Almost done....
Friday, December 14, 2007
Got the body and neck assembled today... but I'm still not done, so this is a progress report.
I did get a chance to string it properly and she rang out pretty loud acoustically, so I'm pretty happy with it. Anyways, here are the pics.
Full backside... you can see where the original orange dye managed to seep thru and make it's mark. ugh. Oh well.. I can live with it. After all, it's my first build. Also, the ferrules are so crooked. hahaha! Blasted drill press!
- I still need to wire up the electronics and buy a switch (does anyone one have an extra one? or know of a place that sells em for cheap?)
- I need to adjust the truss rod to perfection, and maybe file in the nut slots more to fit 11s.
- I might put a ghost pickup underneath the pickguard in the neck position cos I have an American Tele neck pup lying around.
- Still need to finish the neck, but I'm still thinking of which method to use.
- Need to add a string tree(s) but I'm still thinking about which ones to use as well. Decisions decisions...
- I also need some barrel knobs.... or whatever knobs... any suggestions? The ones on there now are for my other tele so they're not gonna stay on this one.
I did get a chance to string it properly and she rang out pretty loud acoustically, so I'm pretty happy with it. Anyways, here are the pics.
Full backside... you can see where the original orange dye managed to seep thru and make it's mark. ugh. Oh well.. I can live with it. After all, it's my first build. Also, the ferrules are so crooked. hahaha! Blasted drill press!