My final hat trick! Telebird 12 string!
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 4:51 pm
Welp, this is the last guitar I'll be putting together for myself in terms of things that I want to accomplish and my last 'huzza' in buying gear for a LONG while.
I wanted to be ridiculous on my way out, so why not do something wild.
The details:
Alder Firebird body
Telecaster control plate
Strat neck pocket
Humbucker neck route (not gonna put a humbucker here)
Telecaster bridge route and bridge pickup route
No side jack
Maple Warmoth '65 12 string neck with black dot inlays
Vintage style tuners
Gonna try for a clear pickguard if I can find someone to cut it. If not, no pickguard
As far finishing goes, just going to put something on the wood after a light sanding to make the grain pop, and then do the normal tru-oil treatment, OR do a red stain. I haven't decided yet....
For the pickups, I'm still debating what I want to do.
I've got the following pickups in my other guitars, and I kind of want to do something different:
Alumintone, Humbucker sized P90, Tele sized Humbucker, Humbucker, two strat single coils made into a humbucker, and goldfoils.
Thinking I might do a Firebird pickup or mini humbucker in the neck, and then possibly a traditional tele pickup in the bridge. Anyone else have ideas? Filtertrons? Etc??
I wanted to be ridiculous on my way out, so why not do something wild.
The details:
Alder Firebird body
Telecaster control plate
Strat neck pocket
Humbucker neck route (not gonna put a humbucker here)
Telecaster bridge route and bridge pickup route
No side jack
Maple Warmoth '65 12 string neck with black dot inlays
Vintage style tuners
Gonna try for a clear pickguard if I can find someone to cut it. If not, no pickguard
As far finishing goes, just going to put something on the wood after a light sanding to make the grain pop, and then do the normal tru-oil treatment, OR do a red stain. I haven't decided yet....
For the pickups, I'm still debating what I want to do.
I've got the following pickups in my other guitars, and I kind of want to do something different:
Alumintone, Humbucker sized P90, Tele sized Humbucker, Humbucker, two strat single coils made into a humbucker, and goldfoils.
Thinking I might do a Firebird pickup or mini humbucker in the neck, and then possibly a traditional tele pickup in the bridge. Anyone else have ideas? Filtertrons? Etc??
