a for day un-tele
Hey guys,
Just thought I would share something I finished this week. It is not quite to the standards that I’ve seen here before but I’m getting a great deal more comfortable with every finished instrument.
A little back story:
Several weeks ago some buddies and I were out for a couple of pints and we got to talking instruments – ok not so unusual. To make a long story short I ended up taking a bet that I couldn’t build a tele style instrument in 4 days. By the end of day three the second session of French polish was finished.
here are the details:
-One piece mahogany body with rosewood binding and w/b/w purfling.
-birdseye maple neck with blind cocobolo finger board (bound in cocobolo of course) aluminum side markers (they look just like silver but shouldn't tarnish as quickly under the finish)
-Fralin blues special tele pickups
-synthetic tortishell pickguard
and the kicker
-left handed
I delivered it Monday night and my buddy just loves it. It is the MOST QUIET tele I’ve ever heard -in terms of 60 cycle. You really should hear Lindy Fralin's pickups they are SOOOOO sweet, great note definition and some true tele twang with a bit of crunch. I didn’t take any pictures of it before I delivered it but I convinced him to send me a couple of snaps. Please forgive the quality of the pics and the perspective distortion, it’s a good thing he makes enough playing ‘cause he wouldn’t even be eating beans if he was living on his photography.
Cheers and thanks for the inspiration,
Jeremy
