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dzsmith
 Post subject: Native Texas Tele
PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:59 pm 
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I whittled out a Tele for my son's X-mas present.
This one is Sycamore, Pecan, and Mesquite. The lumber was cut in Central Texas.
25.3 scale, 14" radius, nitro finish. GF hardware.
I cut two large openings in the body core and used it as a template to hollow out the top and bottom plates.
The large radii on the body edges are not in the Tele style, but it's easy on the leg.
I don't like the string tee's and I may use a bar on the next one to get a sharper string angle past the nut.
The mesquite is quite hard and it took lot's of elbow grease to sand it down.
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 Post subject: Re: Native Texas Tele
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That is tele-riffic!

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 Post subject: Re: Native Texas Tele
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How was it making the nut and setting string height on that? That is one steep angle from nut to tuning pegs.
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 Post subject: Re: Native Texas Tele
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very nice/tasteful....i don't like about 95% of the DIY electric builds i see, but this one is cool


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 Post subject: Re: Native Texas Tele
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JEguitars wrote:
How was it making the nut and setting string height on that? That is one steep angle from nut to tuning pegs.

Hey Jimmy, I was a bit difficult. I carved the "truss rod cover" out of some Pecan heartwood to add some heavy duty bracing.
I added a veneer to the back of the headstock. I could call it a feature, but actually I cut the headstock too thin, thus the extra space between the nut and headstock.
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 Post subject: Re: Native Texas Tele
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nyazzip wrote:
very nice/tasteful....i don't like about 95% of the DIY electric builds i see, but this one is cool

I sincerely thank you!
I should have made the body core out of Mesquite to tie the wood colors together.
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Very nice. Good job!

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Looks great! Mike

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 Post subject: Re: Native Texas Tele
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dzsmith wrote:
nyazzip wrote:
very nice/tasteful....i don't like about 95% of the DIY electric builds i see, but this one is cool

I sincerely thank you!
I should have made the body core out of Mesquite to tie the wood colors together.
Dan


I think it looks fine. I like the contrast. It doesn't look out of place at all.

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 Post subject: Re: Native Texas Tele
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I agree with the way Derek expressed his opinion: Teleriffic. I think it's a very cool little axe, and I am usually not much given over to electrics. But I sure like yours.
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