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ReVintage · July 4th, 2009, 01:49 PM

Hey guys,

Some time ago a client ordered a double cut Tele body from me, but due to one thing or another, was unable to go through on the deal.

So anyway, I decided to keep the body as I've always liked the DC concept. It was also a chance to break away from the usual pre-CBS stuff and flex the creative muscles!

So, I opened CorelDraw and started moving and bending lines. After about an hour and around five pickguard designs later, I decided on this:

And about 6 weeks later, done. Just waiting on a string guide.

It is dimentionally identical to the drawing. The pickguard drawing was exported as a .DXF which was used to cut a template on the CNC machine. I then use the template to cut the guard from 1.5mm ABS on the router table.

Well, I love it. Plays and sounds just like a great Tele should.

Pickups are Duncan Vintage '54 in the bridge, and Duncan '50's in the neck. All Nitro finish of course.

Leme know what you think!

ReVintage · July 4th, 2009, 01:50 PM

ReVintage · July 4th, 2009, 01:51 PM

ReVintage · July 4th, 2009, 01:55 PM

No real build pics I'm afraid... Just these two of the finish process:

First few coats of trans white:

And one of the body curing waiting for sanding and buffing:

funff · July 4th, 2009, 02:05 PM

That's nice! I didn't think I was going to like it, but I do!

Derek McNelly · July 4th, 2009, 02:36 PM

Well, I know what I'm saving up for next.

Consider your design #1 on my GAS list.

I'd go opaque white with a black pickguard though. Maybe a mini-HB in the neck.

Oldschoolwax · July 4th, 2009, 02:46 PM

Man, if I saw that for sale with a maple neck and black guard I'd be itchin! Great job, like the design! The lines work really well together.

bandeapart · July 4th, 2009, 03:07 PM

I want to hate it but I love it.

JohnnyT · July 4th, 2009, 04:04 PM

That is NICE! I like it!

garyd5158 · July 4th, 2009, 04:10 PM

I'm sure that's been done before...but I've never seen one. Wonderful job. I love it and I want to see that body in all different colors. Nice touch on the kidney shape pickguard too. ReVintage, reinvents.
(I gotta stop looking at those picks...GASing for one right now.)

Derek McNelly · July 4th, 2009, 04:43 PM

It looks kinda like a Mosrite, now that I think about it.

rhh7 · July 4th, 2009, 04:44 PM

What a beauty, I love it!

tuuur · July 4th, 2009, 05:19 PM

That's a beauty! Love the pickguard design.

chknpckn · July 4th, 2009, 05:46 PM

Awesome, but it needs a black guard. That is the best DC Tele I've ever seen. Fender's model is butt ugly IMO, but that is fantastic. I think the pickguard design makes it work.

JG806 · July 4th, 2009, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bandeapart

I want to hate it but I love it.

+1. I'd go for a maple FB & a black pickguard.

Mark-00255 · July 4th, 2009, 05:56 PM

Beautiful! Nice clean work, all the way around.

e-merlin · July 4th, 2009, 06:09 PM

That's definitely cool.

surfco · July 4th, 2009, 08:37 PM

nice

ReVintage · July 4th, 2009, 08:45 PM

Cheers guys.

Agreed that the maple neck/black guard combo would look great, but from a playing perspective I just prefer rosewood boards, and the white guard goes better than the black.

I like the design so much that I'll be doing more. I'm thinking an Alder custom colour next, or maybe I'll go crazy and do a bound cherry mahogany... I'm open to suggestions? I will document the next build in the Home Depot forum.

More specs:

Swamp Ash body (2 piece centre joined).
Fender 'original' brand bridge and control plate.
Wilkinson compensated saddles.
CTS 250k pots.
Switchcraft output jack.
Oak 3-way switch, standard wiring.
Genuine Kluson Deluxe tuners (very nice!).

Final weight: 7lb 12oz.

Thanks again guys for all your kind words. I'm glad you're liking it!

Derek McNelly · July 4th, 2009, 09:27 PM

Maple fretboard, black bakelite pickguard, rear routed bridge pickup, tune-o-matic bridge, white nitro finish, PAF in the neck, Nocaster pickup in the bridge.

smsuryan · July 4th, 2009, 10:12 PM

you just made every strat jealous...

