@Liamthefiredemond its the most played guitar i have . i think the ashtray bridge has a lot to do with it . i know modern tele bridges have better sustain and intonation , but this suits the wood , nice sounding
theyre string ferrules ... loads on e bay . by rights they should be set in flush with the surface of the wood , but being pine i didnt fancy my chances of getting a neat hole as theyre so close together , so the shoulder of the ferrules sit on the surface . checked out the smellcaster .... sounds mighty fine
i love the vid but all im gunna say is that when cutting the bady glue all the wood togeather in it one big square and cut it stait from there, its how fender do it
I like it. Nice step by step video. I just tried my hand at putting together a telecaster, but now I want build one from scratch too. Ever built a neck?
@13LegioneR i read that leo fender made some of his original guitars from the pine packing cases that his amp parts came in , and they got damaged easily , but sounded great . true
@TheAmericanRebel9 thanks . the bridge is a wilkinson vintage voice tele . i rubbed the brand name off and wound faded garden twine around the winding then some wax furniture polish so they fitted the overall look . i dont know the origin of the neck pickup unfortunately , as it was out of the parts box
@guitargod1598 just epoxy . i thought that it would bond the bolts to the wood better . if it was a straight wood joint ,iwould probably have gone for one of the new foaming wood glues
@neonpike thanks thats really helpful, i'm gonna still try the experiment with a JBweld joint. hoping it will help with resonance and sustain.i guess we'll see. thanks again bro!
@karlitoalmeda010 the twelfth fret should be half the distance of the length of the whole string , so i measure the distance from the nut at the head end to the twelfth fret , then measure the same distance from the twelth fret onto the body . with an adjustable bridge , put all the saddles so theres adjustment left both ways and use that as the bridge position
@andyg3 i was curious enough to try pine , although i was dubious it would sound that good . but thinking about it , when a pine plank is dropped there is a particular twang to it . although its an overall soft wood , the rays running through it are hard , so praps thats where its sound comes from . re your bass , i had an old indian made encore guitar in ply ....weighed a ton but sounded great
@neonpike Your video was linked on a forum I frequent. I clicked on it and just felt myself be mesmerised. I've downloaded it and have watched it maybe a hundred times by now. =/
i dont see why any one would go through all the effort to make a guitar ... only to hit the body with stones and sandpaper all the gloss ... it just sems mad especially when you can buy a relic guitar for like $300 £200 its seems wierd ... but hey i make ibanez jems and i like em new and glossy i suppose its just taste
@me86680 i did think that because epoxy glue dries a bit like ceramic , if i could get it to form a bridge between the two halves it might help transmit vibrations through the body as a whole . also , although the wood i used was pretty old , i liked the idea that if it does ever move , the part where the neck joins and bridge area are reinforced
It's a nice guitar. I still think you should've bought some high quality switches, and pots instead of buying some cheap ones. But even though It sounds nice.
@EHXGUY youre right . in hindsight , the time i spent would justify better parts . i suppose it was an experiment using what i had available . also i would have been better buying a squier neck as the new/reasonable price one from e bay is already showing fret wear
@EHXGUY . i bought a fender body to relic ( one of my other videos) and drew around it on a piece of card for future use . that was the basis for this one
Why didn't you just glue up a blank first with Titebond rather than epoxy and (bolts?) to line it up and then trace your body. If you have two pieces of equal thickness, you can just glue long grain to long grain with 3 pipe clamps and then plane them flat with a sharp hand plane (if you don't have a planer) rather than sandpaper.
@notsoflexibleflyer ive used titebond on guitar neck repairs and have found it works well , but ive used epoxy for years , and as it sets with a ceramic quality i thought it good for a resonant quality , i imagined the sound vibrations through the body joint being transfered through the steel and araldite . could be a load of crap but it does sound nice
Hi Ive just bought a squire pine wood telecaster..it doesnt look good as yours homemade one, but its a very insightful video..too bad ur not my best friend, otheriwse u can make me a telecaster..lol
@wisesatyr72 i,m sure your new tele will be sound . my uncle bought me a squier tele (not pine ) a few years ago and it was my main guitar for quite a while
@BadgerDervy most of the area around the neck pocket is covered by the scratch plate , so small mistakes are covered . it might be worth making the first cut with a stanley knife and straight edge before you chisel inside it . use a broad chisel too , its easier to get a good line . best of luck if you choose to have a go
@neonpike The other day I actually cut a neck pocket with a chisel (for an electric ukulele not a full size guitar). I wouldn't have known it was even possible for me to do this without a router if it weren't for this video, so thanks a lot.
