All Maple Thinline

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by B Vance

Fantastic work!!!

Thanks B!

Peace,
Mark

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by Scatter Lee

excellent

Thanks man! Good to hear from you!

Peace,
Mark

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by 52Tele_lover

amzing guitar man.

Hey, there you are. Good to hear from you again. Thanks for following along on this one.

Congrats to your fellow New Zealander & Telecaster Master, Keith Urban on his Grammy win!

Peace,
Mark

[eshuffle]

Wow...beautiful work....I really like the color looks fantastic...

[JPW2105]

You know, been watching this one progress for ages and was never convinced about the top... compared to the Texas it never floated my boat you know, but... seeing it finished I am just blown away, I take it all back. That is beautiful work Mark, beautiful. 10 out of 10.

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by JPW2105

You know, been watching this one progress for ages and was never convinced about the top... compared to the Texas it never floated my boat you know, but... seeing it finished I am just blown away, I take it all back. That is beautiful work Mark, beautiful. 10 out of 10.

Wow! Thanks for the kind compliments. I do appreciate knowing that the final product swayed your view of the concept. I would like to say I knew it would come out the way I envisioned it, but too much happens in translation between idea and reality to be certain. I can say that I'm very pleased with it and I still get a bit of a rush when I walk into the studio and see it sitting there. Hope that never fades.

P.S. I will finish the Texas Tele soon...I promise! It's curing, to be buffed out as we speak.

Peace,
Mark

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by eshuffle

Wow...beautiful work....I really like the color looks fantastic...

Thanks! I appreciate your comments. Glad you like it.

Peace,
Mark

[Guitarnut]

I finally got around to weighing this guitar fully assembled. It's a delightful 6.5 lbs. It's well balanced body to neck and lays against my ample tummy very comfortably.

To close this one out, I just want to say thanks to all who followed along and especially to those who offered comments and encouragement along the way. Even to a few who challenged me and helped me to see things from another perspective.

This forum is a priceless resource and I hope in some small way, I've added to that.

Peace,
Mark

[bzablo]

TDPRI's most amazing build. I have become so inspired by this. Thank you!

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by bzablo

TDPRI's most amazing build. I have become so inspired by this. Thank you!

Hmmm. That's very kind of you to say. Keep reading, there are many fine builds here and much, much more to inspire you.

Thanks!

Peace,
Mark

[freaktone]

Wow!! What a great build... love it!

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by freaktone

Wow!! What a great build... love it!

Thanks Freaktone! It's been awhile since I read thru this one. It was a fun build...still one of my favorite guitars.

[newtherapist]

Very nice indeed

[denizdurdag]

Originally Posted by Guitarnut

This guitar came up on one of the recent topics and I just remembered...

This build and the great result was the reason that got me into guitar building. And after four veneering, five dying, two varnishing and one decal failure, here is the result:



Guitarnut, I both love you and hate you equally for infecting me

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by newtherapist

Very nice indeed

Thanks!

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by denizdurdag

This guitar came up on one of the recent topics and I just remembered...

This build and the great result was the reason that got me into guitar building. And after four veneering, five dying, two varnishing and one decal failure, here is the result:

Cool! That came out nice. The PG is a nice touch on red. Glad to hear my build had some influence on you.

Guitarnut, I both love you and hate you equally for infecting me

I both appreciate and resent that statement equally... actually, I appreciate it more.

[evanrw]

I'm embarrassed to admit I've only just read through this build.

Stunning.

And, I will be stealing all your hard-earned bending knowledge!

[Guitarnut]

Originally Posted by evanrw

Stunning.

And, I will be stealing all your hard-earned bending knowledge!

Thanks evanrw!

I've learned a bit more since this build. I did a similar style for my 2011 Challenge Build but out of mahogany. I changed my caul and clamping approach. It worked much better the second time around.

Plus, I adapted my ROSS as a thickness sander to dial in the thickness of the sides before bending...got them down to .070" pretty easily.



2011 Challenge Build

This is what the caul looks like now. If I do bending again, I'll make my body core like this and clamp the sides in place before the top and back. Hindsight, you know.

[metalmayhem]

That's a really awesome guitar you've built there. Congrats

[jan jansen]

Originally Posted by Guitarnut

Next, I set up my resaw table/fence and cut the top and back. After a few passes thru the planer, they look pretty good.







Then I cut the veneers that I will use to wrap the sides. I cut these off the edge of a billet so I'm not sure the figure patterns will match up well. I may recut these from the flat side of the board so they match better...they're beautiful though, I'll keep them for another project.

That are nice pieces of wood...woowh..