Starting a Telemaster project

I am starting a Telemaster build and thought I would share the experience. The body is a relic from Danny Hines / Wildwood. I think it's Swamp Ash. Copper Metallic. I can't find pickguard to fit it (Warmoth doesn't fit) so I'm going to try the pickup ring rout. The hardware in the pictures is just laying there. Going to do a bit of shielding first.
Thanks for looking!

Feel free to throw any advice or criticism my way. I'm never too old to learn, just too old for anything else.

Go with the rings, it's not always bad to tread a different path :)

A rosewood fretboard would look nice too ;)

Go with the rings, it's not always bad to tread a different path :)

A rosewood fretboard would look nice too ;)

I'm going to use my roasted neck for now, it has a rosewood like vibe to it.

I've installed a temp neck just to test it out.

I flipping broke a string and lost a pin insert in my sperzel high e string. Now I need to drive downtown for a string :roll:
She looks a little more like a guitar now. You can see my work area resembles my brain. Look up disaster in the dictionary and see me.

Dave, she looks great. I love the vibe from the pickup rings. Nice touch my friend. Kudos

That does look pretty sweet great stuff.