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Robi · January 17th, 2009, 01:01 PM

Hello everyone!
This is my first post here and I would like to show you my frst telecaster.
Before this, i've made just one guitar, stratocaster, it was ok for the first guitar..

My english is not so good, but i'm sure you'll understand me ;)

body is made of ash (unfortunately, not swamp ash.. The guitar is heavy as hell), neck is maple + rosewood, hardware is guitar fetish (www.guitarfetish.com), pickups are handwounded '52 broadcaster.

And some pictures:

voodoostation · January 17th, 2009, 01:17 PM

Nice work! That's an excellent from scratch build. Congratulations! I really dig the gold hardware, goes very well with the body color and the rosewood fingerboard. Why are you repainting? Finish get damaged?
Good hands man, you got a knack!

Douglas Ingram · January 17th, 2009, 01:18 PM

Hey! What are you doing with my guitar!

I'm building my first, and until a couple of days ago, this is pretty much exactly what I was planning on doing. I still will.

It's looking great. I'm sure that you will enjoy it greatly.

Your English is pretty darn good, too. Don't let your concerns about fluency stop you from writing!

Robi · January 17th, 2009, 01:25 PM

Thank you guys ;)

Painting is bad because pieces of dust got under the clear coat of paint ;(

I'll have to do it outside in spring.
Until then, it'll be one dusty guitar

Colt W. Knight · January 17th, 2009, 01:31 PM

Looks stunning, where did you acquire the neck?

Douglas Ingram · January 17th, 2009, 01:35 PM

Colt, you can see in the photos that its scratch built.

Robi · January 17th, 2009, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colt W. Knight

Looks stunning, where did you acquire the neck?

As Douglas said, it's scratch built guitar and so is the neck.

I think those necks that you can buy on ebay or other sites aren't good, because you never know if the scale is good, are the frets properly installed etc.

And it's cheaper this way

mowcheeba · January 17th, 2009, 04:05 PM

Looks great, I'm impressed. Where did you buy the rosewood?

martino · January 17th, 2009, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robi

It's not done yet, I'll have to paint it all over again..

I hope you like it!

WHY I love the paint and color scheme .

I allso like the way you routed the neck pickup makes for easy shelding.

Robi · January 17th, 2009, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mowcheeba

Looks great, I'm impressed. Where did you buy the rosewood?

Thanks

I bought it in Zagreb..

Robi · January 17th, 2009, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by martino

WHY I love the paint and color scheme .

I allso like the way you routed the neck pickup makes for easy shelding.

The paint and color scheme is not going to change, I'm gonna make it just the way it is. I don't like my goofy job, that's it

WisconsinStrings · January 17th, 2009, 11:00 PM

I wouldn't have thought a white guitar, white pickguard, and gold hardware would be my thing. That guitar is stunning though.

Great job!

HOBBSTER01 · January 17th, 2009, 11:41 PM

Welcome aboard.
Fantastic work.
I certainly wish I'd had your skills at 17.
Keep up the good work.
Twang on.

Zmatko · January 18th, 2009, 02:05 AM

Nice handcrafting, you should keep up with this.

Jordanm57 · January 18th, 2009, 02:13 AM

It's not even put together yet and it looks amazing. I just finished building a strat from scratch except it was black and gold.

Robi · January 18th, 2009, 07:37 AM

Thank you everyone!

in march/april I'm going to start building two stratocaters, one is going to be hardtail (rosewood fb), the other one regular tremolo strat (maple fb). Wood will be the same as on this Tele (ash body and maple neck). I can put my pics here if you want, although this is a telecaster forum... Everything I do on Strat can be applied on Tele

mrothacker · January 18th, 2009, 10:49 AM

I really like the color combination , it looks very similar to a guitar I saw in a pawn shop a few days ago and was surprised at how beautiful it was .
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Robi · February 6th, 2009, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robi

Thank you everyone!

in march/april I'm going to start building two stratocaters, one is going to be hardtail (rosewood fb), the other one regular tremolo strat (maple fb). Wood will be the same as on this Tele (ash body and maple neck). I can put my pics here if you want, although this is a telecaster forum... Everything I do on Strat can be applied on Tele

As I said, I'm going to start building two strats..
But it won't be in "march/april", it happened today!

