Always remember, buy the best and you will never be disappointed . I've heard you a few times say "next time Ill spend a little more and buy" your tele is beautiful. I've owned everything and have had a Joe Barden tele similar to yours. And If I was building one today, it would be very close, if not just like yours. You've done a great job. I've be playing 40 years! Nice work.
Nice job. I am in the process of building a 100% rosewood p bass from Warmoth. The neck should arrive this Tuesday. I can't wait. Thanks for the video. Gave me a few ideas.
That is really special Dave! It's beautiful! The paint finish and color is awesome! I love the pickgaurd too. Looks nice! Sounds great too! I don't blame ya for going this route. If your taking it out and giggin with it, I would want the best I could afford too. You want the best tools to do your job. Always makes it a little easier when ya have the right equipment. It's a beauty and a keeper...for sure! Nice results!😀👍
74dart man hey! Thanks so much! I really appreciate your comments and feedback. And thanks for watching too. You mentioned the right tools. That how I got started doing this. I bought stewmacs setup tool set so I could learn how to do my own setups with the goal of making cheaper guitars play better. But it kinda grew from there and it’s really a lot of fun. I’m almost ready to turn that gfs body into a thinline. I have been spending a lot of time on home projects but I am a few weekends away from converting the garage into a wood shop. Then I’ll be ready to tackle it. Hopefully this spring. Thanks again and best of luck! Peace!
I saw your video comparing aftermarket telecaster bodies so I thought I would check out this video and get more info. Great job, great looking guitar Dave, thinking of building one in the future thanks again.👍🎸🇨🇦
I always admire the dedication and passion of an individual who writes and plays ,but watching your work on this Tele really gives me inspiration to do something unique on my own also. Great video,fantastic result and great sound. Hope to see more videos from others doing the same thing. Alex!!! Cheers from Toronto,Canada
You did a nice job, it's really gorgeous and all the better with quality components and electronics .I've done a few projects myself and have been very impressed with Warmoth parts, I finished a Esquire about a year ago and used one of their roasted maple necks and I love it, however it did need a fret leveling. Nice job man, something you will keep forever and be proud of. Money can't buy that in any music store.
I realize this video is 7 years old, but I had to comment on how great that your guitar turned out. Knowing what I know now, I wished I would've known about Warmoth before I bought my Fender American Professional II. It's a decent guitar, but that thing you have is a monster!! swamp ash body, Danny Gatton signature Joe Barden pickups. I have 2 guitars, the fender Professional and a Brian Setzer signature 6120. I don't want to buy another tele because it's not exactly what I want now, oh well, maybe I will sell the tele I have and do my own Warmoth build! I am a handy person, being a carpenter but I am not a luthier. Oh, and by the way, that's pretty impressive that you did all the work yourself! not sure I want to do all of that! anyway thanks for the video!
jeffrey biscoe thanks so much Jeffrey! I hear you, sir! I just melt every time I hear this guitar (because of the pickups). And I really appreciate your comments about the paint coming from a painter. I have to give "Reranch.com major credit. Their products are top shelf and the spay nozzle on the can is adjustable. Check them out. They are a great company! Peace.
Excellent job, my friend...I have put a couple of guitars together (Strat and a Tele) but next one will be from "scratch" (Tele) via Warmouth. I almost went there for a body but found a 2010 Tele body for around $250 and put a '50s (7.25r) MIM neck on it. Plays well altho I am only an intermediate player...still learning. I do a lot of electronic work (amateur radio op) and electronics is easy for me...built my own Fender 5F2 amp and 6G1 stand-alone reverb unit !
Dave, it's so nice, I had to make another comment! I love the sound of those humbuckers and like the fact that they still retain the single coil look! That middle position is sweet! Makes me want to go over my Telecaster copy I built, and redo some things. Super nice guitar! Something you definitely can be proud of!
Dave, thanks for sharing this. I'm in the process of doing my first partscaster build and I have a lot of questions about fit and finish and what it takes to achieve a solid partscaster. This is great. I checked out your other vids...nice job!