1977CJ5 · July 4th, 2009, 10:23 PM

Wow! I like everything about it. Really, really nice!

Jakester93 · July 4th, 2009, 10:37 PM

Very cool!

ReVintage · July 5th, 2009, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek McNelly

Maple fretboard, black bakelite pickguard, rear routed bridge pickup, tune-o-matic bridge, white nitro finish, PAF in the neck, Nocaster pickup in the bridge.

All great ideas!

I was thinking of a rear-routed control cavity on the next one... I may do the bridge PUP too and make an aluminium half bridge.

Oh the possibilities...

PeteMac · July 5th, 2009, 09:57 AM

Mate, that is gorgeous !!!

The pickguard compliments it perfectly, imo.

Well done.

ThreePlyGuy · July 6th, 2009, 03:58 AM

Nice treatment all around.

boris bubbanov · July 6th, 2009, 11:17 AM

I think the white pickguard is the right one, most especially with the dark board.

I think a dual cutaway guitar needs the rosewood, ebony, kingwood, etc. fretboard as an homage to all things "335".

The pickguard design is an excellent one. I heartily approve - but I can see even more, other variants which this design suggests.

This may be the first fully symmetrical dual cutaway T-body I can give my unqualified, excited thumbs up to. Ever. All the others; things like the TC-90, I would always be looking at it and saying - "if only it wasn't" and I am pleased to feel free of that, looking at this gorgeous trans ash finish. What a fine, fine guitar. All the details around the headstock and heel are immaculate, as well.

A.B.Negative · July 6th, 2009, 06:01 PM

Nice guitar! Reminds me of an old Epiphone Crestwood.

Fatmanstratman · July 6th, 2009, 06:20 PM

I like that a lot. Excellent work!....

BlueJim · July 6th, 2009, 07:37 PM

Very nice looking guitar.

jjkrause84 · July 6th, 2009, 08:43 PM

WOW!

Very, very cool Tele you got there.

:)

mijstrat72 · July 6th, 2009, 08:57 PM

That is pretty sweet. I want one!

J-man · July 6th, 2009, 09:23 PM

Beautiful!

Reminds me of these:

Except yours is much nicer. :)

Bluesjam · July 6th, 2009, 09:35 PM

Looks Great!

JDRNoPro · July 6th, 2009, 11:55 PM

Outstanding work on a gorgeous and very unique tele.

The initial drawing was well done and the PG design tastefully integrated, but I just didn't think I would care for it executed as a real guitar..............

The first actual photo changed that very quickly and the successive ones even more so. Congrats!

ReVintage · July 7th, 2009, 11:55 AM

Thanks guys, you're all very kind.

Well I got the string tree on which makes this Guitar complete. I've been playing her through a Blues Junior pretty much non-stop and it's quickly become my #1. This thing just rings for ever.

Now I'm lookin' forward to planning the next. I'll keep you posted on that!

Parma_TeleMon · July 7th, 2009, 12:04 PM

VERRRRRY cool!

Kingpin · July 7th, 2009, 02:31 PM

Nice job! Who made the neck?

ReVintage · July 8th, 2009, 09:31 AM

Neck is an unfinished Allparts TRO-V. I finish sanded the transitions smoother and shot > clear/tinted/clear Nitro. They're very nice necks.

ReVintage · July 22nd, 2009, 09:42 PM

Hey guys,

I added a sound clip. Just some blues noodling... The rhythm part is both pups, and the lead part is the bridge pup; vol/tone full.

*SOUND CLIP*

July 4th, 2009, 01:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
ReVintage Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 147	My take on a classic... Hey guys, Some time ago a client ordered a double cut Tele body from me, but due to one thing or another, was unable to go through on the deal. So anyway, I decided to keep the body as I've always liked the DC concept. It was also a chance to break away from the usual pre-CBS stuff and flex the creative muscles! So, I opened CorelDraw and started moving and bending lines. After about an hour and around five pickguard designs later, I decided on this: And about 6 weeks later, done. Just waiting on a string guide. It is dimentionally identical to the drawing. The pickguard drawing was exported as a .DXF which was used to cut a template on the CNC machine. I then use the template to cut the guard from 1.5mm ABS on the router table. Well, I love it. Plays and sounds just like a great Tele should. Pickups are Duncan Vintage '54 in the bridge, and Duncan '50's in the neck. All Nitro finish of course. Leme know what you think!

