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Offset tele build

Mostly trying to figure out the best way to post here. Tried a direct upload of a photo yesterday, and it just ground to a halt.

Anyway!

This is a recent build I did, and I love it

  • Warmoth neck
  • Nomoonlaser body
  • Bootstrap pickups
  • Hipshot tuners
  • all other hardware is fender. Though the pickguard is some random dude on ebay that thankfully fit perfectly
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Beautiful! My dad, brother, and I built a stratocaster together in a day at this guitar shop in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. We wired everything by hand and had a guy teach us how to put it all together and set it up. I'll have to try and find a picture of it. My brother has the guitar at the moment.

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Thanks! I’ve just been teaching myself how to do setups and mods and soldering and whatnot over the past few years, and that all culminated in this project.

Super fun. I want to build more now

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Nice! My eyes always love transparent finishes that show off a natural wood grain like that. Is it pine or ash or something else?

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Usually I’m more of a fan of solid colors, but the classic butterscotch color on a Tele feels right, even if it’s a Jazzmaster shape.

And yeah, this is white pine. Super light, I love it

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Nice. Pine was an underrated wood for a while but it’s coming into fashion now. Lighter ash replacement due to those stupid beetles.

Ironically usually I like transparent colors better, but my single coil Tele is solid. Maybe I’ll post a pic of it sometime.

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