Finished Rosewood Telecaster assembly

paulnb57

Yesterday saw the arrival of a Rosewood Telecaster body and neck from @GSPBASSES.
I unpacked it and checked neck to body fit, never had a problem with Grahams products, but its a good habit to check before slarring finish on, only to find something doesn’t fit….all good, so it all got a single coat of Tru Oil, rubbed well in and rubbed off, left for half an hour and buffed with a clean cloth. Job done, silky smooth, as only Rosewood can be…

Today sees the installation of gold hardware stolen from something else. Kluson deluxe tuners, Wilkinson bridge, Satin black scratchplate from earlpilanz on ebay, both pickups are Tele size P90’s from The Creamery, there is a decent switch, CTS knobs and Jazz Bass knobs….

Tomorrow it will be strung, the string tree and strap buttons fitted, soldering and a basic setup, then let it sit for a couple of days, then set up properly….

I just love an all Rosewood guitar, this body is chambered so not too heavy…

Anyroadup, photos…

Before any finish applied









Assembled with Tru Oil applied 

markblack

Yes! Nice that 

SteveRobinson

That looks lovely Paul

Teyeplayer

That is so cool. Very jealous right now.

Rabs

Very nice...    Is it heavy? (which I would assume it would be).

paulnb57

Rabs said:

Very nice...    Is it heavy? (which I would assume it would be).

Not as heavy as I thought it would be, it is chambered though

Rabs

paulnb57 said:

Rabs said:

Very nice...    Is it heavy? (which I would assume it would be).

Not as heavy as I thought it would be, it is chambered though

Ahh right yes..  Makes total sense to do that..  Again.. Very nice, just natural wood, often how I finish my guitars, just some oil and let the wood do the talking.

paulnb57

 More progress
After walking the dogs I continued the assembly, but immediately noticed an issue I hadn't noticed yesterday, the bridge plate is off…DOH!



After a bit of head scratching I found if I rotated the plate around the bass side fixing screw it lined up correctly.
So the remaining three screw holes were plugged and redrilled, sorted!
This is something that can happen in any partscaster build and Ive built so many now that it was easy for me to sort. Was it the body or the plate that was off? Who knows or cares its sorted, with little drama.

paulnb57

It is now finished except for strap buttons, which I dont have…..
It really is a lovely thing the pickups are great (my biggest dislike of Teles is the standard pickups, they just dont do it for me)

Photos….

Lebarque

That is absolutely banging, Paul. Really impressed with how quickly you've got it up and running too. 

WezV

paulnb57 said:

 More progress
After walking the dogs I continued the assembly, but immediately noticed an issue I hadn't noticed yesterday, the bridge plate is off…DOH!

This is something that can happen in any partscaster build and Ive built so many now that it was easy for me to sort. Was it the body or the plate that was off? Who knows or cares its sorted, with little drama.

something that is often seen on fenders with vintage style bridges too.   Remember it was designed to have a cover on it that helps hides the gap

Edit - I was just looking for examples and found out its referred to as the "tele butt-crack"

springhead

WezV said:

paulnb57 said:

 More progress
After walking the dogs I continued the assembly, but immediately noticed an issue I hadn't noticed yesterday, the bridge plate is off…DOH!

This is something that can happen in any partscaster build and Ive built so many now that it was easy for me to sort. Was it the body or the plate that was off? Who knows or cares its sorted, with little drama.

something that is often seen on fenders with vintage style bridges too.   Remember it was designed to have a cover on it that helps hides the gap

Edit - I was just looking for examples and found out its referred to as the "tele butt-crack"

Happy to report that I too have a butt-crack!  (on my Tele, well and on me of course).

Lovely looking rosewood Tele, and Strat.  Congrats.

paulnb57

Lebarque said:

That is absolutely banging, Paul. Really impressed with how quickly you've got it up and running too. 

Thanks! Easy, quick drying finish and the relative simplicity, means it was a quick build.

paulnb57

springhead said:

Lovely looking rosewood Tele, and Strat.  Congrats.

Thanks!

Sarge

Yowzer! they're beautiful man!
top work!