For those digging the JBEs but not the price tag, check out Wilde Bill Twin Blades. I have em in a Blackguard style Butterscotch Blonde Tele, and love em. Not perfect knockoffs, but killer tones non the less. Just be aware the neck pup is Strat sized.
just a tip for country guitar get a MXR compressor any good delay that can give a 1 or 2 delays of slapjack. and a splash of reverb. BOOM hot country tone
Good player and a very nice build. I'm in the process of a build and I have a set of original Barden Gatton-T pickups but after listening I'm not sure they will work for me. In each of the three positions the tone was way too bright. I'm looking for a warmer tone. Since these pickups are not actually humbuckers, maybe a 4-way switch would allow me to have a humbucker sound in the bridge position. Great demo. Thanks.
great awesome job. good info for builders. I'm a weekend builder and it is nice to see how you went about doing this build. one thing I do is build my bodies mahogany and swamp ash is my choice wood with quilt maple top. I'm vary surprised in the finish you got from can finish. I use a spray gun witch is a little more clean up still not a big thing. I went with bare knuckle pickups in my tele. the info from your build should help others in there project. when is come to the parts they might look the same but the proof is when you play it. thicker bridge plate or neck plate ans black Gasket looks great. anyway thanks for a great tele build and good info. I always say when buying parts you get what you pay for.
Nice, I like to see what other people do for their tele builds. I've done about six or seven, different levels for different reasons. Tele is great for this.
One of the best/most comprehensive 'build videos' i've seen. Nice work. Hope you're still happy with the guitar, a year and a half later. I've been planning a custom Warmoth guitar, but after seeing this, i might have to hand all the parts to a skilled tech. I don't have the tools or 'workshop' space to deal with all of this. Impressive work by you, though. I'm envious.
CentaurusRelax314 thank you so much and how very kind of you! I very much appreciate your kind words and would like to encourage you to still attempt your own. All my special guitar tools and products fit in one toolbox and most fret level jobs I do on the kitchen table. You can do it, but the biggest investment will be the tools, not the space. After acquiring the basic set tools, I practiced on cheep guitars. Go to garage sales and practice on ones you don't care about. It's fun, and you'll find that you just might make cheep guitars play better. Best of luck and thanks for your kindness! Peace.
BTW, the Barden pickups aren't stacked. They are simply single-coil sized humbuckers designed to give an authentic single-coil tone. The two blades are from the side by side coils.
Those are interesting pickups. They have a quack sort of sound on their attack (to my ears) but are still twangy like a tele should be. The quack attack lol
Thanks for sharing your build! It's gorgeous and it sounds really nice! Btw...thanks for sharing what materials you used. I think I'll try that grain filler on a current build I'm working on. Looks like it worked well!👍😎🎸🎶
Good job; the guitar looks and sounds really good! What's the thing with the noise in the video? (I noticed that the noise only occurs when the amp is turned off)
Also, the vintage-modern necks come with MANY more options than the vintage necks. The vintage necks are pretty set. You shouldn't necessarily have to do a fret level on new Warmoth necks. Not in my experience anyways. I am able to get 3/64ths of an inch at the 17th fret on the high E and 4/64ths of an inch at the 17th fret on the low E even with my Gibson conversion necks without a full level. Though this might not be the case if you went with a rounder radius than the 10-16 I always get. I only had one new neck where I had to take a little off two of the frets to get rid of a little buzz when bending. The fret ends can use some filing for some people. I see you did that here. I just leave them as they don't bother me personally. I would highly recommend the SS frets. Just know you'll have to buff them or use some compound like Nevr-Dull if you want them to shine again if you go to filing them.
Your D and B strings (2nd and 4th) go right over the screw holes - didn't that effect that tone? That's the one flaw in barrel saddles - they should have string grooves!
Franklin Vasquez That's awesome! You'll love them. Btw, if you haven't bought them yet, musicians friend sells them and they have a 15% off coupon going on at their website. That's almost $45 savings! That's what I did when I got mine. Best of luck!!
Great video, the guitar is awesome ! My question is how did you finish the neck? What were the steps? Did you laquer the back and fretboard and the clean the fret wires? Thanks Keith
Thank you! I enjoyed the video and it helped me put some thoughts together on my Warmoth Tele build coming up this year. Btw, could you recommend a good 'how to' resource for finishing with Nitro please?
Matt Garofolo thanks so much and I imagine that you have completed your Warmoth build by now. I love reranch for their nitro products and they have a great info page on how to spray paint a guitar: www.reranch.com/101.htm Best of luck and hope that helps!
First off, VERY beautiful guitar. Second off, about how much was all the parts minus the paint and sanding stuff for the body? And finally, when will you,be recording some of your music?
