Nashville style Parts-a-Caster.

exocet

After 4 years, its finally complete. Nearly gave up on this one because I'd made such a mess of it. 

Thanks to Jon @rexter for the excellent respray and remedial work / routing for Nashville config.

Thanks to Jonathan @FelineGuitars for the finishing touches and setup.

USA CG Neck (Roasted Maple)  and body.

Callaham hardware.

Electric City Pickups (12 Gauge Semi) - 5 way switching for Strat Tones plus Tele Bridge & Neck.

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longjaw

Lovely flame on the neck!

BigMonka

That's a stunner, the neck and body colours go together so well.

JezWynd

That looks fabulous, congrats on seeing it though to completion. I've been thinking about trying a Nashville tele, does the middle pu change the fundamental tele sound much? 

exocet

JezWynd said:

That looks fabulous, congrats on seeing it though to completion. I've been thinking about trying a Nashville tele, does the middle pu change the fundamental tele sound much? 

Depends on how you wire it and which pickups you use. Some implementations on "Nashville Style" miss out the signature Telecaster tone e.g. Neck ad Bridge in Parallel. I wanted Strat tones (2 & 4) AND Telecaster tones so I had to use a "Super Switch" - 5 way, 2 pole (not the standard Strat Super Switch which is 5 way, 4 pole). The 2 pole version is slimmer in order to fit into the available cavity.
I don't think that the middle pickup changes the standard Tele Tones but if I'm honest, I'm not 100% sure of the pickups that I've installed....think I'm going to experiment a bit with different Neck and Bridge p/u's.

JezWynd

Thanks for the info, your switching choices are excellent, should be a really flexible instrument. It’s a beautiful guitar, that neck looks amazing and I like your take on a logo. 

exocet

JezWynd said:g66

Thanks for the info, your switching choices are excellent, should be a really flexible instrument. It’s a beautiful guitar, that neck looks amazing and I like your take on a logo. 

Thanks for the kind words. The Logo was not my doing....It's a standard option with USA Custom Guitar necks, its basically their logo routed and filled with epoxy resin. I daresay they could engrave anything you like, its all done with CNC kit. Playing my 1st gig with it on Friday night....usually if i'm limited to one guitar, I play a Strat.