Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Measuring, trimming, cutting the board 01:37 Squaring up the outer edges. 02:12 Flattening the halves 03:10 Cutting out the inside edges 03:35 Jointing the body blanks 04:55 Glue up the halves 05:51 Tar removal 06:02 Tracing out the body shape 06:18 Cutting out the rough shape 07:09 Flattening and cleaning up the back 08:58 Sanding the back 09:16 Routing the body with the Template 13:10 Flattening and smoothing the top 15:09 Sanding the sides 18:22 Roundover by hand 21:50 Required Parts 22:09 Knot glue up 22:28 Manual CNC bridge drilling 23:09 Neck pocket drilling, manual CNC 23:50 Ferrule drilling 24:23 Body Cavity "hogging" 24:44 Dremel Body Rout 25:18 Body Routing 26:20 Neck Pocket Routing 27:30 Neck Pocket Sanding 29:15 Enlarging Neck pocket holes 30:07 Electrosocket Jack Drilling 31:24 Body Wiring Drilling 32:19 Chopping the Bridge 33:40 Enlarging the Peg Head holes 34:07 Marking Tuners 34:41 Drilling Tuner screw holes 35:22 Installing Tuners 36:31 Mixing Shellac 37:04 Shellac First Coat, Real time 43:11 Shellac Second Coat, Double speed 45:17 Neck install, General Assembly 45:50 Bridge install, Prelim 46:14 Ferrules Install 46:48 Cover plate 47:15 Pickup installation 49:09 Switch, pots and Cover plate assembly 49:50 Electronics wiring and assembly 51:22 Jack Soldering and Final install 52:05 Cover plate final install 52:20 Bridge Final install w/ ground wire 52:45 Neck alignment and final tightening 53:17 Pickguard install 53:41 Knob Install 53:47 Strap Buttons install 54:45 Neck oil 55:36 First String up! 56:06 String Tree install 57:01 Finished! 57:14 Demo Song 58:24 Outro and Last looks
i've never built a guitar before but i plan to. I'm a contractor and am currently working on a house built in 1890. I have a chunk of wood (that was probably at least 100 years old when the house was built) from that house that i plan to be my first build. That's why your vid caught my eye. Excited to watch the build. Never made a guitar but have always done carpentry and simple woodworking. The chunk of wood is from the main framing of the house which was done with 6x8s. also no nails were used in the framing. Just mortise and tenon. Thanks for sharing this, now i know what i'm getting into, lol
Thanks! 6x8's are perfect for guitars. You can rip them down and join them for an awesome guitar body and neck. These happened to be 1.75" thick(actual thickness) so it was a perfect candidate. You'll notice the rings on most of that old wood are much closer together than today's pine. This body ended up being a nice weight without feeling heavy. Good luck, let me know how your build turns out!
About 12 years ago 100+ year old Ponderosa Pine from the tear down of a massive barn became available. A lot of great guitars were made from that wood.
@@nucleargrizzly1776 Ah, I remember reading about this barn reclamation/recycling- maybe over on TDPRI. Lots of great threads over there(as I'm sure you're aware) though I'm not yet a member.
I really enjoy seeing projects made with reclaimed materials. I often think how much fun it would be if you could sit down with the original builders and craftsmen and just talk about their ideas and the tools they used. Don’t forget the coffee and donuts or you won’t get anywhere. 🤔😀
I've built a few guitars for friends with nothing but hand tools ( only power tool I used was a jigsaw) all of them turned out great and one tele I built toured the world with my mates band. I started building because I'm a lefty and could never find what I wanted and my first build was a hard tail 50s style strat with a 3 way switch. Great build my friend
Hey thanks! Yes, the hardest part I've found is getting really clean joints and getting the neck pocket just right- both of which are totally doable with hand tools. For the most part, guitar building is a good fit for hand builders! As I get better at using a hand plane, I'll try jointing without my current work-arounds.
An old luthier here so I 'll say nothing about the inovative tool use. I liked the cast iron/ wood sole jack plane. Best wishes from Aotearoa New Zealand.
May I also suggest not trying to cut so much in one go with your router. Stick to 10 to 15 mm each pass. And always go left to right. Excellent work so far though. 😊
Good advice. I was able to rout all the other cavities in 2 passes with the same 1/2" bit, but the neck needed either a shorter bit or a taller template. Next time I'll either use the 3 board method or make a thicker template.