Great job and sounds excellent. Did you use the optional capacitor that comes with the JBE pups. If you did did you use the 100pf or the 120pf. Thank you.
This is a great Tele and video, thanks Dave. Question for you and the other gurus here, I am considering a Tele build and would like to add a whammy bar but retain the classic looks. The Super Vee Maverick looks like it might fit the bill, thoughts??
Tele/Barden was invented by Danny Gatton. In fact the pickups Barden originally invented was DG's original idea. BTW, anything you put on the wood (sanding filler) etc, that will reduce the resonance, should be avoided. The Nitro paint will fill just fine, sanding between coats.
I'm curious, was it necessary to do the fret job on the Warmoth neck? I'm not capable of doing a fret job at the moment but was hoping to do a Warmoth build this Winter. If they don't level the frets then I'll have to wait. I don't mind dressing the fret ends, but doing a level job/crown is beyond my present ability.
Hi Spiritbro77. Good question. Here is what Warmoth says on their website: "Please note, Warmoth does not perform fret leveling. Most Warmoth necks are playable as they are received and do not require fret leveling. However, because wood moves with changes in temperature, humidity and string tension fret leveling may be required. This is best done after the neck has been strung up to pitch for several days and allowed to adjust in the assembled state. For this reason, Warmoth leaves this fine tuning to the end user.I did notice a few low spots so it was necessary for me, but I have heard of other builders not needed to as well. Looks like it's a case-by-case basis. Best of luck!
Nice build. I would however stress the fact that you should pay particular attention to the paint job. I'm a builder and professional automotive refinishing tech and I would strongly recommend you to have it done at your local cabinet builder of body shop and use urethane paint and high solids clear coating. They are tough as nails and shine like nothing else will. A good paint job by a pro will need little if any polishing at all. I would never use canned paint on a build, ever! It's like spraying liquid shit over gold. Pardon my French.
Renato thanks for the feedback and would agree with what you said. I did it myself for the experience, and also because the original teles were done in nitro. I can also see how a professional spray job could look better, but seriously, check out reranch.com! They are amazing for what they do and many folks get really pro finishes with their products. This was my first experience and I learned a lot! Like maybe by one already finished next time, lol!
The guitar looks great sounds great i would love to make my own but the cost would go way over, Top notch product's the right weight neck body, so my believe if its worth doing at all it's worth doing right would put me off. It's all about the quality look feel if it's heavy =expensive light = cheap but the outcome and sense of achievement that you must get would make it worth every penny, So great job.
Gerry B Great insight! I kinda figured that out after starting this. This was very expensive for me and it took me two years to afford all the parts. Christmas, birthday, Father's Day and gig money went into acquiring all the parts and tools, but when your done, you'll have something that rivals a Fender Custom Shop guitar for a third of The price. Best of luck and thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Same with me. Once i added up what i wanted to do on the Warmoth website it ended up like $900+ for the without pickups. So yeah that's never likely to happen for me. I'm not into guitar enough to justify that. Not to mention, i'd have to buy a lot of tools. Maybe in the future I'll do something with a cheap ebay kit.
Thanks so much! Not having any experience with chambered bodies, I was afraid it might color the tone. I was actually looking for a 4 pound body and felt lucky to find one with good grain and no additional cost. I am very interested in the chambered bodies and would love to build one someday. Thanks for your comments!
Doug Romero I downloaded the plans from www.tdpri.com. It's a telecaster forum for serious tele guitar lovers. Amazing resource, and experts blog here. A must for all tele lovers! Enjoy!
I'm shocked that an expensive Warmoth neck requires fret leveling and dressing. I assumed that for what Warmoth charges their necks would be complete and ready to play.
Sunny S Thanks so much Sunny S!! I am really loving this guitar! It's wonderful to gig with and always consistent. The only change I want to make is the spacing on the nut. The high E is a little too close to the edge of the neck for me, but it was a great lesson in making one and now I am a bit wiser. Thanks so much for you comments! Peace!
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After lots of research I have decided I will build a Warmoth Telecaster thank you for helping us all along with these projects
Always remember, buy the best and you will never be disappointed . I've heard you a few times say "next time Ill spend a little more and buy" your tele is beautiful. I've owned everything and have had a Joe Barden tele similar to yours. And If I was building one today, it would be very close, if not just like yours. You've done a great job. I've be playing 40 years! Nice work.