this is the best video i've ever seen you tube and i've seen hundreds. you are an artist dude, who cares how it sounds. i love it when you flop it on the floor. you probably made the rug too huh? this is truly your guitar. who needs to buy one when you have your hands.'' old school'' is all i can say. i'll look for your video ''making an amp out of spare parts from the the dump.'' you are a dying breed. beautiful work. you have a great talent.
would be ineresting to hear how humbuckers on a pine body would sound . i cant find any les paul , or any purely humbucker pine guitars on google . i suppose the humbucker equipped tele,s would sound similar
@amast3rMind69 it was from ebay . i bought it as a paddle headstock so i could shape it myself . one of the few things i dont like about the tele is the headstock . there were no makers marks on it . i find second hand fender squier necks good value if theyve been treated well . best of luck , and send us a picture if you build one
@neonpike Yea if I do decide to make one ill be sure to take pictures while im making it. ill probelly post it up on the tele forums. Where did you get your tempelate
@amast3rMind69 also from ebay. i bought a badly routed tele body ( its tele relic body , on my utube homepage ) and it was obviously a good un , as it was one piece and the ferrules in the back were spot on . i took a drawing from it before reselling it .
well I got to hand it to you. My hats off !! Ive been a woodworker all my life a guitar maker for 17 years,Ive never used any of your old school methods.Wow a chisel to get a tight neck pocket, fantastic! you are inspiring,thank for the great video.
yes good point . its good to get the shoulders of the ferrules in too . drilling a hole so close to the next , runs the risk of splinters of wood coming off between them , and with pine that risk increases . so with this build i just took the hard edges off them
Very cool build! Thanks for posting this. I love it when people build cool stuff using basic tools and castoff materials. I'd love to hear what your pinecaster sounds like clean - without the vibrato effect.
LOL.... THAT IS NOT HOW YOU JOIN A GUITAR! But, i think that is very creative of you, and very cool that you just did it your own way, though, I doubt you would get the same sound, as a fender tele because of your building techniques.
who,s to say how you join a guitar . one join down the middle getting the tonal qualities of both pieces of wood into the the neck or into a central piece with no contact by the neck into the glued pieces on either side . try it !
i think if you were to use a modern foaming aerosol wax polish it might take some colour off , as there are some solvents in them . i give the scratchplate a bit of antiquing wax to finish it . and just buff it up with a soft dry cloth when i change the strings
I have most every woodworking tool there is and I have made some Tele bodies.
I admire you for taking on this project. You have a nice guitar and I'm sure it sounds great. I found some old pine boards and my summer project is to make a couple of Tele's. I am going to follow some of your ideas. Thanks.
it was a strat replacement . dont know what make , sorry , i just collect and save parts and lose track of what theyve come off . i find the tele neck pickups to be a bit thin soundwise , and wanted something to give a bassier sound
i thought about leaving the pickup cover off the strat pickup which meant it would fit the hole made for the tele one . i did this on another guitar with a black scratch plate and it looks fine , but i wanted an old white cover on this . so yes i filed it to fit . its adjustment screws are into the wood as a tele one is but theres no reason why the screws cant be through the scratchplate as strats are . i ,d like to try a mini humbucker in the next one . try a site called telemodders
Thanks for sharing that video...It was thoroughly enjoyable....:o)...I've also looked for quite a while how to relic the scratchplate (pick guard)....So I learned something here..
really nice guitar dude! I'd like to relic a few parts of my telecaster, too - where did you get that stuff you used in order to make the pickguard look 'antique'?
i get my wood stain from B&Q , but any hardware store should have colron wood stains or similar product . the antique pine gives a slightly yellow finish . there are also red or brown finishes
i heard that some early fenders were built from the pine packing cases that amp parts came in , and that thay sounded great but dented easily . since i dont mind a few dents i tried it ... and it sounds great . care has to be taken around the neck pocket , where the wood is thin , and so vulnerable till the neck goes in . drill pilot holes for neck plate screws holes and strap buttonsand . tele shape is chunky to suit the wood . the pine was old roof joists from a demolished factory
Amazing! A while back I thought about trying to use Pine to make a solid body guitar but I thought it would be too soft. Was that just a 2X12 you made the body out of? Since Pine is a soft wood is there a problem with screws etc wanting to pull out?
