New Custom Telecaster Custom Day!
- Dok
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New Custom Telecaster Custom Day!
Back some six or seven years ago, my friend Ry offered to build me a custom guitar. We chatted a bit about options and designs, settled on some ideas, and that was the beginning of what we both thought was going to be a quick project. But the universe had other plans - I had a long spell of unemployment, he moved across the country a couple of times, there were some business moves and changes, I moved across California, people got engaged and married and shit, and all of a sudden it was 2017 and his new shop was fully operational and I could actually put down a worthy deposit (and more importantly, I really knew exactly what I wanted). Some more time passed while we waited for parts to arrive and spare time to be had and his injured hand to heal up, a couple of months ago it finally arrived. Today I'm finally getting around to posting about it.
Soft-V Neck
7.25" radius fretboard
I forget the fretboard material
Hand-rubbed oil finish on neck
1970s Fender Wide Range Humbucker
Custom wound Kal-Tone bridge Pickup
Swamp Ash Body
Forearm Contour
Les Paul jack plate
Compensated Brass Saddles
A truly incredible instrument that I will enjoy for the rest of my life. It plays and sounds phenomenally and I bonded with it immediately, and as stunning as it is in photos, one really needs to hold the damn thing to appreciate how special it is.
http://kaltone.com/
And the obligatory shot of guitar and happy owner:
Soft-V Neck
7.25" radius fretboard
I forget the fretboard material
Hand-rubbed oil finish on neck
1970s Fender Wide Range Humbucker
Custom wound Kal-Tone bridge Pickup
Swamp Ash Body
Forearm Contour
Les Paul jack plate
Compensated Brass Saddles
A truly incredible instrument that I will enjoy for the rest of my life. It plays and sounds phenomenally and I bonded with it immediately, and as stunning as it is in photos, one really needs to hold the damn thing to appreciate how special it is.
http://kaltone.com/
And the obligatory shot of guitar and happy owner:
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- timtam
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Re: New Custom Telecaster Custom Day!
Wow that thing looks great ! Congratulations on your persistence and it all coming together finally. Tele Customs are my favourite Teles. I am slowly assembling (rather than building) one at the the moment, also with a 1970's WRHB, that has been sitting around for some decades waiting for me to use it.
"I just knew I wanted to make a sound that was the complete opposite of a Les Paul, and that’s pretty much a Jaguar." Rowland S. Howard.
- HNB
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- garyfanclub
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Re: New Custom Telecaster Custom Day!
Very nice, my favorite configuration for a telecaster by a long shot. That middle position is just magic.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
- Fiddy
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Re: New Custom Telecaster Custom Day!
Looks great. The action looks high on that one pic, is it just an illusion?
- Shadoweclipse13
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Re: New Custom Telecaster Custom Day!
Wow, what a looker!!! Is the pickguard a flat black plastic or anodized?
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http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=104282&p=1438384#p1438384
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- Dok
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Re: New Custom Telecaster Custom Day!
Thanks, y'all! The pickguard is flat black. As far as the action, that photo of the guitar in profile is a shop photo, so it could have been before the setup was dialed in.
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- Debaser
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Re: New Custom Telecaster Custom Day!
Incredible build, must sound great with those pickups!
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