Beautiful guitar. Great build. Really helpful video. Thanks very much.
Wow!! Your build is amazing I dig what you've done Dave, Way to go. Nice playing too!!
You did a beautiful job spraying the guitar. Nice even strokes! Finish looks as good as factory!
Thanks for letting us see the final result of all your hard word and investigating .... best of luck
Beautiful guitar ! Sounds amazing , congrats on your inspiring vision !
Beautiful build, great sound, great inspiration for building my own guitar. Thanks.
Nice job. I am in the process of building a 100% rosewood p bass from Warmoth. The neck should arrive this Tuesday. I can't wait. Thanks for the video. Gave me a few ideas.
That is really special Dave! It's beautiful! The paint finish and color is awesome! I love the pickgaurd too. Looks nice! Sounds great too! I don't blame ya for going this route. If your taking it out and giggin with it, I would want the best I could afford too. You want the best tools to do your job. Always makes it a little easier when ya have the right equipment. It's a beauty and a keeper...for sure! Nice results!😀👍
74dart man hey! Thanks so much! I really appreciate your comments and feedback. And thanks for watching too. You mentioned the right tools. That how I got started doing this. I bought stewmacs setup tool set so I could learn how to do my own setups with the goal of making cheaper guitars play better. But it kinda grew from there and it’s really a lot of fun. I’m almost ready to turn that gfs body into a thinline. I have been spending a lot of time on home projects but I am a few weekends away from converting the garage into a wood shop. Then I’ll be ready to tackle it. Hopefully this spring. Thanks again and best of luck! Peace!
dsnagel1 same to you! And good luck with the woodshop!😀
I saw your video comparing aftermarket telecaster bodies so I thought I would check out this video and get more info. Great job, great looking guitar Dave, thinking of building one in the future thanks again.👍🎸🇨🇦
Close to The Perfect Telecaster: congratulations!! ... and best regards from Spain
Telecaster sounds great and looks great.
I always admire the dedication and passion of an individual who writes and plays ,but watching your work on this Tele really gives me inspiration to do something unique on my own also. Great video,fantastic result and great sound. Hope to see more videos from others doing the same thing. Alex!!! Cheers from Toronto,Canada
Thank you so much for these kind words! I wish you all the best on your guitar endeavors. Best of luck and enjoy!
quality guitar, thanks, very interesting and informative, great demo of the sound.
You did a nice job, it's really gorgeous and all the better with quality components and electronics .I've done a few projects myself and have been very impressed with Warmoth parts, I finished a Esquire about a year ago and used one of their roasted maple necks and I love it, however it did need a fret leveling. Nice job man, something you will keep forever and be proud of. Money can't buy that in any music store.
Lovely looking and sounding guitar. Look forward to seeing the next.
Very nice job! I just made my order from Warmoth a few days ago. Tele Alder body and tinted vintage/modern neck. I haven't decided on the pickups yet.
wow, the finished product is gorgeous. great job!
I realize this video is 7 years old, but I had to comment on how great that your guitar turned out. Knowing what I know now, I wished I would've known about Warmoth before I bought my Fender American Professional II.
It's a decent guitar, but that thing you have is a monster!! swamp ash body, Danny Gatton signature Joe Barden pickups. I have 2 guitars, the fender Professional and a Brian Setzer signature 6120. I don't want to buy another tele because it's not exactly what I want now, oh well, maybe I will sell the tele I have and do my own Warmoth build! I am a handy person, being a carpenter but I am not a luthier. Oh, and by the way, that's pretty impressive that you did all the work yourself! not sure I want to do all of that! anyway thanks for the video!
Awesome guitar!!!!!!👌👌👌👌👌🙂
Nice , those pick ups always amazes me .
Double dip ,I'm a auto painter long time ( not much wood experience ) blown away it was a spray can.
jeffrey biscoe thanks so much Jeffrey! I hear you, sir! I just melt every time I hear this guitar (because of the pickups). And I really appreciate your comments about the paint coming from a painter. I have to give "Reranch.com major credit. Their products are top shelf and the spay nozzle on the can is adjustable. Check them out. They are a great company! Peace.
Fantastic video thanks for taking the time to put it together and that guitar is just awesome - great work man.
Very informative and helpful video. And your guitar is beautiful!
What an amazing job. DAMN! Sounds GREAT!
build looks great man... congrats thumbs up.