July 4th, 2009, 02:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
Oldschoolwax Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: LI New York Posts: 559	Man, if I saw that for sale with a maple neck and black guard I'd be itchin! Great job, like the design! The lines work really well together. __________________ Matter cannot be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned without a receipt.

July 4th, 2009, 03:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
bandeapart Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hollywood, Ca Age: 24 Posts: 447	I want to hate it but I love it. __________________ Jetglo is the new black

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tuuur Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: the Netherlands Age: 41 Posts: 1,832 7 Photos	That's a beauty! Love the pickguard design. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/tuuur

July 4th, 2009, 10:12 PM	#21 (permalink)
smsuryan Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Missouri Age: 34 Posts: 1,166	you just made every strat jealous... __________________ "I have loved some ladies, and I have loved jim beam, and they both tried to kill me, in 1973." -Hank

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ReVintage Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 147

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July 4th, 2009, 01:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
ReVintage Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 147	No real build pics I'm afraid... Just these two of the finish process: First few coats of trans white: And one of the body curing waiting for sanding and buffing:

July 4th, 2009, 02:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
funff Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Age: 44 Posts: 385	That's nice! I didn't think I was going to like it, but I do!

July 4th, 2009, 02:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
Derek McNelly Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2009 Location: . Posts: 362	Well, I know what I'm saving up for next. Consider your design #1 on my GAS list. I'd go opaque white with a black pickguard though. Maybe a mini-HB in the neck.

July 4th, 2009, 04:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
JohnnyT TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Columbia, MO Posts: 32	That is NICE! I like it!

July 4th, 2009, 04:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
garyd5158 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 129	I'm sure that's been done before...but I've never seen one. Wonderful job. I love it and I want to see that body in all different colors. Nice touch on the kidney shape pickguard too. ReVintage, reinvents. (I gotta stop looking at those picks...GASing for one right now.)

July 4th, 2009, 04:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
Derek McNelly Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2009 Location: . Posts: 362	It looks kinda like a Mosrite, now that I think about it.

July 4th, 2009, 04:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
rhh7 Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 816	What a beauty, I love it!

July 4th, 2009, 05:46 PM	#14 (permalink)
chknpckn Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Athens, GA Age: 30 Posts: 190	Awesome, but it needs a black guard. That is the best DC Tele I've ever seen. Fender's model is butt ugly IMO, but that is fantastic. I think the pickguard design makes it work.

July 4th, 2009, 05:56 PM	#16 (permalink)
Mark-00255 Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South of Seattle, WA Age: 51 Posts: 634	Beautiful! Nice clean work, all the way around.

July 4th, 2009, 08:37 PM	#18 (permalink)
surfco Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ◙ Calexico, CA ◙ Posts: 753	nice

July 4th, 2009, 08:45 PM	#19 (permalink)
ReVintage Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 147	Cheers guys. Agreed that the maple neck/black guard combo would look great, but from a playing perspective I just prefer rosewood boards, and the white guard goes better than the black. I like the design so much that I'll be doing more. I'm thinking an Alder custom colour next, or maybe I'll go crazy and do a bound cherry mahogany... I'm open to suggestions? I will document the next build in the Home Depot forum. More specs: Swamp Ash body (2 piece centre joined). Fender 'original' brand bridge and control plate. Wilkinson compensated saddles. CTS 250k pots. Switchcraft output jack. Oak 3-way switch, standard wiring. Genuine Kluson Deluxe tuners (very nice!). Final weight: 7lb 12oz. Thanks again guys for all your kind words. I'm glad you're liking it!

July 4th, 2009, 09:27 PM	#20 (permalink)
Derek McNelly Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2009 Location: . Posts: 362	Maple fretboard, black bakelite pickguard, rear routed bridge pickup, tune-o-matic bridge, white nitro finish, PAF in the neck, Nocaster pickup in the bridge.

July 4th, 2009, 10:23 PM	#22 (permalink)
1977CJ5 Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 266 9 Photos	Wow! I like everything about it. Really, really nice!

