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I bought the Mark Bailey Udemy course years ago and found it extremely good for building my first guitar from scratch. If I lived nearer and had the spare dosh I'd love to have done his residential course.
I'll prob be posting some questions on specs over the coming months but current thinking is still tele with humbuckers.
Soooo first up. Wood choice.
I gather tele's are normally made out of ash but my both my favourite guitars from my current collection tone wise is made out of mahogany, as is the joe duplantier sig tele.
My primary goal is nice grunt for metal riffing but if I could keep a touch of tele twang (maybe coil tap) that would be a bonus.
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I'm currently building a mahogany LP junior with Tele pickups, so will compare that to my alder tele and let you know!
In terms of finish, your only real choices will be 'flash coat', a 2 pack satin finish, unless you decide to finish it at home. Colour will be added with stain. So, maybe consider that in your wood choice. If you use ash, you probably won't get time to grain fill it, so the finish will not be totally smooth. I like the look myself. Same with mahogany, the finish will sink into the grain.
@Richardrichard makes a good point about finish. Not sure what the scope of the course will cover in that regard but my ideal would be some sort of (maybe green and black) sunburst but looking at the timetable it may be that all they can fit is an oiled finish.
If you're looking at a burst finish though, consider which wood will look best with that. A sprayed green finish might look fine on mahogany, but a stained one might not be as vibrant. Similar with alder if its red alder.
It will be hard to go wrong on tele
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