Beautiful guitar! Love the attention to detail. Nice job.
Excellent job, my friend...I have put a couple of guitars together (Strat and a Tele) but next one will be from "scratch" (Tele) via Warmouth. I almost went there for a body but found a 2010 Tele body for around $250 and put a '50s (7.25r) MIM neck on it. Plays well altho I am only an intermediate player...still learning. I do a lot of electronic work (amateur radio op) and electronics is easy for me...built my own Fender 5F2 amp and 6G1 stand-alone reverb unit !
Great video. Great info. And a great looking Tele.
Nice vid, very good playing.
Dave, it's so nice, I had to make another comment! I love the sound of those humbuckers and like the fact that they still retain the single coil look! That middle position is sweet! Makes me want to go over my Telecaster copy I built, and redo some things. Super nice guitar! Something you definitely can be proud of!
Great video!
Still waiting for that GFS body Thinline!
Beautiful guitar,great job ! Thanks for the video.
Dave, thanks for sharing this. I'm in the process of doing my first partscaster build and I have a lot of questions about fit and finish and what it takes to achieve a solid partscaster. This is great. I checked out your other vids...nice job!
Thank you so much Hoover Cat! Please share when you complete your build and best of luck!
Great video Thanks for all the effort
For those digging the JBEs but not the price tag, check out Wilde Bill Twin Blades. I have em in a Blackguard style Butterscotch Blonde Tele, and love em. Not perfect knockoffs, but killer tones non the less. Just be aware the neck pup is Strat sized.
just a tip for country guitar get a MXR compressor any good delay that can give a 1 or 2 delays of slapjack. and a splash of reverb. BOOM hot country tone
loads of great info thanks I think I'm gonna try one
You sir have my 98% approval rating! Great job indeed!
Thanks for sharing! ( I am 98th thumbs up)
I'd recommend checking out a 4 way switch for that Tele. Just gives you the option of a humbucker-esque sound when you have both pickups in series.
that is a good point if your wiring it anyway this is a good upgrade.
Can't go wrong with Warmoth or Joe Barden. Top quality parts on a proven platform.
4 way switch is awesome. I used the 4 way for a "Dark Circuit" 4th position. I like it...
I put Stewmac's premium wiring kit in my Tele also but w/an Oak Grigsby 4-way switch and the Electrosocket is awesome too!
THIS is what you do when you want it done right......VERY NICE!
Good player and a very nice build. I'm in the process of a build and I have a set of original Barden Gatton-T pickups but after listening I'm not sure they will work for me. In each of the three positions the tone was way too bright. I'm looking for a warmer tone. Since these pickups are not actually humbuckers, maybe a 4-way switch would allow me to have a humbucker sound in the bridge position. Great demo. Thanks.
Super nice, looks and sounds beautiful, actually just perfect imho...
what a great video, I could follow along and make my own!
Love it!! Great inspiration!!
Great video. That's a fine looking guitar.
great awesome job. good info for builders. I'm a weekend builder and it is nice to see how you went about doing this build. one thing I do is build my bodies mahogany and swamp ash is my choice wood with quilt maple top. I'm vary surprised in the finish you got from can finish. I use a spray gun witch is a little more clean up still not a big thing. I went with bare knuckle pickups in my tele. the info from your build should help others in there project. when is come to the parts they might look the same but the proof is when you play it. thicker bridge plate or neck plate ans black Gasket looks great. anyway thanks for a great tele build and good info. I always say when buying parts you get what you pay for.
Nice, I like to see what other people do for their tele builds. I've done about six or seven, different levels for different reasons. Tele is great for this.
That's nice. I want to build one. I already have two Warmoth guitars - a Strat and a Soloist. Now I want to build a Tele.
You built a beautiful instrument.
One of the best/most comprehensive 'build videos' i've seen. Nice work. Hope you're still happy with the guitar, a year and a half later. I've been planning a custom Warmoth guitar, but after seeing this, i might have to hand all the parts to a skilled tech. I don't have the tools or 'workshop' space to deal with all of this. Impressive work by you, though. I'm envious.
CentaurusRelax314 thank you so much and how very kind of you! I very much appreciate your kind words and would like to encourage you to still attempt your own. All my special guitar tools and products fit in one toolbox and most fret level jobs I do on the kitchen table. You can do it, but the biggest investment will be the tools, not the space. After acquiring the basic set tools, I practiced on cheep guitars. Go to garage sales and practice on ones you don't care about. It's fun, and you'll find that you just might make cheep guitars play better. Best of luck and thanks for your kindness! Peace.
