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Tele Custom ´72 mahogany project
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:44 pm
by jamba72
Got a nice older Bach Telecaster Standard, they build many of their guitars with mahogany body, which is interesting for a special Tele Custom build..
the original bridge singlecoil sounds nice, bridge with notched brass saddles..
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:48 pm
by jamba72
ok, hard work first..
neck pickup cavity hacked with wood knives..this mahogany body is really light, smells nice and is really dark colored.
control cavity hacking was most work ( forgot to take fotos)..
fret levelling and recrowning..left some scratches on the maple fretboard because I only covered it with cheap tape..
masking tape is much better..lesson learned.
maybe I fix that later..
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:56 pm
by jamba72
body through holes look a bit off-centered, so I drilled them a notch wider, so that the strings don´t touch wood anymore..
before
after
huge pickguard cut from a 45x40 cm piece
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:59 pm
by jamba72
coming together..
string trees make a huge difference on the Tele..
blackface copy knobs
neck pickup is a Vanson Alnico II humbucker, wired out of phase, sounds great in middle position..
cheers