What an amazing job. So few powertools and still you make it look so easy, but I imagine it takes a great amount of patience.
I was actually thinking about making a ukulele telecaster and I've seen your electric uke too(which also looks great). There one question on my mind and that's about the pickup. You just twisted yours on the ukulele so it fits under the strings, doesn't that effect the sound? Because I just imagined that it only worked with one string per magnet. I you get what Im saying.
i did think that as fender made each polepiece on their pickups different lengths , i thought each one would only influence the string directly above .but i got an equally good sound from all strings on the ukulele , so i think each string must be influenced by at least two polepieces .
AMAZING, awesome vid.!!!!
aerosmithisawesome11 5 days ago
Great challenge. Was very pleased when it made sound !!
ukelist 4 weeks ago
very impresive!!!! how dose it sound?
Liamthefiredemond 4 months ago
@Liamthefiredemond its the most played guitar i have . i think the ashtray bridge has a lot to do with it . i know modern tele bridges have better sustain and intonation , but this suits the wood , nice sounding
neonpike 4 months ago
amazing work hand
Moza47 5 months ago
it is fantastic.....i love it....it is one of the best telecaster vids i've seen so far ....
besamemucho5 5 months ago
great video man, no talking just showing how you work, great job !!!
mindlesspuppet94 5 months ago
great video, I really enjoy it !!
yamitanomura 8 months ago
theyre string ferrules ... loads on e bay . by rights they should be set in flush with the surface of the wood , but being pine i didnt fancy my chances of getting a neat hole as theyre so close together , so the shoulder of the ferrules sit on the surface . checked out the smellcaster .... sounds mighty fine
neonpike 8 months ago
Hi,
What did you use as inserts to smarten up the string holes on the back please?
That's something I need to do on the back of my "Smelecaster" toilet seat guitar.
That was my first ever build, so you're vids have been really helpful.. Thankyou.
SONGSTICKS 8 months ago
the bag of rocks brings out the tone of the wood
burningxdimx 8 months ago
i love the vid but all im gunna say is that when cutting the bady glue all the wood togeather in it one big square and cut it stait from there, its how fender do it
acdcruleurmom 9 months ago
@acdcruleurmom thats a fine idea , but a big chunk of wood wont go through my fun size band saw so i had to do it in two bits
neonpike 9 months ago
@neonpike ahh okayy, i just informing others :D
acdcruleurmom 8 months ago
I like it. Nice step by step video. I just tried my hand at putting together a telecaster, but now I want build one from scratch too. Ever built a neck?
sandowb 9 months ago
@sandowb not for a guitar . i did one for a ukulele ( neonpike electric ukulele ) no truss rod , which made for an uncomplicated build
neonpike 9 months ago
In the beginning I was like hmm cool looks nice. Then I saw all the work! Wow you really built that by hand! Really really nice job.
LeviMan2001 9 months ago
System of a down - nice! And great guitar lol
scaredypicker 9 months ago
i love how you do it with really old tools good on you
acdcruleurmom 9 months ago
The editing of this video is brilliant. Straight to the point, highly informative and a tad bit funny. Good job mate!
VAB0L0 10 months ago
@VAB0L0 many thanks . just had a look at your vids and favourites ....great stuff , i like phil x too , i hadnt seen that one ....WANT AN EVIL ROBOT
neonpike 10 months ago
Pine?! WTF?!
13LegioneR 10 months ago
@13LegioneR i read that leo fender made some of his original guitars from the pine packing cases that his amp parts came in , and they got damaged easily , but sounded great . true
neonpike 10 months ago
are you albert lee
finder317 11 months ago
@finder317 never saw albert lee before .... wow
neonpike 11 months ago
Wow, that is a unique sound on that pine...What kind of pickups have you got in it?
Great video sequence of your build by the way.