July 4th, 2009, 10:37 PM	#23 (permalink)
Jakester93 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dacula, GA Age: 16 Posts: 145	Very cool!

July 5th, 2009, 09:57 AM	#25 (permalink)
PeteMac Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 47 Posts: 934 10 Photos	Mate, that is gorgeous !!! The pickguard compliments it perfectly, imo. Well done. __________________ Life is short; play loud! www.myspace.com/theskinnersband www.myspace.com/theboneyarsedboys

July 6th, 2009, 03:58 AM	#26 (permalink)
ThreePlyGuy Tele-Holic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Southern California/Arizona Posts: 606	Nice treatment all around. __________________ Good luck with your projects.

July 6th, 2009, 11:17 AM	#27 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 15,209	I think the white pickguard is the right one, most especially with the dark board. I think a dual cutaway guitar needs the rosewood, ebony, kingwood, etc. fretboard as an homage to all things "335". The pickguard design is an excellent one. I heartily approve - but I can see even more, other variants which this design suggests. This may be the first fully symmetrical dual cutaway T-body I can give my unqualified, excited thumbs up to. Ever. All the others; things like the TC-90, I would always be looking at it and saying - "if only it wasn't" and I am pleased to feel free of that, looking at this gorgeous trans ash finish. What a fine, fine guitar. All the details around the headstock and heel are immaculate, as well. __________________ When i listen

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A.B.Negative Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Scotland Age: 43 Posts: 428	Nice guitar! Reminds me of an old Epiphone Crestwood. __________________ "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." Last edited by A.B.Negative; August 30th, 2009 at 03:57 PM.

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July 6th, 2009, 06:20 PM	#29 (permalink)
Fatmanstratman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fatmanville, Cambs., UK Posts: 3,589	I like that a lot. Excellent work!.... __________________ . . . *"Behind every argument is someone's ignorance."*

July 6th, 2009, 07:37 PM	#30 (permalink)
BlueJim Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Jersey, US Age: 46 Posts: 477	Very nice looking guitar.

July 6th, 2009, 08:43 PM	#31 (permalink)
jjkrause84 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Age: 25 Posts: 1,001	WOW! Very, very cool Tele you got there. :)

July 6th, 2009, 08:57 PM	#32 (permalink)
mijstrat72 Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: mqt. Posts: 377	That is pretty sweet. I want one!

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J-man Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Wales/Scarborough Age: 21 Posts: 7,381 19 Photos	Beautiful! Reminds me of these: Except yours is much nicer. :) __________________ "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." - Oscar Wilde

July 6th, 2009, 09:35 PM	#34 (permalink)
Bluesjam TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL Posts: 82	Looks Great! __________________ 2002 Fender Nashville Telecaster w/STL-1b, SSL-2, STR-1 Fender Jimmie Vaughan Strat w/ WB 6707's set#7 Gibson 2001 LP Standard Honeyburst w/WB Habaneros Gibson Les Paul Vintage Mahogany w/ WB Vintage Hot's

July 6th, 2009, 11:55 PM	#35 (permalink)
JDRNoPro Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Orrington, ME Age: 59 Posts: 839 1 Photos	Outstanding work on a gorgeous and very unique tele. The initial drawing was well done and the PG design tastefully integrated, but I just didn't think I would care for it executed as a real guitar.............. The first actual photo changed that very quickly and the successive ones even more so. Congrats! __________________ Reflection upon my playing is a reminder to keep my regular job..........pays better but not nearly as enjoyable!!

July 7th, 2009, 11:55 AM	#36 (permalink)
ReVintage Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 147	Thanks guys, you're all very kind. Well I got the string tree on which makes this Guitar complete. I've been playing her through a Blues Junior pretty much non-stop and it's quickly become my #1. This thing just rings for ever. Now I'm lookin' forward to planning the next. I'll keep you posted on that!

July 7th, 2009, 12:04 PM	#37 (permalink)
Parma_TeleMon Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: parma, oh Age: 49 Posts: 1,015	VERRRRRY cool! __________________ ================================ Packin' a Tele, lookin' fer trouble.... ================================

July 7th, 2009, 02:31 PM	#38 (permalink)
Kingpin Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here Posts: 1,319	Nice job! Who made the neck?