Thank you, sir.
Great review, beautiful guitar.
BTW, the Barden pickups aren't stacked. They are simply single-coil sized humbuckers designed to give an authentic single-coil tone. The two blades are from the side by side coils.
Those are interesting pickups. They have a quack sort of sound on their attack (to my ears) but are still twangy like a tele should be. The quack attack lol
Those are very good tones.
Very nice.
Thanks for sharing your build! It's gorgeous and it sounds really nice! Btw...thanks for sharing what materials you used. I think I'll try that grain filler on a current build I'm working on. Looks like it worked well!👍😎🎸🎶
Great video, and you did an awesome job on the guitar as well.
Good job; the guitar looks and sounds really good! What's the thing with the noise in the video? (I noticed that the noise only occurs when the amp is turned off)
Very nice. Thank you
Also, the vintage-modern necks come with MANY more options than the vintage necks. The vintage necks are pretty set.
You shouldn't necessarily have to do a fret level on new Warmoth necks. Not in my experience anyways. I am able to get 3/64ths of an inch at the 17th fret on the high E and 4/64ths of an inch at the 17th fret on the low E even with my Gibson conversion necks without a full level. Though this might not be the case if you went with a rounder radius than the 10-16 I always get. I only had one new neck where I had to take a little off two of the frets to get rid of a little buzz when bending.
The fret ends can use some filing for some people. I see you did that here. I just leave them as they don't bother me personally.
I would highly recommend the SS frets. Just know you'll have to buff them or use some compound like Nevr-Dull if you want them to shine again if you go to filing them.
Sounds really really good!
solid build! sounds great!
Your D and B strings (2nd and 4th) go right over the screw holes - didn't that effect that tone? That's the one flaw in barrel saddles - they should have string grooves!
I like the color.
Hey Dave, funny, I'm going with JBE too. Moderns in my case. Again thanks for all your insight.
Franklin Vasquez That's awesome! You'll love them. Btw, if you haven't bought them yet, musicians friend sells them and they have a 15% off coupon going on at their website. That's almost $45 savings! That's what I did when I got mine. Best of luck!!
Thanks for the tip. I already got them from MusicToyz.com for $275, so not a bad deal.
i like the color on that one
Beautiful!
Great video, the guitar is awesome ! My question is how did you finish the neck? What were the steps? Did you laquer the back and fretboard and the clean the fret wires?
Thanks Keith
Thank you! I enjoyed the video and it helped me put some thoughts together on my Warmoth Tele build coming up this year. Btw, could you recommend a good 'how to' resource for finishing with Nitro please?
Matt Garofolo thanks so much and I imagine that you have completed your Warmoth build by now. I love reranch for their nitro products and they have a great info page on how to spray paint a guitar:
www.reranch.com/101.htm
Best of luck and hope that helps!
Beautiful looking Tele ! Great choice of colour and parts.
I was curious as to what the final weight of the guitar came out as ?
Thank you for the nice feedback, and great question. I will weigh it and post it for you soon. Thanks again!
First off, VERY beautiful guitar. Second off, about how much was all the parts minus the paint and sanding stuff for the body? And finally, when will you,be recording some of your music?
Great job and sounds excellent. Did you use the optional capacitor that comes with the JBE pups. If you did did you use the 100pf or the 120pf. Thank you.
very nice
This is a great Tele and video, thanks Dave. Question for you and the other gurus here, I am considering a Tele build and would like to add a whammy bar but retain the classic looks. The Super Vee Maverick looks like it might fit the bill, thoughts??
I'm refinishing a older Warmoth Tele with Fender Blond ReRanch. The Body is so old the Turtle is sideways.
Tele/Barden was invented by Danny Gatton. In fact the pickups Barden originally invented was DG's original idea. BTW, anything you put on the wood (sanding filler) etc, that will reduce the resonance, should be avoided. The Nitro paint will fill just fine, sanding between coats.
I'm curious, was it necessary to do the fret job on the Warmoth neck? I'm not capable of doing a fret job at the moment but was hoping to do a Warmoth build this Winter. If they don't level the frets then I'll have to wait. I don't mind dressing the fret ends, but doing a level job/crown is beyond my present ability.
