My 'crate' tele is underway - build thread. EDIT: FINISHED!

axisus · September 2017

Fretboard masked off for fret levelling

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rounding off and polishing frets after fret levelling

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Nice shiny polished frets! All good to assemble now

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Fretwired · September 2017

Wow, wow and wow .. lots of wows awarded. I love the look of that guitar .. very cool.

chrispy108 · September 2017

That's ace!

Kalimna · September 2017

Lovely idea, and excellent execution Very clean fretboard/fretting (that's one of the bits I can never seem to get quite right).

Rather looking forward to some sound clips.....

Adam

axisus · September 2017

Finished off, and I absolutely love it! My new favourite guitar, it has turned out way beyond my expectation.
Here's some pix:

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axisus · September 2017

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Legionreturns · September 2017

Stunning work! Very impressive!

Rabs · September 2017

That really does look awesome.. Great job.

Gagaryn · September 2017

That looks absolutely brilliant. I approve of the hardware ageing! ;-)

Wazmeister · September 2017

It looks magnificent mate !

How does it play and sound ?

You ought to sell these; the aging is perfect imho.

Teyeplayer · September 2017

That looks so cool! Very impressed, well done dude.

paulnb57 · September 2017

Very impressive, well done!

PVO_Dave · September 2017

Amazing! Very cool and personal guitar

sawyer · September 2017

Looks awesome! Enjoyed watching. Want one!:)

Sesh · September 2017

Congratulations on a job well done.

Strangefan · September 2017

You would pay a fortune for that to be made for you, and looks luthier quality. Nice work.

notanon · September 2017

I'd buy the top picture as a poster - gorgeous!

axisus · September 2017

Strangefan said:

You would pay a fortune for that to be made for you, and looks luthier quality. Nice work.

I feel the need to add that I am a hack merchant in truth. There are skilled people here who would do a much better job. I am winging it to a degree, and you can't see the flaws without it in your hand. However, I do feel mightily proud of it and it plays more than well enough for a guitarist of my calibre.

cruxiform · September 2017

I'm sorry I can only give one 'wow'. A fantastic tribute and I've loved reading about the process of building it.

lysander · September 2017

Looking brilliant, well done !!

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