Custom archtop Telecaster some input and ideas

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Custom archtop Telecaster some input and ideas

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Hello everybody!!!! been busy working on many guitar projects.

Here is one:

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some of you might have seen it before we are working on a neck for it and building our own bridge for it etc...

But have decided to ask you people what do think I should do as for pickups,wiring schemes should it have a pickguard or not? and even scale length etc...

Your guys ideas and input would be greatly appreciated!! :D
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Re: Custom archtop Telecaster some input and ideas

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GHOSTLYxSTRAT wrote:Hello everybody!!!! been busy working on many guitar projects.

Here is one:

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some of you might have seen it before we are working on a neck for it and building our own bridge for it etc...

But have decided to ask you people what do think I should do as for pickups,wiring schemes should it have a pickguard or not? and even scale length etc...

Your guys ideas and input would be greatly appreciated!! :D

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Trapeze and TOM, dogear P90s, fretboard binding, elevated 335 style pickguard with binding.
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paul_ wrote:Trapeze and TOM, dogear P90s, fretboard binding, elevated 335 style pickguard with binding.
Yeah was thinking about putting binding on :P
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natural back and sides, trans white top and black or rosewood binding?
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Trapeze tail, go the full Casino!
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Is it fully or semi hollow?
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James wrote:Is it fully or semi hollow?
It's fully hollow (apart from where the neck sits :) )
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How did you carve the top?
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Joey wrote:How did you carve the top?
my old man just hand carved the shape by hand, done with A labour of love :P
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Which hand tool is his "go to tool" for carves? Rasp, chisel, spoke?

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did he start it out with a big ass router bit and then take it down by hand with a radiused and flat plane?
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