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  1. 16th November 2007, 09:22 PM #31
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    Tele's are great, just look at the early Zep albums where the guitar was pretty much all tele. Page preferred it for all the early studio work, and when the time came to knock out the most popular solo of all time, i.e. stairway, he went straight back to the tele for it. Have to say though, teles are still only my second favourite guitar, the 1959 cherry burst Les Paul is still my fav, but I'm pretty sure the tele was an easier build. Next one will be my own design though. Not sure I'll do anymore copies.
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  3. 24th November 2007, 10:39 AM #32
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    Default Newbie - First Build Tele - FINISHED

    Finished this one last night. Been working hard and got the buffing, assembly, wiring and setup done. How nice is it to have that first session on your own build!! thanks for the help along the way guys!!
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  4. 24th November 2007, 10:43 AM #33
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    more pics.
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  5. 24th November 2007, 10:44 AM #34
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    one more......
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  6. 24th November 2007, 10:47 AM #35
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    Congratulations on a build well done.
    A very nice twanger indeed.

    So, tell us about the tone characteristics of this one.
    How does she play ?

    Any chance of loading up some bigger pics for all to see?
    ( I hate squinting)

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  7. 24th November 2007, 11:00 AM #36
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    Tone - I'm not real good at describing but it does have a massive bottom end, but surprised me a bit as the mids and highs are also very good. Neck pickup and karri gives a very mellow but powerful sound. Bridge pickup screams with a bit of overdrive. Still dont know what these pickups are, but they seem excellent so far.

    The pots are 250K and the wiring the same as the standard teles. No need for higher pots as the tone is quite high enough turned on full with the bridge pickup, more high end than my epiphone les paul anyway. Overall nicer to play than my epihone as far as sound goes, but I didn't realise how much I'd got used to the Gibson scale length. Need some 9 guage strings for this one so it feels more like the 10's in my other one.

    Will work on some pics in the next couple of days.
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    looks very sweet well done
    where did you get the pickups??
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  9. 25th November 2007, 03:27 PM #38
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    The pickups were bought from Fretco in adelaide city. No brand name on them or anything at all on the packaging. Sound pretty good though.
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    That is a good looking guitar Archer.

    If it was me I would have to hook it up see what it sounds like.

    I am getting very tempted to have a go at making a guitar.
    You fellas seem to be having a lot of fun making them.

    Her I am sitting around listening to Pink Floyd, Zeppelin and Santana and you lot are making their instruments.

    Where to start?

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    She is a true beauty Arch...

    Well done! Very well done indeed.

    ...now time to build a custom valve amp to feed her into
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  12. 25th November 2007, 05:46 PM #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scally View Post
    That is a good looking guitar Archer.

    If it was me I would have to hook it up see what it sounds like.

    I am getting very tempted to have a go at making a guitar.
    You fellas seem to be having a lot of fun making them.

    Her I am sitting around listening to Pink Floyd, Zeppelin and Santana and you lot are making their instruments.

    Where to start?

    Congratulations.
    Thanks Scally - you should build one!
    Great taste in music too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by againstthegrain View Post
    She is a true beauty Arch...

    Well done! Very well done indeed.

    ...now time to build a custom valve amp to feed her into
    Now we're talkin!
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    heheheh
    5e3 for a filthy back alley sound
    circuit for this amp apparently is easy and pretty available
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  15. 25th November 2007, 07:18 PM #44
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    great looking tele, good job finishing it too
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    Quote Originally Posted by old_picker View Post
    heheheh
    5e3 for a filthy back alley sound
    circuit for this amp apparently is easy and pretty available


    Just got all the the bits together to build an ax84 Hi-Octane.

    Now I need to teach myself how to build a proper cabinet for the head and a speaker cabinet!
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