Manny Tele Build #1 - The Pine and Oak Tele

Manfred-Klose · 2012-05-20T11:49:03+00:00

ok, #1 means this is my first tele build and i will be building alot more over the next few months(for myself and for some friends) no i am going a bit wild and building the dream guitars that always wanted in my mind, but that doesnt exist. #1 is my first test run to see if everything works out and that my math side is correct. Conclusion: it was a big success and i played a gig with this guitar on friday and it killed!!!! i kept track of my time, i did all of this under 24 hours. the neck and body i cnc'd. the neck took 9min and the body took 15min. for fret slotting and fre pressing i went to Brian fanners workshop and he let me use his fret slot cutter and press. Specs: SA Pine body, 4 piece Oak neck, 2 piece(sprayed with nitro cell) Wilkinson compensated bridge Wilkinson EZ lok tuners all the hardwar i got from Terry D Alpha pots some chises pickups that i am yet to swop out for some toneriders Why did i go with pine and oak ? why not ? everyone told me oak would be a dab choice for a neck, it turns out to be an excellent neck SA Pine ? apparently its bad choice for body wood and that oregan pine is the one to go for, it sounds good, just not as strong, but it works. PS: the oak neck use to be an old desk top in a place i cant really mention on the internet, and the pine i found lying on a farm in the middle of nowhere. the colors on the guitar, i love it !!!!! sure i could have probably gone with a better finish. each plank is stained a different color with danish oil on top(thanks for neon gecko and Wizard helpng me decide on the funky colors ) and i get get over how good the guitar sounds acoustically ok enough about my wining here is the pics: few coats of sanding sealer

Wizard

Agree on many, many fronts.

Manny's playing.
Manny's guitar building skills.
Given's voice.
Stone Jets songs.

That colour scheme is pretty cool too. ?

Keira-WitherKay

we love telecasters ?

and Manny builds em well ......great thread

and interesting use of oak .......

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