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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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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!
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Could you post the links to the body and neck sources? Thanks
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Stunning.

Edit: Now I have to ask. Did you use a sealer before the tru oil?
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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
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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.
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honyock wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:36 pm
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
Thank you
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honyock wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:36 pm
Yes, neck is from:

https://www.ebay.com/usr/samsguitarshop

Body is from:

https://www.ebay.com/str/99musicshop
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?
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honyock wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:36 pm
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
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.
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Great. After checking out those stores, I'm picturing this on a guitar headstock. :lol:
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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!
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I love a thinline Tele. My band mate has one and it generates his best tone in MHO but he never uses it.
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BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:03 am Great. After checking out those stores, I'm picturing this on a guitar headstock. :lol:
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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...
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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?
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mozz wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 5:55 am
honyock wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:36 pm
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
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)
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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
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tobijohn wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:15 am
honyock wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:36 pm
Yes, neck is from:

https://www.ebay.com/usr/samsguitarshop

Body is from:

https://www.ebay.com/str/99musicshop
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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