My favorite build so far! GE Smith would definitely approve of this guitar! (Check out his signature Tele.) 😉 You've given me an idea to make a Barncaster down the road. I might recommend going on Amazon and looking up "Aluminum Tele Pickguard" and you can find a black anodized one WITHOUT the top holes. The other cool aspect of that is that you have less plastic and it wears differently than plastic! I like that you used better parts on this build. I jnow there are some more expensive parts but you can find that "chopped ashtray" bridge from some Boutique makers and maybe also Gotoh makes a version of that. 🤔 If I did this I would do the body the same way you did. I would bute the bullet and get a Callahan moded Bigsby for this and do my Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder (bridge) and a real Filtertron (neck) for mine. I would also get a Warmouth 24.75 inch scale neck for it with rosewood fretboard and stainless steel frets. I am a fan of the Tele control plate flip so I would do that on mine. I would probably do the black anodized aluminum pickguard on mine too. I would use CTS pots, a Grigsby switch, a Orange Drop 47 capacitor (personal preference), and football jack (all my Teles have them) with a Pure Tone jack. Gotoh makes a FANTASTIC scalloped back Tele bridge for Bigsbys. I would put locking tuners on the headstock with Tusq string trees and a Tusq nut. I would put on Dunlop strap locks because that's my go to. This would be different enough from my Main Tele that it would be worth the expense and hassle to make. I am mainly a live player so this would definitely get played out. I end up coming back to my Teles even though I have other guitars becaus they fel like home. 😎👍✨ Great job amigo! Which pickups did you go with?
Hey, thanks for checking out the vid! I've been wanting a pine Tele for a long time, so it was nice to actually put this one together after years of considering it. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the experimental body jointing worked. I plan to make a jig for the rest of the pine boards I have. That should see me through until I get a table saw. Though I didn't mention it in the vid, but I LOVE the GE Smith Teles. That's absolutely what inspired the chopped bridge/direct mounted pickups I've done here. I knew that the real players and Tele lovers would pick that up, since I feel GE Smith helped popularize both Telecasters made from pine and chopped bridge/direct mounted pickups. I did look around for chopped ashtray bridges, but they were a bit more expensive than I liked, and I wanted the compensated saddles of the Gotoh bridges. The Wilkinson was a good compromise of price, quality and features. I didn't mind cutting it up- it took maybe 45 minutes from start to finish. I'll definitely experiment with the flipped control plate, I had kinda forgotten about it since all the teles I've played in the last few years were standard. But I think I would like it, as I've been mostly a Strat player most of my life! Since I was looking for a real "old fashioned tele" sound, I went with the Seymour Duncan "Broadcaster" pickup set. They suit this guitar very well, and really satisfy that honest to goodness tele tone. And I like the direct mounted pickups. The bridge seems far less shrill to my ear than my last Tele build(the red Dano style). Anyway, glad you liked the build and thanks for the kind words! Best of luck if you decide to do another Tele build and let me know how it turns out!
Honestly, it was very pleasant...neutral, without any chemical smell. However, I did have to open the door when the router bit heated up and burned in a few places but that's my own fault! I was most impressed that it was relatively hard, similar to poplar or basswood, not overly soft as some pine species are.
It was fun to follow along in detail with the whole process. I’d be curious to know more about the bookmatching step. Shaping the body must have been satisfying, and I thought the shellac process looked fun too. Just curious you have a total hour count for the build? Congrats!
Thanks! I think I was a bit too eager to really clarify the bookmatching step! But basically, my idea was this: The board was just a about an inch too narrow to make a one piece body. So instead of gluing a strip to one edge, I thought it would be cool to find the most interesting texture(which happened to run down the middle of the board) and cut away those edges until the textures sort of lined up in the center. Thought it's not a traditional "bookmatch, it is matched in the sense that the board matches longitudinally, rather than horizontally. Whatever you call it, I like how it turned out! As far as build hours go, I'd say it took about 40 hours total over the course of a few weeks. The time would probably double If I made the neck from scratch....
That has got to be one of the most interesting ways that I’ve seen to joint the boards thar become the body. I’ve been wanting to build an electric guitar for some time. But here’s the million dollar question: how do you know how deep to route the neck pocket? I know that’s probably pretty critical since it will roughly set the action.
