Thunders1988
Tele-Meister
Just what I needed during my exams... Another Preeb-thread. 
I think I'm going to pay more attention to this one than my books.
I think I'm going to pay more attention to this one than my books.
The scale should be 24.65 in 58-60 as far as I recall.
To build a Burst clone, (as you may know) these is a lot more to them then meets the eye. (like a fender I am sure). The top carve has very specific characteristics to it that differ from all other years. Also, the way the control cavity was milled is different as well. The control cavity was milled from two different angles which caused the milling machine to rub to spots on the side walls. The angle causes the bottom to have two surfaces that are not completely flat to one another. If you can nail the top carve and the control cavity, you can make a convinicing 59 clone. Even a lot of the top builders did not get the right details down. They were so concerned about the long neck tenon and pickup cavities that they missed the cosmetic things...like the top, cavity and the position of the tail piece and bridge.
JD
Well...as I said "as you may know". Ha ha..
The bridge did not have as much angle as later years. Its compensation seemed way off and why the saddles are all the way forward..and all the way back. Its amazing that it actually played in tune..but it does.
Yea the top carve is all over the place, but the re-curve seems to change slopes by the toggle switch. (if follows the body line until it gets near the switch. Then if goes sort of straight etc). I am sure you mapped all that out if you spent the time on the other stuff as you did.
I'll be watching this build.
Thanks,
Joe
CORRECTION
this is going to be epic...
this is going to be cool...
Man, Preeb... even your templates are impressive.