Soooo . . . a little more than two years after commencing a project to
build two telecaster styled guitars, the second one is complete. The
first one rolled out last year (birch neck, past blog posts). This
second one has a maple neck. Both have butternut bodies. Throughout the
project, the intent was to experiment and learn on the birch model, and
to apply lessons learned to the maple one. As it turns out, both crossed
the finish line as quality instruments, although the maple one is
slightly more refined and my overall preference. Both are highly
playable.
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| Butternut-Maple tele 2018, March 30 |
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| Butternut-Maple tele. The wide furrel spacing eliminates the the crowding that occurs when the string holes are drilled straight through the bode to the bridge. These holes were angled slightly to align wuth the narrower spacings on the bridge. |