Hi Spiritbro77. Good question. Here is what Warmoth says on their website: "Please note, Warmoth does not perform fret leveling. Most Warmoth necks are playable as they are received and do not require fret leveling. However, because wood moves with changes in temperature, humidity and string tension fret leveling may be required. This is best done after the neck has been strung up to pitch for several days and allowed to adjust in the assembled state. For this reason, Warmoth leaves this fine tuning to the end user.I did notice a few low spots so it was necessary for me, but I have heard of other builders not needed to as well. Looks like it's a case-by-case basis. Best of luck!
Nice chord progression at 16:00
Cool !!
Amazing guitar man! how's your GFS build coming? I'm currently doing a Strat build with a GFS body. can't wait to see it!
For someone who keeps talking about "going cheap", you sure have all the tools!
great vid---- btw, you look like a younger ken shamrock
Ken Desjarlais thanks for the comments! And what's interesting about your Ken Shamrock comment is I am actually 3 years older then him! Thanks again!
Hi great video, did the GFS thinline project ever come off?
Nice build. I would however stress the fact that you should pay particular attention to the paint job. I'm a builder and professional automotive refinishing tech and I would strongly recommend you to have it done at your local cabinet builder of body shop and use urethane paint and high solids clear coating. They are tough as nails and shine like nothing else will.
A good paint job by a pro will need little if any polishing at all. I would never use canned paint on a build, ever! It's like spraying liquid shit over gold. Pardon my French.
Renato thanks for the feedback and would agree with what you said. I did it myself for the experience, and also because the original teles were done in nitro. I can also see how a professional spray job could look better, but seriously, check out reranch.com! They are amazing for what they do and many folks get really pro finishes with their products. This was my first experience and I learned a lot! Like maybe by one already finished next time, lol!
LOVE the color. What it that?
The guitar looks great sounds great i would love to make my own but the cost would go way over, Top notch product's the right weight neck body, so my believe if its worth doing at all it's worth doing right would put me off. It's all about the quality look feel if it's heavy =expensive light = cheap but the outcome and sense of achievement that you must get would make it worth every penny, So great job.
Gerry B Great insight! I kinda figured that out after starting this. This was very expensive for me and it took me two years to afford all the parts. Christmas, birthday, Father's Day and gig money went into acquiring all the parts and tools, but when your done, you'll have something that rivals a Fender Custom Shop guitar for a third of The price. Best of luck and thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Same with me. Once i added up what i wanted to do on the Warmoth website it ended up like $900+ for the without pickups. So yeah that's never likely to happen for me. I'm not into guitar enough to justify that. Not to mention, i'd have to buy a lot of tools. Maybe in the future I'll do something with a cheap ebay kit.
Nice build, like the vantage vibe. I know you're concerned with the weight....did you consider a chambered body from Warmoth?
Thanks so much! Not having any experience with chambered bodies, I was afraid it might color the tone. I was actually looking for a 4 pound body and felt lucky to find one with good grain and no additional cost. I am very interested in the chambered bodies and would love to build one someday. Thanks for your comments!
I understand your apprehension. Hope it works out if you decide to build one.
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Hi, I was hoping you could tell me the name of the song you were playing at 16:06 also the tele turned out fantastic,great video
Hi Fred. Thanks for the kind feedback! The song is Autumn Leaves. Best regards!
What was the final weight? Considering a warmoth build myself
Is this Lindy Fralin's brother?
Still waiting for that thin line build.
:) Great vid :) want one! ;)
Dave Where Did You Get The Paper Plans For Your Tele?
Doug Romero I downloaded the plans from www.tdpri.com. It's a telecaster forum for serious tele guitar lovers. Amazing resource, and experts blog here. A must for all tele lovers! Enjoy!
I'm shocked that an expensive Warmoth neck requires fret leveling and dressing. I assumed that for what Warmoth charges their necks would be complete and ready to play.
Hows that beaut guitar holding up?? Listen to that middle setting!! Soothing to the ear for sure!!
Sunny S Thanks so much Sunny S!! I am really loving this guitar! It's wonderful to gig with and always consistent. The only change I want to make is the spacing on the nut. The high E is a little too close to the edge of the neck for me, but it was a great lesson in making one and now I am a bit wiser. Thanks so much for you comments! Peace!
hey can you order a Warmouth neck with the Fender decal/logo?