TheAmericanRebel9 11 months ago
@TheAmericanRebel9 thanks . the bridge is a wilkinson vintage voice tele . i rubbed the brand name off and wound faded garden twine around the winding then some wax furniture polish so they fitted the overall look . i dont know the origin of the neck pickup unfortunately , as it was out of the parts box
neonpike 11 months ago
Brilliant. I found this enormously relaxing to watch. Do more.
frogslips 11 months ago
i,d be a lot richer , and surprised that my product had been taken over by the youth of the day
neonpike 1 year ago
are you sure you arent leo fender?
JackHarperTv 1 year ago
was only epoxy used for the joint?or was there wood glue too?
guitargod1598 1 year ago
@guitargod1598 just epoxy . i thought that it would bond the bolts to the wood better . if it was a straight wood joint ,iwould probably have gone for one of the new foaming wood glues
neonpike 1 year ago
@neonpike thanks thats really helpful, i'm gonna still try the experiment with a JBweld joint. hoping it will help with resonance and sustain.i guess we'll see. thanks again bro!
guitargod1598 1 year ago
how do you no where to put the bridge
karlitoalmeda010 1 year ago
@karlitoalmeda010 the twelfth fret should be half the distance of the length of the whole string , so i measure the distance from the nut at the head end to the twelfth fret , then measure the same distance from the twelth fret onto the body . with an adjustable bridge , put all the saddles so theres adjustment left both ways and use that as the bridge position
neonpike 1 year ago
excellent video! really interesting to watch it happen
Warsel 1 year ago
great work !
Sounds good for the most basic wood there really is.
I made a semi acoustic bass from ratty old ply wood, you would think it would sound pretty duff, but it had a nice bassy smooth sound.
then it fell off my wall and broke in half! on the projecs list
andyg3 1 year ago
@andyg3 i was curious enough to try pine , although i was dubious it would sound that good . but thinking about it , when a pine plank is dropped there is a particular twang to it . although its an overall soft wood , the rays running through it are hard , so praps thats where its sound comes from . re your bass , i had an old indian made encore guitar in ply ....weighed a ton but sounded great
neonpike 1 year ago
@neonpike first teles were made from pine
letterbekmen 1 year ago
@neonpike
Ply does weight a ton.
i started making a thunderbird out of solid ply, and a fat beech neck.
i dont think anybody would have been able to hold it with getting a hernia!
i was only 13 at the time, so needles to say, the project fail rther quickly..
Oh cripes, i have a video of the semi-
dailymotion . com / video / x1iykp_i-can-t-explain_music
andyg3 1 year ago
great guitar,it sounds amazing i love the sound of pine guitars,shame the big companies don't do anything with pine anymore.
btw that little song at the end sounds nice.
megatron804 1 year ago
Great Build video! I've built two Pinecasters and I love the way you went about this one, giving it an aged but not too relic'ed look. Great Job!!!!
steve73008 1 year ago
For some reason, I find this very soothing. And I don't have a clue about guitars, either playing them or making them.
SelfMadeBum 1 year ago
@SelfMadeBum how did you come to be watching a guitar build video ?
neonpike 1 year ago
@neonpike Your video was linked on a forum I frequent. I clicked on it and just felt myself be mesmerised. I've downloaded it and have watched it maybe a hundred times by now. =/
SelfMadeBum 1 year ago
@SelfMadeBum very honoured , thank you
neonpike 1 year ago
i dont see why any one would go through all the effort to make a guitar ... only to hit the body with stones and sandpaper all the gloss ... it just sems mad especially when you can buy a relic guitar for like $300 £200 its seems wierd ... but hey i make ibanez jems and i like em new and glossy i suppose its just taste
lordvad3r 1 year ago
why did you join the halves of the body with the dowels? just glue is used by most. not calling it wrong, just would like to know :)
me86680 1 year ago
@me86680 i did think that because epoxy glue dries a bit like ceramic , if i could get it to form a bridge between the two halves it might help transmit vibrations through the body as a whole . also , although the wood i used was pretty old , i liked the idea that if it does ever move , the part where the neck joins and bridge area are reinforced
neonpike 1 year ago
@neonpike would J B weld(epoxy steel resin) to the same job as the epoxy glue?
guitargod1598 1 year ago
@guitargod1598 yes , looks virtually the same
neonpike 1 year ago
Fascinating guitar build. I love it. Thanks so much!