That's a great question. I was always intimidated by the neck pocket, but I learned a few things. One thing is the depth is pretty standard on most guitar types. This Tele was 5/8" deep, which was recommended on the Tele template. Gibson and other types will be different. You can test fit the neck after you cut the pocket to make sure it's not too shallow or deep. If it's too deep, you can use a flat shim to raise the neck to the proper height. Another thing is, you can use the "three board method" to cut your neck pocket, so you won't technically need a template. In hindsight, I should have used the 3 board method to cut the initial bit of this neck. Also, the boards keep the router very level and won't allow the router to dip on one edge, which mine did slightly. Also, my plunge cut with the router was not ideal. The easiest way is to carefully drill out the bulk of the material with a drill press then rout away the rest. Just don't go too deep with the drill press. Check out the Telecaster Discussion Page ReIssue forum for build advice. It's a great forum and will always turn up answers to common questions. Thanks for checking out the vid!
I've got one question Frank, can you explain me why did you chose to split the wood and glue together later for a body. Btw, amazing work Frank, thank you.
Good question! The board I bought was only about 11 inches wide. The tele body is almost 13 inches wide. So instead of squaring each side of the board and then gluing a 3" strip on one side, I decided to cut about 3 inches off of each blank to match them in the center. The result looks more like a "book matched" top. If you're more into a "one piece" style of body, you could just glue up a strip along one edge and get something close to a one piece body. Thanks for checking it out!
Looks awesome, congrats! I just made a 12-string tele from old barn wood from my parents place in Montana. The wood was shabbier than yours and so are my wood working skills, but I took a torch to it and burned the boards heavily, then took a nylon wheel on my drill to remove the char. It is a killer look for an old wood guitar (though I dig the shellac as well.) Keep up the amazing work!
@@FrankOlsonTwins I used leather dye to do a tobacco(ish) sunburst and then finished with tru oil and bees wax. I'm not sure how durable it will be, but the soft finish is very nice with the 3D effect of the wood. Can't wait for the video of the Strat build, I have one of those on my list as well. (Sadly a long list and short time, hahaha)
Sounds cool! Did you hand rub the sunburst? I've been researching hand rubbed sunburst finishes, I'll have to try my hand at one in the near future. I'm sure the Tru Oil and wax will be a nice durable finish. Lots of guitar builders love tru-oil for finish work.
@@FrankOlsonTwins Yes, hand rubbed it and it turned out surprisingly well. I watched a ton of videos from @bigdguitars. He has a lot of great tutorials.
Just curious, why not ad the amber tone to the neck and the body so it would match. It looks kinda strange that the body is natural and the neck is stained yellow. Other than that it looks quite nice with the rough hewn wood top.
The neck was a bit yellow-er than I would prefer. I don't think I'd care for a body in the same color of yellow-amber, so I didn't even consider tinting it. Thanks for checking it out!
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Measuring, trimming, cutting the board
01:37 Squaring up the outer edges.
02:12 Flattening the halves
03:10 Cutting out the inside edges
03:35 Jointing the body blanks
04:55 Glue up the halves
05:51 Tar removal
06:02 Tracing out the body shape
06:18 Cutting out the rough shape
07:09 Flattening and cleaning up the back
08:58 Sanding the back
09:16 Routing the body with the Template
13:10 Flattening and smoothing the top
15:09 Sanding the sides
18:22 Roundover by hand
21:50 Required Parts
22:09 Knot glue up
22:28 Manual CNC bridge drilling
23:09 Neck pocket drilling, manual CNC
23:50 Ferrule drilling
24:23 Body Cavity "hogging"
24:44 Dremel Body Rout
25:18 Body Routing
26:20 Neck Pocket Routing
27:30 Neck Pocket Sanding
29:15 Enlarging Neck pocket holes
30:07 Electrosocket Jack Drilling
31:24 Body Wiring Drilling
32:19 Chopping the Bridge
33:40 Enlarging the Peg Head holes
34:07 Marking Tuners
34:41 Drilling Tuner screw holes
35:22 Installing Tuners
36:31 Mixing Shellac
37:04 Shellac First Coat, Real time
43:11 Shellac Second Coat, Double speed
45:17 Neck install, General Assembly
45:50 Bridge install, Prelim
46:14 Ferrules Install
46:48 Cover plate
47:15 Pickup installation
49:09 Switch, pots and Cover plate assembly
49:50 Electronics wiring and assembly
51:22 Jack Soldering and Final install
52:05 Cover plate final install
52:20 Bridge Final install w/ ground wire
52:45 Neck alignment and final tightening
53:17 Pickguard install
53:41 Knob Install
53:47 Strap Buttons install
54:45 Neck oil
55:36 First String up!
