Thinline Telecaster build part 3
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- čas přidán 29. 10. 2020
- Welcome to part three of my telecaster thinline build, in the third instalment I cut out the body from the blank and route the body chambering.
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I'm really enjoying this series! Thank you for your great videos and clear, informative explanations as you go; excellent work!
Thanks for the kind words, glad you are enjoying the build :)
Really enjoying this series so far! I was planning to use quartersawn mahogany for something similar (Jerry Garcia wolf template built like a thinline tele and using an old tele neck) and I’m guessing I’ll run into all those same problems with tearout, so I’m feeling much better prepared after watching this. Love all your vintage shop tools!
Thanks Eric, if you do struggle with tear out I've always found that mahogany type woods plane across the grain really well.
Sapele is such a beautiful wood. That guitar is gonna be awesome. Can’t wait to see the finished product.
Thanks Jordan, love some Sepele :)
Thanks for this. I’ve just ordered some plans for a slim line to build my first guitar.
Brilliant :) good luck, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do :)
Oh no! I busted two cheap pickguard screws in a body recently, fortunately yours was in the waste part. You’re inspiring me to finally go ahead with my dream tele- walnut with cream binding 😁
I always put a bit of wax on small screws at assembly time, usually does the trick. Walnut tele sounds great, so happy that the videos inspire others to build :)
@@Adventuresfromtheshedofdreams Indeed with the waxing the screws, especially on tuner screws. I've had to dig a few of those out in my day until I started waxing the threads.
3:30 Me. Every time. Then regret my laziness. Routers can be the great heart-breaker of guitar making like that.
We've all been there, you can always paint them lol.
Looking good so far, nice that you've kept it going after the GGBO was done. I'd probably have tried a small hole saw bit to get that screw out.
Thanks, I could have gone with a hole saw but the smallest I have is about 2 inched!
What kind of router bit did you use for the cavities? Lovely work, enjoy your videos very much. Mark
Cheers Mark, I used a standard top bearing 1/2 inch pattern bit. (might have used a few different lengths)
Good tool is a screw extractor, like a plug maker.. or can make one yourself using steel tubing and a file..
I have some plug cutters somewhere, just couldn't put my hand on them!!
Double sided tape won’t break off. Or masking tape and super glue! Looks like it’s going to be a nice guitar.
Thanks Dale. I've used double sided tape in the past and it's been fine, it's just the cleanup I hate.
Could you have used a (dowel) plug cutter to cut down around the broken screw, to get at it?
Yes, it would have been much easier and somewhere I have a set of them, I'd love to know where that somewhere is :)
Probably gone to the same place as all the orphan socks that disappear from the laundry dryer ... 😉👍
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Cheers :)
Looking good.. it wasn’t a screw made in China was it lol.
probably, everything else is. To be fair I have a habit of reusing them!
I just discovered your channel and have watched all your thinline videos with fascination and admiration. Thank you for sharing them. Can you answer a question that stands out for me? You have extensively routed your thinline body and I would like to know if the cavities you opened are similar or even the same as the cavities on the Fender Thinline guitars? From the surface the Fender guitars seem to be less routed.
Thanks again for your expertise.
Hi Alan, thanks for watching and I'm really happy that you have enjoyed the build. I built the routing template a few years ago so I can't remember exactly which year of thinline it is based on and there were difference between the years but it's very close to how Fender did (some of) them.
@@Adventuresfromtheshedofdreams Wow! Thanks for the fast response and thank you again for the wonderful videos.
Hi how thick is the Sapele body (without the top)? Thanks
The body is 1.5 inch thick and the top is 0.25 inch thick. Love the name by the way, are you still with Polymer records??
@@Adventuresfromtheshedofdreams thanks planed my sapele body down to 38mm over the weekend (wasn't fun with a number 5 hand plane) but its done now. Thanks for confirming the thickness. And yes, let me know if you want a record deal...