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
Stranger from another planet welcome to our hole - Just strap on your guitar and we'll play some rock 'n' roll
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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.
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….
Edit - I was just looking for examples and found out its referred to as the "tele butt-crack"
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top work!
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