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Thinline tele build
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2025 6:51 pm
by honyock
I am finally starting the process of making my thinline tele.
Pickups are Fender widerange with cunife mags
Neck is a roasted maple with stainless frets I got off eBay from a place in Utah.
Pickguard came in a lot of about 25 tele guards that is a nice aged white pearl by Warmoth
Body is from a Chinese guitar body seller, but is is reasonably nice looking.
Doing a tru-oil finish on the body so far I am about 3 coats into the process.
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2025 7:04 pm
by sabasgr68
honyock wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 6:51 pm
I am finally starting the process of making my thinline tele.
Pickups are Fender widerange with cunife mags
Neck is a roasted maple with stainless frets I got off eBay from a place in Utah.
Pickguard came in a lot of about 25 tele guards that is a nice aged white pearl by Warmoth
Body is from a Chinese guitar body seller, but is is reasonably nice looking.
Doing a tru-oil finish on the body so far I am about 3 coats into the process.
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If it has humbuckers I like it!
Can't wait to see it finished!
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2025 7:35 pm
by tobijohn
Could you post the links to the body and neck sources? Thanks
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:17 pm
by BatUtilityBelt
Stunning.
Edit: Now I have to ask. Did you use a sealer before the tru oil?
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:36 pm
by honyock
tobijohn wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 7:35 pm
Could you post the links to the body and neck sources? Thanks
Yes, neck is from:
https://www.ebay.com/usr/samsguitarshop
Body is from:
https://www.ebay.com/str/99musicshop
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:51 pm
by honyock
BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:17 pm
Stunning.
Edit: Now I have to ask. Did you use a sealer before the tru oil?
I did not, I am just following the instructions on the bottle, never done it before, so will see how it turns out.
The top grain of the veneer is so tight and smooth, I didn't see the point of a sealer there anyway.
I am doing super thin layers where it barely looks like I am wetting it and at this rate it will probably take a couple weeks to hit my target of 20 layers.
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2025 10:48 pm
by tobijohn
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:15 am
by tobijohn
The body shop has a left-handed set neck ES-339 style body, that got my attention as you rarely see those. They also have a pretty good assortment of necks too, any reason in particular you didn't buy both the body and the nec from that shop?
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 5:55 am
by mozz
Another thank you, seems like good parts. Appears to be made in the USA.
I have to put this warning about buying necks. A "LOT" of these sellers are just buying chinese necks and reselling, you have to read the fine print. This applies to ebay and reverb. I would rather pay a bit more for that USA quality.
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:03 am
by BatUtilityBelt
Great. After checking out those stores, I'm picturing this on a guitar headstock.
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:56 am
by Spike
Yes! I love these guitar builds. I just wish I had the skills/patience’s to do one myself.
Looking forward to following your progress!
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:35 pm
by tonebender
I love a thinline Tele. My band mate has one and it generates his best tone in MHO but he never uses it.
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:50 pm
by tobijohn
BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:03 am
Great. After checking out those stores, I'm picturing this on a guitar headstock.
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A neighbor down the street does some woodworking as a hobby, I'm going to see if he could make one of those with
my head on it...
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:50 pm
by tobijohn
tonebender wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:35 pm
I love a thinline Tele. My band mate has one and it generates his best tone in MHO but he never uses it.
Did he say why not?
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 4:17 pm
by honyock
mozz wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 5:55 am
Another thank you, seems like good parts. Appears to be made in the USA.
I have to put this warning about buying necks. A "LOT" of these sellers are just buying chinese necks and reselling, you have to read the fine print. This applies to ebay and reverb. I would rather pay a bit more for that USA quality.
I was sceptical, but it is nicer than my Mighty Mite and nearly as nice as my Musikraft (albeit not as custom)
I still plan to use my fret erasers a bit and the fretbaord could use a little oil, but other than that it is far an away nicer than the necks I have bought direct from China via eBay. I believe these are MIJ based on some of the feedback on the one negative review
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 4:19 pm
by honyock
tobijohn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:15 am
The body shop has a left-handed set neck ES-339 style body, that got my attention as you rarely see those. They also have a pretty good assortment of necks too, any reason in particular you didn't buy both the body and the nec from that shop?
I bought the neck after the fact, and had the roasted stainless fret in my saved list for a while. I didn't want to spend as much as I did on my Musikraft for my Kurt Cobain Jag body, but I wanted something nice. The feedback I read was good so I took the leap.
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 5:38 pm
by tonebender
tobijohn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:50 pm
tonebender wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:35 pm
I love a thinline Tele. My band mate has one and it generates his best tone in MHO but he never uses it.
Did he say why not?
Well in fairness he does generate some pretty tasty tones with several of his others. He plays an SG a lot, a couple of other Teles and a 335. He seems to use this one Tele for open tuning and slide. When he plays in standard tuning it's usually the SG. I just remember back in the day, I loved hearing that thinline.
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 6:25 pm
by tobijohn
honyock wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 4:19 pm
I bought the neck after the fact, and had the roasted stainless fret in my saved list for a while. I didn't want to spend as much as I did on my Musikraft for my Kurt Cobain Jag body, but I wanted something nice. The feedback I read was good so I took the leap.
Well, the necks
are twice as much but if I've learned anything, you get what you pay for. I wish he also carried set-in necks.
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 4:51 pm
by idiotsdelight
BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:17 pm
Stunning.
Edit: Now I have to ask. Did you use a sealer before the tru oil?
I wouldn't use a sealer. It would inhibit the TO penetration.
I'm stoked you're using the cunife reissues. I have one for my tele Custom body if I ever get around to it. I got the 1 meg harness for it already. I want to do the ash body finish similar to that SX Furrian I sent to you. I might airbrush a slightly dark edge but I want that wood feel like yours.
Re: Thinline tele build
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 8:53 pm
by honyock
Lost a few days this week to a family outbreak of norovirus thanks to a trip to the arcade my mom took kids over last weekend (we think) and despite all attempts to wash hands and sanitize after our youngest fell ill, my wife fell victim 12 hours after the kid and me 12 hours after that...
Can't seem to upload pics now, site is being weird about it, getting http errors and too many questions warnings