Farbocaster 1 year ago
Respect man, nice work!:)
Doduard 1 year ago
This is one of my favorite videos for guitar making and it has helped me so much with mine! Keep up the good work! :D
steverhein 1 year ago
@steverhein thanks
neonpike 1 year ago
It's a nice guitar. I still think you should've bought some high quality switches, and pots instead of buying some cheap ones. But even though It sounds nice.
EHXGUY 1 year ago
@EHXGUY youre right . in hindsight , the time i spent would justify better parts . i suppose it was an experiment using what i had available . also i would have been better buying a squier neck as the new/reasonable price one from e bay is already showing fret wear
neonpike 1 year ago
@neonpike I have a question. Where did you get the plan for the telecaster body?
EHXGUY 1 year ago
@EHXGUY . i bought a fender body to relic ( one of my other videos) and drew around it on a piece of card for future use . that was the basis for this one
neonpike 1 year ago
Why didn't you just glue up a blank first with Titebond rather than epoxy and (bolts?) to line it up and then trace your body. If you have two pieces of equal thickness, you can just glue long grain to long grain with 3 pipe clamps and then plane them flat with a sharp hand plane (if you don't have a planer) rather than sandpaper.
notsoflexibleflyer 1 year ago
@notsoflexibleflyer ive used titebond on guitar neck repairs and have found it works well , but ive used epoxy for years , and as it sets with a ceramic quality i thought it good for a resonant quality , i imagined the sound vibrations through the body joint being transfered through the steel and araldite . could be a load of crap but it does sound nice
neonpike 1 year ago
I bet CCR would sound great on that tele.
JimmyPage968 1 year ago
Hi Ive just bought a squire pine wood telecaster..it doesnt look good as yours homemade one, but its a very insightful video..too bad ur not my best friend, otheriwse u can make me a telecaster..lol
wisesatyr72 1 year ago
@wisesatyr72 i,m sure your new tele will be sound . my uncle bought me a squier tele (not pine ) a few years ago and it was my main guitar for quite a while
neonpike 1 year ago
You sir, are batshit insane for building a guitar without a router. My hat is off to you.
Bertziethegreat 1 year ago
thts so awesome!
no routing at all
great job man!!!
steverhein 1 year ago
How long did it take you to make that?
Triushumph 1 year ago
@Triushumph i think i had about a week and a half doing three or four hours a day . would have been way quicker with a router
neonpike 1 year ago
I liked the part about lining up the string holes. And the antiquing. You are a real craftsman!!
GitarCarl 1 year ago
How hard is it to cut a neck pocket like that just using a chisel? I would like to try that as I don't have a router.
BadgerDervy 1 year ago
@BadgerDervy most of the area around the neck pocket is covered by the scratch plate , so small mistakes are covered . it might be worth making the first cut with a stanley knife and straight edge before you chisel inside it . use a broad chisel too , its easier to get a good line . best of luck if you choose to have a go
neonpike 1 year ago
@neonpike The other day I actually cut a neck pocket with a chisel (for an electric ukulele not a full size guitar). I wouldn't have known it was even possible for me to do this without a router if it weren't for this video, so thanks a lot.
BadgerDervy 1 year ago
this is the best video i've ever seen you tube and i've seen hundreds. you are an artist dude, who cares how it sounds. i love it when you flop it on the floor. you probably made the rug too huh? this is truly your guitar. who needs to buy one when you have your hands.'' old school'' is all i can say. i'll look for your video ''making an amp out of spare parts from the the dump.'' you are a dying breed. beautiful work. you have a great talent.
jfbegley 1 year ago
@jfbegley many thanks for that .... i do fancy making an amp
neonpike 1 year ago
would be ineresting to hear how humbuckers on a pine body would sound . i cant find any les paul , or any purely humbucker pine guitars on google . i suppose the humbucker equipped tele,s would sound similar
neonpike 1 year ago
Great vid! really inspiring. why are pine guitars always telecasters though? I'm thinkin about making a pine les paul would that work?