56:06 String Tree install
57:01 Finished!
57:14 Demo Song
58:24 Outro and Last looks
Amazing tone from that 100 yr old pine ---and light too --! WELL DONE !
Thanks, I'm very happy with it!
i've never built a guitar before but i plan to. I'm a contractor and am currently working on a house built in 1890. I have a chunk of wood (that was probably at least 100 years old when the house was built) from that house that i plan to be my first build. That's why your vid caught my eye. Excited to watch the build.
Never made a guitar but have always done carpentry and simple woodworking.
The chunk of wood is from the main framing of the house which was done with 6x8s. also no nails were used in the framing. Just mortise and tenon.
Thanks for sharing this, now i know what i'm getting into, lol
Thanks! 6x8's are perfect for guitars. You can rip them down and join them for an awesome guitar body and neck. These happened to be 1.75" thick(actual thickness) so it was a perfect candidate. You'll notice the rings on most of that old wood are much closer together than today's pine. This body ended up being a nice weight without feeling heavy. Good luck, let me know how your build turns out!
About 12 years ago 100+ year old Ponderosa Pine from the tear down of a massive barn became available. A lot of great guitars were made from that wood.
@@nucleargrizzly1776 Were those the Fender guitars?
@@FrankOlsonTwins Fender may have done a run IIR. But a lot of talented (and not so talented like myself) snatched it all up pretty quickly.
@@nucleargrizzly1776 Ah, I remember reading about this barn reclamation/recycling- maybe over on TDPRI. Lots of great threads over there(as I'm sure you're aware) though I'm not yet a member.
I really enjoy seeing projects made with reclaimed materials. I often think how much fun it would be if you could sit down with the original builders and craftsmen and just talk about their ideas and the tools they used. Don’t forget the coffee and donuts or you won’t get anywhere. 🤔😀
Thankfully, guitar builders are very proud of their work, and are usually happy to talk about their process! Coffee and donuts can't hurt, though...!
Seeing you do the roundover by hand… sir, I salute you!!!
Thanks, this was my favorite build so far! I like the hand done roundover- looks a little more unique to me.
WoW! That’s Brilliantly Awesome! 🫶🏻🤩❤️✨
Thank you!
Great pine wood and Great results 👏
Thanks! This is currently my favorite guitar to play!
I've built a few guitars for friends with nothing but hand tools ( only power tool I used was a jigsaw) all of them turned out great and one tele I built toured the world with my mates band. I started building because I'm a lefty and could never find what I wanted and my first build was a hard tail 50s style strat with a 3 way switch. Great build my friend
Hey thanks! Yes, the hardest part I've found is getting really clean joints and getting the neck pocket just right- both of which are totally doable with hand tools. For the most part, guitar building is a good fit for hand builders! As I get better at using a hand plane, I'll try jointing without my current work-arounds.
Just discovered your channel. I really enjoyed watching the build. That Telecaster came out really nice.
Thank you! It was fun to build, and I've been enjoying playing it!
3:55 - i learn new skill today. i never think about this technique. Thanks sir. New subscriber here. Keep your awesome work.
Hey, thanks for checking it out- and thanks for the add! Hope the video helps!
Some of the melodies you played at the end reminded me of Orange Juice
An old luthier here so I 'll say nothing about the inovative tool use.
I liked the cast iron/ wood sole jack plane.
Best wishes from Aotearoa New Zealand.
Howdy From NYC! Maybe when I get more skilled with the plane, I won't need get so creative with the circular saw 😂
Thanks for checking out the vid!
May I also suggest not trying to cut so much in one go with your router. Stick to 10 to 15 mm each pass. And always go left to right. Excellent work so far though. 😊
Good advice. I was able to rout all the other cavities in 2 passes with the same 1/2" bit, but the neck needed either a shorter bit or a taller template. Next time I'll either use the 3 board method or make a thicker template.
