Hi all,
Looking for some guidance by those who have been down the path.
I've got a hankering to put together a Tele as a first project given that it's about as simple as a it gets. I've never put a guitar together but I'm a practical chap and have built numerous pedals and a 5E3 Deluxe without killing myself! Hopefully a guitar shouldn't be beyond my reach although it's obviously a slightly different skill set
I do understand who to set a guitar up but have never cut a nut or fret levelled just so that you understand where I'm at skill wise.
Given both woodworking and finishing are two areas that I'm defo not geared up for ideally I'd like to buy a nitro finished body and neck from UK suppliers if possible. Any suggestions? Ideally suppliers who can assist an idiot in making the right choices
Regards,
Si
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i spent £550 ish for everything but the body is now with iamf68 being refinished.
Clamp neck to body and from the back drill the neck mounting holes a tiny bit away from the long body pocket edge so the screws pull it against the pocket.
Bridge position is usually set already so mount it.
Wire up the electronics.
Shim the neck if the saddles are too low on the bridge plate.
Set the relief.
Lower the nut slots if need be. I've done it by eye but you can use a set of feeler gauges between the first fret and bottom of the string.
Done
The woodwork from GSP is as good as it gets as is the finishing from Rich.
Some examples;
JM kit from GSP, paint from Rich - https://www.flickr.com/photos/davewitchalls/albums/72157685843629914
'Strat' kit to my spec from GSP, oil finished by me - https://www.flickr.com/photos/davewitchalls/albums/72157682592857560
'Tele' kit to my spec / design from GSP, oil finished by me - https://www.flickr.com/photos/davewitchalls/albums/72157674303185004
Super Strat kit (my specs again) from GSP, paint from Rich - https://www.flickr.com/photos/davewitchalls/albums/72157673623597082
If you've got any questions or just want some details on any of them, let me know
https://i.imgur.com/H8lVn2B.jpg
Cheers!
I'll contact some of the peops mentioned in order to get things moving.
Once I've done this I'll no doubt be posting more questions so bear with me as I walk through it!
Regards,
Si
Scott
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Imagine this tele bass is a tele.
Looking from this side you drill the holes in the neck through the body mounting holes just slightly on the left hand side of the (wider) body mounting holes.
Once you insert the screws they then pull the neck towards the RHS of this view and prevent a neck pocket gap on the RHS.
Have reached out to a few peops for input and will feed back!
Si