picklesfreaked 1 year ago
nice! can i get one. that would be awesome. really nice guitar
SLipKnoTFrEaK0505 1 year ago
@SLipKnoTFrEaK0505 i dont know if i,ll be making another . i like to try different things . thanks for the comment
neonpike 1 year ago
really fine job its not easy
speck444 1 year ago
I want to make one of these. where did you get your neck
amast3rMind69 1 year ago
@amast3rMind69 it was from ebay . i bought it as a paddle headstock so i could shape it myself . one of the few things i dont like about the tele is the headstock . there were no makers marks on it . i find second hand fender squier necks good value if theyve been treated well . best of luck , and send us a picture if you build one
neonpike 1 year ago
@neonpike Yea if I do decide to make one ill be sure to take pictures while im making it. ill probelly post it up on the tele forums. Where did you get your tempelate
amast3rMind69 1 year ago
@amast3rMind69 also from ebay. i bought a badly routed tele body ( its tele relic body , on my utube homepage ) and it was obviously a good un , as it was one piece and the ferrules in the back were spot on . i took a drawing from it before reselling it .
neonpike 1 year ago
Wow, you are a real artist...
mesa401 1 year ago
well I got to hand it to you. My hats off !! Ive been a woodworker all my life a guitar maker for 17 years,Ive never used any of your old school methods.Wow a chisel to get a tight neck pocket, fantastic! you are inspiring,thank for the great video.
edadmartin 1 year ago
@edadmartin a compliment indeed . many thanks
neonpike 1 year ago
Fantastic video, freat looking/sounding instrument. I prefer the ferrules to be countersunk myself though, hate them catching me.
ProfessorDrum 1 year ago
yes good point . its good to get the shoulders of the ferrules in too . drilling a hole so close to the next , runs the risk of splinters of wood coming off between them , and with pine that risk increases . so with this build i just took the hard edges off them
neonpike 1 year ago
thats some crazzy sustain! grate job 58
imtrippenballs 1 year ago
That's cool! Fine building and sure you feel it better than a factory guitar. You make it seem so easy!
JORDIMB1970 1 year ago
mmm , yes the cursing bits were editted out
neonpike 1 year ago
Hehehe, I supposed so. But the video makes me want to do something similar. My brother is a tele fan and a handmade tele would make him jealous
JORDIMB1970 1 year ago
GREAT build, love chisels!
21313334 1 year ago
Very cool build! Thanks for posting this. I love it when people build cool stuff using basic tools and castoff materials. I'd love to hear what your pinecaster sounds like clean - without the vibrato effect.
KYLYKaHYT 2 years ago
LOL.... THAT IS NOT HOW YOU JOIN A GUITAR! But, i think that is very creative of you, and very cool that you just did it your own way, though, I doubt you would get the same sound, as a fender tele because of your building techniques.
nickothompson 2 years ago
who,s to say how you join a guitar . one join down the middle getting the tonal qualities of both pieces of wood into the the neck or into a central piece with no contact by the neck into the glued pieces on either side . try it !
neonpike 2 years ago
Suberb work man !!
Liked the way you fit tight the neck in the body.. the key to great systain...
Bravo for the overall work !
misternogreco 2 years ago
really really fantastic build, the only thing i dont like is the stratocaster head, but that's just my opinion
TheEvanovitch 2 years ago
This was amazing. The birdsong and silence reminds me of Kentucky, and the final playing at the end was brilliant! This could be an art film haha
superlou1s 2 years ago
AWESOME.
dondeestasquenoteveo 2 years ago
Now that's what I call hand made.Very interesting indeed
fendermac 2 years ago
I have one more question: When you scrubbed and dyed the pickguard, then waxed it, that stain will not come off at all??
rompo420247 2 years ago
i think if you were to use a modern foaming aerosol wax polish it might take some colour off , as there are some solvents in them . i give the scratchplate a bit of antiquing wax to finish it . and just buff it up with a soft dry cloth when i change the strings
neonpike 2 years ago
I have most every woodworking tool there is and I have made some Tele bodies.
I admire you for taking on this project. You have a nice guitar and I'm sure it sounds great. I found some old pine boards and my summer project is to make a couple of Tele's. I am going to follow some of your ideas. Thanks.
