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tuuur · May 28th, 2008, 04:50 AM

As the original double uncut tele thread is increasingly becoming a photoshop contest for making the most horrible tele abominations, I decided to create a separate build thread for the double uncut tele. This one will become a guitar especially for slide.

For those that didn't read the original thread; this idea is inspired by the Fender TC-90 double cut Tele. Just as the body of that one is a symmetrical, doubled treble side of an normal Telecaster, this one gets a body that is a symmetrical doubled bass side of a normal Telecaster

As I am on a really tight budget these days, I'll use only what I have lying around.
What I got so far:

IKEA planks for the body
neck with tuners from an old acoustic
old rusty tailpiece from the same old acoustic
tune-o-matic bridge with studs
2 strat pickups
electronics

Here's the donor guitar. Its body is no more, it ceased to exist, is an ex-body (of plywood).

The first things are done. Following the lines of the Tryggvecaster and the Teiscocaster, I started with a Tryggve plank that's going to be the middle part.
I'll make it a hollow body again, maybe with a f-hole, maybe even with two, I''m undecided yet.

Here's the middle body part with the neck:

Close up of the body part and the headstock. The decal reads: Goldene Harfe (meaning gold harp in German, though on the backside it reads Made In Italy...)

May 28th, 2008, 04:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
tuuur Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: the Netherlands Age: 41 Posts: 1,831 7 Photos	IKEAcaster #3: the double uncut Tele build As the original double uncut tele thread is increasingly becoming a photoshop contest for making the most horrible tele abominations, I decided to create a separate build thread for the double uncut tele. This one will become a guitar especially for slide. For those that didn't read the original thread; this idea is inspired by the Fender TC-90 double cut Tele. Just as the body of that one is a symmetrical, doubled treble side of an normal Telecaster, this one gets a body that is a symmetrical doubled bass side of a normal Telecaster As I am on a really tight budget these days, I'll use only what I have lying around. What I got so far: IKEA planks for the body neck with tuners from an old acoustic old rusty tailpiece from the same old acoustic tune-o-matic bridge with studs 2 strat pickups electronics Here's the donor guitar. Its body is no more, it ceased to exist, is an ex-body (of plywood). The first things are done. Following the lines of the Tryggvecaster and the Teiscocaster, I started with a Tryggve plank that's going to be the middle part. I'll make it a hollow body again, maybe with a f-hole, maybe even with two, I''m undecided yet. Here's the middle body part with the neck: Close up of the body part and the headstock. The decal reads: Goldene Harfe (meaning gold harp in German, though on the backside it reads Made In Italy...) __________________ http://www.myspace.com/tuuur Last edited by tuuur; June 1st, 2008 at 02:06 PM.