onto the bottom edge to give me room for the headstock - with it being perfectly quartersawn the join should be well hidden here it is with random hardware thrown into place in reality it will proably have brushed chrome rings with zebra or black or brushed chrome pickups still trying to decide on controls - i will probably go with a traditional telel layout but toggle switch instead of blade and a rear route rather than front control plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Why a trem instead of a hardtail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 erm - not really sure! why not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Efilnickufesin Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 erm - not really sure! why not fair enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 indeed, that is kind of the whole point of building them, doing it the way you want.... and for those who think a fulcrum trem on a tele is just plain wrong - - - well fender did do a small number of mid-70's tele deluxes with strat trems and necks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I wasn't trying to suggest the trem looked wrong, just wondering about the choice to use one at all. The style of trem you've chosen fits the body very well. For my eyes, natural wood (not painted) guitars are more reserved, as are most fulcrum trems, so it's the natural choice. A hard tail or a TOM would have been just as appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 just seemed a strange question i suppose since a wilkinson trem is a pretty standard choice This guitar will be trans blue by the way... hopefully in a colour that goes particularly well with satin look of the wilko bridge and sperzel tuners.. and i think it will look good against the rich darkness of the ebony neck i am going to go against the grain and not do faux (or real for that matter) binding though. I am just going to have the top quite translucent and the back a darker but still slightly translucent blue that maybe bursts slightly onto the top. This tele needs a nice roundover and the binding looks better as a squarer edge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlazaro317 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 just seemed a strange question i suppose since a wilkinson trem is a pretty standard choice This guitar will be trans blue by the way... hopefully in a colour that goes particularly well with satin look of the wilko bridge and sperzel tuners.. and i think it will look good against the rich darkness of the ebony neck i am going to go against the grain and not do faux (or real for that matter) binding though. I am just going to have the top quite translucent and the back a darker but still slightly translucent blue that maybe bursts slightly onto the top. This tele needs a nice roundover and the binding looks better as a squarer edge Any update? I want to see the trans blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 It's no secret I love Teles -and- Burls, so I'm digging this one Wez. And truth be known, even though a solid burl guitar looks great, I prefer to have it as just a cap, my personal (and worthless) opinion is that burl is typically not the best tone wood, since there is no continuous grain for sound transmissions along the body, and best left for caps (unless of course your client wants a solid burl body, then opinions don't matter) ...Do you fill in the bark inclusions before sending it out for finish or does your finish guy deal with them? Either way, how are you filling them? There are various ways, just curious how you like to do it. Rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted February 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 i fill the bark incursions and finish sand before sending them to Mike, this one had quite a few incursions so i did a fill after glueing the top on to stabilise it all, and then i had to do a bit more around the edges after radiusing the fill didnt go perfectly on this because i fiddled with it, its done with west systems epoxy and my impatience sent it slightly cloudy, i havnt done enough burl tops to have 'my way' of doing it, i tried something on this that didnt quite work. I would be miffed if it was going to be natural but the top will be a blue colour. this one is a slow burner at the moment as its a non-profit charity build. i did the control cavity the other day, standard tele but routed from the back and drilled for a toggle rather than blade switch i think choosing to do a solid burl body is like choosing any other body wood.... take each piece as it comes, if you have a 2" thick slab of burl that rings nicely when tapped and you can afford not to chop it up into 6 seperate bookmatched tops then why not use it for a solid body of course, in most cases with burl, that just aint gonna happen!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Is Mike the guy you sent your LP Junior to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Looking good Wez, I'm interested to see how the burl looks underneath your trans blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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