At last, my Tele project is complete and playable! The GFS mini-humbuckers sound great! This guitar ROCKS! I can't wait to play it with the band!
-Aaron 
"Grab that slab, plug it in and grind me a pound."
-The Reverend Billy F. Gibbons
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Wow - it looks great! I
Tue, 2007/09/11 - 1:28am — KierenWow - it looks great!
I wish I had both your skills and the time to do something like this. Well done and post some sound clips when you can!
Yeah, Looks Grand !! , make
Tue, 2007/09/11 - 6:34am — mself61Yeah, Looks Grand !! , make a few clips with the TL as well !
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Now, if only I could play
Tue, 2007/09/11 - 7:48am — GT350Now, if only I could play guitar as well as I can build stuff! I'll see what I can do about the soundclips. Don't know if I can make it happen on my 7 year old iMac. I can't even figure out how to change my avitar pic!
-Aaron
"Grab that slab, plug it in and grind me a pound."
-The Reverend Billy F. Gibbons
GT350, I just love your git.
Tue, 2007/09/11 - 8:43am — ChicoBluezGT350,
I just love your git. Sexy is the only word to describe it
.
I'm in the market for a Tele myself and am watching 6 gits on ebay...custom and Japanese built
. Yours I would buy.
Jam on,
Chico
http://www.myspace.com/thefabuloushouserockers
"When the power of love is greater than the love of power, there will be world peace." -Jimi Hendrix
That's no
Tue, 2007/09/11 - 10:09am — firebrandThat's no telecaster...
That's a mambo-caster! Absolutely sweet looking. You should build another just to sell.
Thanks for all the great
Tue, 2007/09/11 - 6:38pm — GT350Thanks for all the great reviews! Now this guit just needs a name. Any suggestions? The drummer in my band calls it "Tigger."
Hey I guess I did change my avitar, I just needed to refresh my browser so I could see it. Duh!
-Aaron
"Grab that slab, plug it in and grind me a pound."
-The Reverend Billy F. Gibbons
Aaron; Nice job! Love the
Tue, 2007/09/11 - 10:31pm — hotramanAaron;
Nice job!
Love the Honey Maple look!
Can you flip it over and give us pics of the body & neck?
hotraman
Great looking! And Tigger
Thu, 2007/09/13 - 1:39am — Madmax25And Tigger is a cool name for it, too
"Playing the blues? That's what Tiggers do best!"
Wow. this is really
Thu, 2007/09/13 - 1:05pm — kaalWow.
this is really far-out. Such a beauty! Ever thought about becoming a luthier?
Kaal
Does the GFS mini humbuckers
Sat, 2007/09/15 - 12:31pm — hotramanDoes the GFS mini humbuckers give more of a "rock" sound vs. the traditional single coil Tele "twang"
How dis she sound with your band?
Sweet guitar! I've been
Sat, 2007/09/15 - 8:36pm — eyema_believerSweet guitar! I've been building one myself, hanging out over at telecaster.com letting those guys walk me through it. Honestly...it's without a doubt the finest guitar I've ever had in my hands... I can't believe I've gone 30 years playing the guitar and never had one that really is a GREAT guitar like it.
CHICO! You after anuther guit-fiddle?? hee hee! Teles are where it's at man!!
Peace!!
~Shawn
no no no... Pauls Shawn
Sat, 2007/09/15 - 9:32pm — mself61no no no... Pauls Shawn Pauls !!!!
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Paul?? Oh yeah Monte, I know
Sun, 2007/09/16 - 2:32pm — eyema_believerPaul?? Oh yeah Monte, I know that guy! He plays Telecasters!
www.unleavened.net
Steve, I added a photo of
Sun, 2007/09/16 - 3:55pm — GT350Steve, I added a photo of the backside at your request. You can see the "relief" I had to give the neck plate to accommodate the extra body thickness (2 1/8") and the resulting finish damage when I tightened the neck screws. Have I mentioned how frustrating lacquer is to work with?
Yes the mini-humbuckers have more rock sound to them than stock tele pickups. They have more clarity than full size hums, but aren't "thin" sounding like a single coil. They probably sound most like a hot wound P-90 without the hum. I did wire in a coil split with a push/pull pot so it can twang if necessary.
-Aaron
"Grab that slab, plug it in and grind me a pound."
-The Reverend Billy F. Gibbons
Aaron; Very nice finishing
Fri, 2007/09/21 - 10:17am — hotramanAaron;
Very nice finishing job on the back of the Tele body.
The variety of woods is cool to see.
Coil split is a good idea as well.
I put a Seymour Duncan LIl 59 in my Tele, but I'm still able to get a 'twang' by switching to the bridge/middle P/U.
Have you posted it at the TDRI website?
Steve