I re-started work on my Pine body telecasters

[Blazer]

Well I guess you guys all remember that I started the building of two matching Pinecasters.



My intention was to use up spare parts I had lying around and to have them both in aged natural. But because of me making a HUGE mistake by routing the pickup cavities for 24 fret necks, the project was shelved in favor of the Mahogany Body tele I started to make. Today I took one of the bodies because I once again was a man with a plan.

I filled the pickup cavity and covered it with a piece of maple, I then got out the routing template for strat pickups and went to work.

The fill is clearly visible.

Maybe you can see it but the neck I'm planning to use sat on the imfamous "Pink Nightmare" before.

I'm planning to either finish it baby blue of make it into the "Rasta Frank" Signature model.


So what do you guys say?

[leftybob]

Rasta, always gets my vote !

[zeegler]

Remember folks, this is the work of a professional guitar builder.

[Bengal65]

I'm with Baby Blue with Rubber Baby Bumpers to protect the soft pine.

[Cygnus X1]

Zeegs!
Yore naught nice at all.

Seriously, my mini bich is fugly.
But then I never called myself a "guitar builder" either.
Still working on the "amp builder" gig.
Still nowhere near ready to call myself a pro!

Bet this will be a "strike".

[zeegler]

Fuck, I miss Blazer.

[Grandturk]

FWIW, the music zoo had a new charvel made out of pine when I was there last week. Damn thing was light as hell.

[AK47]

Love all the "Tone Knots" in the wood. Is this a luthier secret Blazer was not supposed to reveal?

[PowerTube]

Looks good, but I hope the tone isn't too "sappy...."



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[jgcable]

how appropriate that he has a jar of VANISH on his workbench. I guess he rubbed some on himself.

[straycat]

Pine actually does sound good.Tonally dude.
The first tele's were made of pine.
rsguitarworks made a tele out of 200 year old pine and it sounded killer.

[AK47]

Pine actually does sound good.Tonally dude.
The first tele's were made of pine.
rsguitarworks made a tele out of 200 year old pine and it sounded killer.

But did they use "tone knots" in the wood?:think:

[SEEGERMANY]

Zeegs!
Yore naught nice at all.

Seriously, my mini bich is fugly.
But then I never called myself a "guitar builder" either.
Still working on the "amp builder" gig.
Still nowhere near ready to call myself a pro!

Bet this will be a "strike".

Do you type just to watch your fingers move? Oh, does the quote below look familiar?

"Sing along with me...
"I, I, I
Me, me ,me
I'm the most important nobody that I see, see, see!"

[Jayster]

Blazer,

[atdguitars]

But did they use "tone knots" in the wood?:think:

Those are natural organic tone chambers.. not just regular "tone knots"