My favorite build so far! GE Smith would definitely approve of this guitar! (Check out his signature Tele.) 😉
You've given me an idea to make a Barncaster down the road. I might recommend going on Amazon and looking up "Aluminum Tele Pickguard" and you can find a black anodized one WITHOUT the top holes. The other cool aspect of that is that you have less plastic and it wears differently than plastic!
I like that you used better parts on this build. I jnow there are some more expensive parts but you can find that "chopped ashtray" bridge from some Boutique makers and maybe also Gotoh makes a version of that. 🤔
If I did this I would do the body the same way you did. I would bute the bullet and get a Callahan moded Bigsby for this and do my Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder (bridge) and a real Filtertron (neck) for mine. I would also get a Warmouth 24.75 inch scale neck for it with rosewood fretboard and stainless steel frets.
I am a fan of the Tele control plate flip so I would do that on mine. I would probably do the black anodized aluminum pickguard on mine too. I would use CTS pots, a Grigsby switch, a Orange Drop 47 capacitor (personal preference), and football jack (all my Teles have them) with a Pure Tone jack. Gotoh makes a FANTASTIC scalloped back Tele bridge for Bigsbys. I would put locking tuners on the headstock with Tusq string trees and a Tusq nut. I would put on Dunlop strap locks because that's my go to.
This would be different enough from my Main Tele that it would be worth the expense and hassle to make. I am mainly a live player so this would definitely get played out. I end up coming back to my Teles even though I have other guitars becaus they fel like home. 😎👍✨
Great job amigo!
Which pickups did you go with?
Hey, thanks for checking out the vid! I've been wanting a pine Tele for a long time, so it was nice to actually put this one together after years of considering it.
I was pleasantly surprised at how well the experimental body jointing worked. I plan to make a jig for the rest of the pine boards I have. That should see me through until I get a table saw.
Though I didn't mention it in the vid, but I LOVE the GE Smith Teles. That's absolutely what inspired the chopped bridge/direct mounted pickups I've done here. I knew that the real players and Tele lovers would pick that up, since I feel GE Smith helped popularize both Telecasters made from pine and chopped bridge/direct mounted pickups.
I did look around for chopped ashtray bridges, but they were a bit more expensive than I liked, and I wanted the compensated saddles of the Gotoh bridges. The Wilkinson was a good compromise of price, quality and features. I didn't mind cutting it up- it took maybe 45 minutes from start to finish.
I'll definitely experiment with the flipped control plate, I had kinda forgotten about it since all the teles I've played in the last few years were standard. But I think I would like it, as I've been mostly a Strat player most of my life!
Since I was looking for a real "old fashioned tele" sound, I went with the Seymour Duncan "Broadcaster" pickup set. They suit this guitar very well, and really satisfy that honest to goodness tele tone. And I like the direct mounted pickups. The bridge seems far less shrill to my ear than my last Tele build(the red Dano style).
Anyway, glad you liked the build and thanks for the kind words! Best of luck if you decide to do another Tele build and let me know how it turns out!
i'll bet that the pine during the woodwork smells fantastic
Honestly, it was very pleasant...neutral, without any chemical smell. However, I did have to open the door when the router bit heated up and burned in a few places but that's my own fault! I was most impressed that it was relatively hard, similar to poplar or basswood, not overly soft as some pine species are.
Awesome 👍
Thanks!
I’ve never seen that way of jointing two boards, seems like a sound idea, hope it works.
It worked better than I thought! I might make a toggle clamp sled/jig since I have about a dozen more bodies to joint...
It was fun to follow along in detail with the whole process. I’d be curious to know more about the bookmatching step. Shaping the body must have been satisfying, and I thought the shellac process looked fun too. Just curious you have a total hour count for the build? Congrats!
Thanks! I think I was a bit too eager to really clarify the bookmatching step! But basically, my idea was this: The board was just a about an inch too narrow to make a one piece body. So instead of gluing a strip to one edge, I thought it would be cool to find the most interesting texture(which happened to run down the middle of the board) and cut away those edges until the textures sort of lined up in the center. Thought it's not a traditional "bookmatch, it is matched in the sense that the board matches longitudinally, rather than horizontally. Whatever you call it, I like how it turned out!
As far as build hours go, I'd say it took about 40 hours total over the course of a few weeks. The time would probably double If I made the neck from scratch....
