What do you think of this

This is my first tele build and I thought I'd stick some pics up to get some of your opinions on it.

This should of all been in the first part.
It's made from 6 pieces of wood, 3 maple & 3 walnut. The neck and fretboard are maple.
It's nearly finished now just waiting on a roller nut and a pickup ring.
I got the pickups from 'at the creamery' pickups in Manchester UK their handmade and sound awesome in a standard us tele. Here are a few more pics.
Thanks

I think that is really nice!

I think that is really nice!

Thanks man

Looks great. Nice wood selection!

I like Maple/Walnut as an ice-cream flavor, it should make a tasty Tele also!!

Yeah I like the contrast between the woods, but it's bloody heavy even though I hollowed out some of it to reduce the overall weight

... he ain't heavy... he's my brother...

Nice job, especially for a first attempt. Love the Bigsby, someday will build one with it.

Looks great...........

Nice job, especially for a first attempt. Love the Bigsby, someday will build one with it.

Yeah I like the look of the bigsby too and I picked it up unused secondhand for €80/$100 still in original packaging. The neck was made on a friends cnc router and I should of saved some time by using it to do the body too, hindsight is a great and useless tool.

I'll post more pics when it's finished.

How come I never run across deals like that? Or have friends with CNC routers (and the ability to program a neck?) Ignore my musings, just the whining of an envious fellow-builder. Have not heard of "At the Creamery" pickups, but if they're made in Manchester (by soccer hoodulums ?) , no doubt they'll rock!

How come I never run across deals like that? Or have friends with CNC routers (and the ability to program a neck?) Ignore my musings, just the whining of an envious fellow-builder. Have not heard of "At the Creamery" pickups, but if they're made in Manchester (by soccer hoodulums ?) , no doubt they'll rock!

Believe me I don't know how to do cad drawings and get them to the router but my friend is a cabinetmaker and uses it for a living, and it was tested out on some pine pieces of wood first.

As for the creamery pups you can see some of his stuff on YouTube, just look up at the creamery and a few videos come up

Yes...nice indeed!

Mouthwatering wood

I've heard some really good things about the creamery pickups. I'll have to check out the youtube clips later on. Nice build by the way.:cool:

R.Stratenstein? I only live about 15 miles from Manchester, and yes all the footy fans are hooligans. :wink:They should go and watch a rugby league match where all the hooligans are playing on the pitch.:lol::lol:

Looks awesome

Greetings from West Limerick, where are you located? There's an Irish guitar-builder's thread on boards.ie, you could drop in there some time too.

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The finished product

...Damm- that's nice!

That is one pretty guitar ther IT. I loves me a Bigsby too. :cool: If you don't mind my asking, where did you get your Bigsby? One of these days I'm going to build a guitar with one of those on it.

I've heard some really good things about the creamery pickups. I'll have to check out the youtube clips later on. Nice build by the way.:cool:

R.Stratenstein? I only live about 15 miles from Manchester, and yes all the footy fans are hooligans. :wink:They should go and watch a rugby league match where all the hooligans are playing on the pitch.:lol::lol:

Rugby, now there's a game. Kind of like building guitars to me, don't understand all the rules, but it's very enjoyable. Leather balls, indeed! :mrgreen:


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The finished product

Very, very nice. How's about an audio clip?

Thanks guys yeah it sounds great was a wedding present for my friend gonna make a video clip in the next few days. I'll put it up ASAP.

That is one pretty guitar ther IT. I loves me a Bigsby too. :cool: If you don't mind my asking, where did you get your Bigsby? One of these days I'm going to build a guitar with one of those on it.

Got the bigsby from thomann.ie

I'll post a few more pics at some stage too

very cool!

Picture of the back

She is awesome :wink:

Very nice!

That's real nice... Good JOB!!!

Thanks a lot guys ill be putting up a short video at the weekend so you can hear it too.

Beautiful.

Very nice

The contrasting woods look great.

Man that looks cool! I'm just finishing up the opposite, black walnut body with a flame maple center!

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Man that looks cool! I'm just finishing up the opposite, black walnut body with a flame maple center!



Very cool was wondering what the opposite would look like is yours the opposite on the back like mine?

absolutely love it!

Mine is solid walnut on the back. I only put the maple strip on the front to cover up a knot hole.