Bbendfender 2 years ago
this is seriously awesome. what kind of a pickup did you put in the neck position??
rompo420247 2 years ago
it was a strat replacement . dont know what make , sorry , i just collect and save parts and lose track of what theyve come off . i find the tele neck pickups to be a bit thin soundwise , and wanted something to give a bassier sound
neonpike 2 years ago
so you just filed out the shape of the pickup??
did you make new holes for the height adjustment screws??
i am working on a tele now and i hate the neck pickup. i have truly learned a lot from your video.
rompo420247 2 years ago
i thought about leaving the pickup cover off the strat pickup which meant it would fit the hole made for the tele one . i did this on another guitar with a black scratch plate and it looks fine , but i wanted an old white cover on this . so yes i filed it to fit . its adjustment screws are into the wood as a tele one is but theres no reason why the screws cant be through the scratchplate as strats are . i ,d like to try a mini humbucker in the next one . try a site called telemodders
neonpike 2 years ago
Thanks for sharing that video...It was thoroughly enjoyable....:o)...I've also looked for quite a while how to relic the scratchplate (pick guard)....So I learned something here..
lewistaylor1965 2 years ago
Awesome job! I hear a tremolo sort of sound is it the guitar or do you have a pedal doing it?
spanishnavax 2 years ago
i have a danelectro tremolo pedal in the line . i probably should have played it without effects to show its basic sound
neonpike 2 years ago
really nice guitar dude! I'd like to relic a few parts of my telecaster, too - where did you get that stuff you used in order to make the pickguard look 'antique'?
phillachef 2 years ago
i get my wood stain from B&Q , but any hardware store should have colron wood stains or similar product . the antique pine gives a slightly yellow finish . there are also red or brown finishes
neonpike 2 years ago
wow you are very talented. do you take orders?
radtasticjosh 2 years ago
just a hobby . thanks for that
neonpike 2 years ago
Wow, I'm amazed that you managed to make a nice guitar body with such a limited tool selection.
Very nice stuff.
Would have been nice to so a bit of overdrive used on it, but very nice sounding guitar nonetheless.
0hypnotoad0 2 years ago
totally amazed, excellent job
hexebiob 2 years ago
dude, ever hear of a thing called a pin router?
bohs1984 2 years ago
i was just given my first router . i only entered into woodwork through guitarwork , so i never bought powertools .
neonpike 2 years ago
i heard that some early fenders were built from the pine packing cases that amp parts came in , and that thay sounded great but dented easily . since i dont mind a few dents i tried it ... and it sounds great . care has to be taken around the neck pocket , where the wood is thin , and so vulnerable till the neck goes in . drill pilot holes for neck plate screws holes and strap buttonsand . tele shape is chunky to suit the wood . the pine was old roof joists from a demolished factory
neonpike 2 years ago
Amazing! A while back I thought about trying to use Pine to make a solid body guitar but I thought it would be too soft. Was that just a 2X12 you made the body out of? Since Pine is a soft wood is there a problem with screws etc wanting to pull out?
johnnynocaster 2 years ago
man when i see you, that motive me to build guitar ( my future profession)
btw nice guitar :P
lilchile123 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this. You make me want to learn how to use a chisel. I am impressed.
center77 2 years ago
Great Job!!!
Gyan111 2 years ago
you're brilliant man!
jonokwa 2 years ago
thanks for the encouragement
neonpike 2 years ago
What an amazing job. So few powertools and still you make it look so easy, but I imagine it takes a great amount of patience.
I was actually thinking about making a ukulele telecaster and I've seen your electric uke too(which also looks great). There one question on my mind and that's about the pickup. You just twisted yours on the ukulele so it fits under the strings, doesn't that effect the sound? Because I just imagined that it only worked with one string per magnet. I you get what Im saying.
Mobben 2 years ago
i did think that as fender made each polepiece on their pickups different lengths , i thought each one would only influence the string directly above .but i got an equally good sound from all strings on the ukulele , so i think each string must be influenced by at least two polepieces .
neonpike 2 years ago
Thank you for your quick reply. I have begun making a template for the body, so the preparation has begun :)
Again thank you for sharing your great work here on youtube.
Mobben 2 years ago
Nice Touch
paterzona 2 years ago