I've just made a topic in strat section, here's the link:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/stratocas...ml#post1662005

boris bubbanov · February 6th, 2009, 06:04 PM

Everything looks very professional; very nicely done!

I did notice you chose to make the heel thickness greater than the body thickness beneath the neck pocket. What made you decide to go that way?

Much obliged.

tweeet · February 6th, 2009, 06:10 PM

Cool looking guitar my friend...keep it up!

Robi · February 7th, 2009, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

Everything looks very professional; very nicely done!

Quote:

Originally Posted by tweeet

Cool looking guitar my friend...keep it up!

Thank you!

Quote:

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

I did notice you chose to make the heel thickness greater than the body thickness beneath the neck pocket. What made you decide to go that way?

I had too thick piece of maple... But I was lazy to spend 2-3 hours to make it thiner with a router...

jvoronsky · July 4th, 2009, 09:45 AM

Very nice thanks for the photo's

mgdesigns · July 4th, 2009, 10:21 AM

Robi:
Do you have any pictures of you installing the frets? This looks great. You DO have the KNACK.

Robi · July 4th, 2009, 10:49 AM

Thanks.

I don't have any pictures of this guitar, my hard disk broke down few weeks ago :(

jay1970 · July 4th, 2009, 12:23 PM

Fantastic, well done. Your 17 right?

Robi · July 5th, 2009, 08:35 AM

Yes...

jay1970 · July 5th, 2009, 11:52 AM

Im backing ROBI now for a future $100 guitar build champion..lol

January 17th, 2009, 01:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Robi TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Croatia Age: 18 Posts: 96	My first tele Hello everyone! This is my first post here and I would like to show you my frst telecaster. Before this, i've made just one guitar, stratocaster, it was ok for the first guitar.. My english is not so good, but i'm sure you'll understand me ;) body is made of ash (unfortunately, not swamp ash.. The guitar is heavy as hell), neck is maple + rosewood, hardware is guitar fetish (www.guitarfetish.com), pickups are handwounded '52 broadcaster. And some pictures: http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC01901.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC01932.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC01944.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC01945.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC01947.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC01952.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC01956.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC01969.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC01983.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC01992.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC02008.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC02036.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC02070.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC02080.jpg http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSC02100.jpg It's not done yet, I'll have to paint it all over again.. I hope you like it!

January 17th, 2009, 01:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
voodoostation Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2007 Location: Midlothian, Va Age: 36 Posts: 530 2 Photos	Nice work! That's an excellent from scratch build. Congratulations! I really dig the gold hardware, goes very well with the body color and the rosewood fingerboard. Why are you repainting? Finish get damaged? Good hands man, you got a knack! __________________ "'Til the pawnshops were packed like a backstage party, hangin' full of pointy, ugly, cheap guitars. And the youngun's all turned to karaoke, hangin' all their wishes upon disregarded stars. -DBT"

January 17th, 2009, 01:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Douglas Ingram Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lorette, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 137	Hey! What are you doing with my guitar! I'm building my first, and until a couple of days ago, this is pretty much exactly what I was planning on doing. I still will. It's looking great. I'm sure that you will enjoy it greatly. Your English is pretty darn good, too. Don't let your concerns about fluency stop you from writing! __________________ Happily analog. http://www.redrivercanoe.ca/ http://woodbecreative.blogspot.com/

January 17th, 2009, 01:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
Douglas Ingram Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lorette, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 137	Colt, you can see in the photos that its scratch built. __________________ Happily analog. http://www.redrivercanoe.ca/ http://woodbecreative.blogspot.com/

January 17th, 2009, 11:41 PM	#13 (permalink)
HOBBSTER01 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: North GA. Age: 47 Posts: 1,625 4 Photos	Welcome aboard. Fantastic work. I certainly wish I'd had your skills at 17. Keep up the good work. Twang on. __________________ The Hobbster

January 17th, 2009, 01:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
Robi TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Croatia Age: 18 Posts: 96	Thank you guys ;) Painting is bad because pieces of dust got under the clear coat of paint ;( I'll have to do it outside in spring. Until then, it'll be one dusty guitar

January 17th, 2009, 01:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
Colt W. Knight Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Virginia Age: 25 Posts: 4,086	Looks stunning, where did you acquire the neck?

