ur so fucking crazy i love it

thats beautiful!

Rob always sounds dumb and mean, but he is correct insofar as skill and band members matter waaaaaay more than the type of guitar-- a telecaster (ideally with neck position humbucker) is objectively the most versatile guitar and therefor the only guitar any new player should ever consider

Nick wrote:Love it!

I thought the headstock was white in the first pic, which would have looked really neat. Not that it doesn't already.

Also trim your strings

O shit that would look cool. A white headstock maybe I'll paint it since it's a $30 neck I can't really ruin it lol

just realised I never posted any pics of the finished guitar-- has a random ceramic pup right now but I am going to put another GFS metal foil pickup in when it arrives
edit: this is also my first time fucking with the GFS "kwikplug" system-- its very cool and makes pickup swapping so fast!
spray ...

rob bro the pickup whips

i put the one i ordered for this project into my main telecaster and i've ordered ANOTHER one for this bad boy

paul_, the neck is... really good for $30, but the frets needed a dressing and some sanding was needed to get it into the pocket

i bought the mono synth and it is so dang fun. highly recommended

update: ordered a chinese maple banana neck for $30, got email saying they are out of maple, will rosewood fretboard be ok.

anyone have experience with these necks?

GFS have a lot of decent looking bridges, but I assume they'll be too big for the bridge spacing on that body

You’re right, fender shortscale basses have a narrower string spacing than the long scale models. I can’t remember the exact measurement but that’s why I can only use ...

UK parts dealer, also you need to get one of their roller nuts for it:
http://www.chguitars.co.uk/necks/banana/nk4-banana-maple-guitar-neck-maple-fingerboard-22-fret.html

that's nto a 1 piece neck either-- the fretboard is a maple slab that's glued on.

if you look closely at this picture u can ...

UNsexy progress pics, just to keep me honest about finishing htis in a timely fashion:
http://i.imgur.com/4wGztvC.jpg grain filler (probably to much grain filler?)

http://i.imgur.com/bgSCeqN.jpg neck acquired (from a Rhandy Rhoads V). Even warmoth maple banana necks are 2-piece (ie. no skunk ...

these all seem to be dead links?

BearBoy wrote:An demo:

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holy shit

I know that EHX pedals always disappoint me (except for their cheap vocoder pedal which is rad) but I guess I am going to buy the fuck out of this?

Oh well in that case, a telecaster is the easiest guitar to take apart and put together!

Fam,

Just got a new American Tele. And I fucking love it. But it has a GNARLY buzz that I'm pretty sure is a grounding issue because it's worst on the bridge pickup setting, and when I touch the control plate especially it goes away, but really any metal.
Except the bridge.

Help me! I don't ...

these are beautiful! cant wait to see that bighorn painted

I've decided against the warmoth neck because 2 piece maple necks piss me off! I have a jackson neck that I could use but its about 2mm thick for the neck pocket-- I guess that means I am in the market for a ebay neck

I dont believe in tonewoods at all (for electric guitars)

It'll be a travesty if you don't do a banana headstock - it'll balance the shape of the guitar out nicely too.

agreed-- its not gonna have a jazzmaster neck on the finished guitar dont worry!

update: i decided to try out this pickup since its cheap and new
http://www.guitarfetish.com/assets ...

Here it is with a neck and bridge just to get an idea of the proportions