Ngd new telepaul model

Danielsguitars

Hi thought I'd share this, I've just finished this and my vision of a modern les Paul, it's a model idea I've been wanting to try and it came out better than I thought it would, it's a short scale, alder body with flame maple neck, zirocote fretboard
Mojo pickups overwound bridge with his staple pickup and they balance brilliantly
I'll be taking this to some shows whenever they happen and feel free to comment
I'll get sound clips up soon

GoldenEraGuitars

Awesome guitar Darren. Love the burst on the back of the neck and the contouring.

Roland

Yep, love the “wear burst”. We need sound clips of those pickups.

Henrytwang

Nice guitar tastefully combining elements of two classic designs.

Bellycaster

Marvellous creation there that! When you say short scale, how short? 24" or 24.75?

I'll listen out for the clips, bet it sounds great.

chrisj1602

That’s awesome.

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Roland said:

Yep, love the “wear burst”. We need sound clips of those pickups.

Sound clips are definitely needed, this thing is fantastic

It's not a wear burst, it's my nod to those old sprayed bursts on gibson acoustics, just suits a flame maple neck, I did my 2nd acoustic like this year's ago

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Bellycaster said:

Marvellous creation there that! When you say short scale, how short? 24" or 24.75?

I'll listen out for the clips, bet it sounds great.

I always call a Gibson fretscale short but I use the old vintage one, I think the closest modern scale is 24.562

TheOtherDennis

That's beautiful work. Not sure about what it is, but you've done a fabulous job of putting it together.

Sorry if that sounds like I'm damning you with faint praise, it's not meant to sound like that at all, my apologies if it does.

poopot

Played this the other day... it’s absolutely fecking gorgeous... one of, if not the nicest guitars I’ve had my grubby hands on.

chuffed to say it will be coming home to pootowers shortly... will get a vid done ASAP!...

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TheOtherDennis said:

That's beautiful work. Not sure about what it is, but you've done a fabulous job of putting it together.

Sorry if that sounds like I'm damning you with faint praise, it's not meant to sound like that at all, my apologies if it does.

It's a scratch build start to finish by me, I had this planned ages ago and will be a new model in my line up now I've tested it out

Probably going with Evo 2 as a model name

merlin

I love that! It reminds me of my Fano, which (incidentally) has been the one that I've gigged the most. 

roberty

Really curious to hear this one!

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merlin said:

I love that! It reminds me of my Fano, which (incidentally) has been the one that I've gigged the most. 

I'm not surprised you've gigged that the most, I've had this playing for a few days and it's so bloody good, it'll do most things, I mean I like vintage stuff and got a few of my burst builds plus goldtop kicking about but this sounds fantastic and easy to pick up and play

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roberty said:

Really curious to hear this one!

All I can say is it's lacking in nothing and I've got a few of my vintage builds kicking about, I'll be playing this alot 

The pickups balance brilliantly, Marc is a great pickup maker

stonevibe

Nice work, reminds me of Fano. Good choice of pickups in there as well, great job!

TheOtherDennis

Danielsguitars said:

TheOtherDennis said:

That's beautiful work. Not sure about what it is, but you've done a fabulous job of putting it together.

Sorry if that sounds like I'm damning you with faint praise, it's not meant to sound like that at all, my apologies if it does.

It's a scratch build start to finish by me, I had this planned ages ago and will be a new model in my line up now I've tested it out

Probably going with Evo 2 as a model name

Oh, I knew you'd built it - that was why I was praising the workmanship, you've done a cracking job on that. Those joins are superb and that's a beautifully finished job.

StefB

Nice - reminds me of the Cort Sunset TC, itself no doubt influenced by Fano's work.

https://www.cortguitars.com/product/item.php?ca_id=101060&it_id=1262&page=3#tab_Images

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StefB said:

Nice - reminds me of the Cort Sunset TC, itself no doubt influenced by Fano's work.

https://www.cortguitars.com/product/item.php?ca_id=101060&it_id=1262&page=3#tab_Images

Never seen one of them, it's a good idea imo

poopot

And it sounds like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_B6_KVQj04


cracker of a guitar that is!.