That has got to be one of the most interesting ways that I’ve seen to joint the boards thar become the body. I’ve been wanting to build an electric guitar for some time. But here’s the million dollar question: how do you know how deep to route the neck pocket? I know that’s probably pretty critical since it will roughly set the action.
That's a great question. I was always intimidated by the neck pocket, but I learned a few things. One thing is the depth is pretty standard on most guitar types. This Tele was 5/8" deep, which was recommended on the Tele template. Gibson and other types will be different. You can test fit the neck after you cut the pocket to make sure it's not too shallow or deep. If it's too deep, you can use a flat shim to raise the neck to the proper height. Another thing is, you can use the "three board method" to cut your neck pocket, so you won't technically need a template. In hindsight, I should have used the 3 board method to cut the initial bit of this neck. Also, the boards keep the router very level and won't allow the router to dip on one edge, which mine did slightly. Also, my plunge cut with the router was not ideal. The easiest way is to carefully drill out the bulk of the material with a drill press then rout away the rest. Just don't go too deep with the drill press.
Check out the Telecaster Discussion Page ReIssue forum for build advice. It's a great forum and will always turn up answers to common questions.
Thanks for checking out the vid!
@@FrankOlsonTwinsAwesome, thanks for the reply. Good info!
Hola, cuál es la ventaja de cortar el puente? Es simplemente estética?
Un pedazo de guitarrón!!
👍👍
I wanted to mount the pickup directly into the wood. It can help with feedback issues and adds a little low end.
I don't know if you all know, but the first Telecaster was made of Pine by Leo Fender.
I've heard that. I wonder if any of the original pine bodies still exist?
I've got one question Frank, can you explain me why did you chose to split the wood and glue together later for a body. Btw, amazing work Frank, thank you.
Good question! The board I bought was only about 11 inches wide. The tele body is almost 13 inches wide. So instead of squaring each side of the board and then gluing a 3" strip on one side, I decided to cut about 3 inches off of each blank to match them in the center. The result looks more like a "book matched" top. If you're more into a "one piece" style of body, you could just glue up a strip along one edge and get something close to a one piece body. Thanks for checking it out!
Looks awesome, congrats! I just made a 12-string tele from old barn wood from my parents place in Montana. The wood was shabbier than yours and so are my wood working skills, but I took a torch to it and burned the boards heavily, then took a nylon wheel on my drill to remove the char. It is a killer look for an old wood guitar (though I dig the shellac as well.) Keep up the amazing work!
Sounds cool! Did you finish with poly or anything? Thanks for checking out the vid. Hoping to do a strat build next!
@@FrankOlsonTwins I used leather dye to do a tobacco(ish) sunburst and then finished with tru oil and bees wax. I'm not sure how durable it will be, but the soft finish is very nice with the 3D effect of the wood. Can't wait for the video of the Strat build, I have one of those on my list as well. (Sadly a long list and short time, hahaha)
Sounds cool! Did you hand rub the sunburst? I've been researching hand rubbed sunburst finishes, I'll have to try my hand at one in the near future. I'm sure the Tru Oil and wax will be a nice durable finish. Lots of guitar builders love tru-oil for finish work.
@@FrankOlsonTwins Yes, hand rubbed it and it turned out surprisingly well. I watched a ton of videos from @bigdguitars. He has a lot of great tutorials.
4:17" Genius!
33:01" - Say when!
33:27" - When.
😂😂
Why did i not think of that for jointing!!!
It worked better than I thought!
Do you find a scroll saw is good for cutting bodies? I'm just getting into it, and find the jigsaw leaves a bit to be desired 😂
To be honest, the scroll saw is a challenge. I think the cheapest bandsaw would be better than a scroll saw. And yes, the jigsaw is a real pain!
Just curious, why not ad the amber tone to the neck and the body so it would match. It looks kinda strange that the body is natural and the neck is stained yellow. Other than that it looks quite nice with the rough hewn wood top.
The neck was a bit yellow-er than I would prefer. I don't think I'd care for a body in the same color of yellow-amber, so I didn't even consider tinting it. Thanks for checking it out!
Cool build! I have a question. Why did you decide to cut off the bridge plate and screw the pickup into the body?
Thanks! I liked the idea of the GE Smith direct mounted pickup. I also wanted to cut the bridge back to reduce hand scrapes...
What song is being played
A song I wrote to demonstrate the guitar!
Sound guitare..???
57:14
Merhaba frank
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