January 17th, 2009, 04:05 PM	#8 (permalink)
mowcheeba Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Pisco Elqui, Chile Age: 32 Posts: 846 63 Photos	Looks great, I'm impressed. Where did you buy the rosewood?

January 17th, 2009, 11:00 PM	#12 (permalink)
WisconsinStrings Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arcadia, Wisconsin Age: 38 Posts: 1,134	I wouldn't have thought a white guitar, white pickguard, and gold hardware would be my thing. That guitar is stunning though. Great job!

January 18th, 2009, 02:05 AM	#14 (permalink)
Zmatko Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sweden, now where's me rattle-can? Posts: 318	Nice handcrafting, you should keep up with this.

January 18th, 2009, 02:13 AM	#15 (permalink)
Jordanm57 TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United States Posts: 91	It's not even put together yet and it looks amazing. I just finished building a strat from scratch except it was black and gold.

January 18th, 2009, 07:37 AM	#16 (permalink)
Robi TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Croatia Age: 18 Posts: 96	Thank you everyone! in march/april I'm going to start building two stratocaters, one is going to be hardtail (rosewood fb), the other one regular tremolo strat (maple fb). Wood will be the same as on this Tele (ash body and maple neck). I can put my pics here if you want, although this is a telecaster forum... Everything I do on Strat can be applied on Tele

January 18th, 2009, 10:49 AM	#17 (permalink)
mrothacker Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Asheville Age: 49 Posts: 402	I really like the color combination , it looks very similar to a guitar I saw in a pawn shop a few days ago and was surprised at how beautiful it was . [IMG][/IMG]

February 6th, 2009, 06:04 PM	#19 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 15,209	Everything looks very professional; very nicely done! I did notice you chose to make the heel thickness greater than the body thickness beneath the neck pocket. What made you decide to go that way? Much obliged. __________________ When i listen

February 6th, 2009, 06:10 PM	#20 (permalink)
tweeet Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: england Age: 47 Posts: 418	Cool looking guitar my friend...keep it up!

July 4th, 2009, 09:45 AM	#22 (permalink)
jvoronsky NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: uk Age: 56 Posts: 4	Very nice thanks for the photo's

July 4th, 2009, 10:21 AM	#23 (permalink)
mgdesigns Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Franklin, TN Age: 57 Posts: 515 4 Photos	Robi: Do you have any pictures of you installing the frets? This looks great. You DO have the KNACK.

July 4th, 2009, 10:49 AM	#24 (permalink)
Robi TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Croatia Age: 18 Posts: 96	Thanks. I don't have any pictures of this guitar, my hard disk broke down few weeks ago :( __________________ My builds: http://s308.photobucket.com/albums/k...Stratocasters/ http://s308.photobucket.com/albums/k...01/Telecaster/ http://s308.photobucket.com/albums/k...c001/Thinline/

July 4th, 2009, 12:23 PM	#25 (permalink)
jay1970 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bradford-United Kingdom Age: 39 Posts: 198	Fantastic, well done. Your 17 right?

July 5th, 2009, 08:35 AM	#26 (permalink)
Robi TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Croatia Age: 18 Posts: 96	Yes... __________________ My builds: http://s308.photobucket.com/albums/k...Stratocasters/ http://s308.photobucket.com/albums/k...01/Telecaster/ http://s308.photobucket.com/albums/k...c001/Thinline/

July 5th, 2009, 11:52 AM	#27 (permalink)
jay1970 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bradford-United Kingdom Age: 39 Posts: 198	Im backing ROBI now for a future $100 guitar build champion..lol

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