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Roger R.
 Post subject: Pecky Tele
PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:41 am 
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Hi all. I've been lurking around here for a while and thought I would post my latest build, a telecaster copy made from pecky cypress.
The body is cut from a single piece of cypress that was 1 7/8" thick by 16" wide. It had years of dust and dirt on it that stained all the exposed peckies so they turned black when hit with finish. There is not a lot of solid wood so I kept the routing to a minimum using a single coil sized humbucker, a concentric pot for volume and tone, and a mini switch to split the coils. There wasn't enough wood at the traditional jack location so I used an end pin jack. The rough sawn slab was cut from the center of the tree so there is more wood down the center. It also has a top loading bridge cause I wasn't sure what was inside the slab, string through ferrules might not have worked.
The whole thing weighs less than 6 lbs.

My grandson calls it the tiger guitar.

More pics here http://photobucket.com/peckytele

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B. Howard
 Post subject: Re: Pecky Tele
PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:48 am 
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As a personal preference I don't build with "rotten" wood. That being said.......That does look really cool! How does it sound? Does it feel balanced when playing or is it neck heavy?

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 Post subject: Re: Pecky Tele
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Sure does look cool! Like the minimalist electronics as well:) Nice execution, congrats!

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Dramatic!

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Roger R.
 Post subject: Re: Pecky Tele
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This is my son testing it out this afternoon. Sounds good for rotten wood. [:Y:]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzEWtwvgSCU&feature=plcp


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 Post subject: Re: Pecky Tele
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B. Howard wrote:
As a personal preference I don't build with "rotten" wood. That being said.......That does look really cool! How does it sound? Does it feel balanced when playing or is it neck heavy?

Its not rotted. It is a fungus that cause the voids.

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 Post subject: Re: Pecky Tele
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Shaw wrote:
B. Howard wrote:
As a personal preference I don't build with "rotten" wood. That being said.......That does look really cool! How does it sound? Does it feel balanced when playing or is it neck heavy?

Its not rotted. It is a fungus that cause the voids.



Wood that has been eaten by fungus is rotten in my book.....And yes that includes spalted Maple.

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 Post subject: Re: Pecky Tele
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Nice!
I like the look of it,
and the simplicity of the electronics!
Well done!!!!
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