Dave Anderson - My 1st Tele finished
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:15 am
Hi guys,
My Telecaster is done.After running into a few problems, I finished her up about a week ago and have been playing A Lot! It sounds pretty good with the Duncan stacked humbucker bridge pick up and especially the Bonnell mini-humbucker neck p-up. Jim Bonnell makes a mean mini !! I had to switch out the truss rod .The old Stew Mac hot rod that I had just wasn't working for some reason.It worked fine when I tested it. Anyway,I installed a Blanchard (Allied) rod that I use in my acoustics and all is well.I also had to refinish the neck after heating off the fingerboard. The only thing that bothers me now is the weight.The mahogany weighs a ton. I really wish I would have removed some more weight from the lower bout before I glued the top on. But the good thing about the weight is that it seems to sustain longer and that, I like! I changed the Tele switch plate around and moved the volume knob forward like Bill Kirchen does on his Teles'. I like it much better this way.You don't bump your p-up switch and the volume knob is easier to grab.It's good to do swells this way too! Being my 1st attempt at an electric guitar, I made some bonehead mistakes but overall I'm pretty happy with it.
My Telecaster is done.After running into a few problems, I finished her up about a week ago and have been playing A Lot! It sounds pretty good with the Duncan stacked humbucker bridge pick up and especially the Bonnell mini-humbucker neck p-up. Jim Bonnell makes a mean mini !! I had to switch out the truss rod .The old Stew Mac hot rod that I had just wasn't working for some reason.It worked fine when I tested it. Anyway,I installed a Blanchard (Allied) rod that I use in my acoustics and all is well.I also had to refinish the neck after heating off the fingerboard. The only thing that bothers me now is the weight.The mahogany weighs a ton. I really wish I would have removed some more weight from the lower bout before I glued the top on. But the good thing about the weight is that it seems to sustain longer and that, I like! I changed the Tele switch plate around and moved the volume knob forward like Bill Kirchen does on his Teles'. I like it much better this way.You don't bump your p-up switch and the volume knob is easier to grab.It's good to do swells this way too! Being my 1st attempt at an electric guitar, I made some bonehead mistakes but overall I'm pretty happy with it.
