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Introducing operation underdog thinline tele
So Ive been working on a guitar since last November yes November. I thought Id treat myself to a new project and I bought myself a birthday gift a walnut thinline body . Over the last 6 months or so I have ordered custom made parts such as neck,pickups,wire harness,pickguard ect . Do here are some pictures so you are most likely wondering about the specs
Body :2piece chambered thinline tele Wood:walnut Contours: none Binding :none Neck : # of frets :21 Radius:9.5 Thickness: .99 Wood: walnut Fretboard:macascar ebony Frets :medium jascar Pickguard: Shape :69 thinline Wood: pauo ferro Electronics: Company:Custom shop darkmoon Pickups : medium vintage high scattered Neck pickup:alnico 2 Bridge pickup:alnico 3 Pickup options : 5 way jerry Donahue wire scheme. Hardware Tunners :graphtech ratio locking Bridge: vibromate b5 conversion kit Term system: bigsby b5 Strap pins: strap locks ( cant remember brand) |
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Introducing operation underdog thinline tele
Now the idea behind operation underdog was to only use privately owned companies. I have used these companies for the build
Body:tonebomb (Alberta Canadian) Neck :tonebomb (Alberta Canadian) Hard ware : ayr guitars ( Ont Canada ) Pickguard:ayr guitars (ont Canada) Electronics: darkmoon pickups (American nyc) I forgot to order the bone nut so it is on its way . My friend Danny is going to wire it set it up for me . Real instruments (Pei Canada ) is going to do a final checkup and fret leveling if needed. It ended up costing a lot more than I have ever spent on anything . But was worth it . After everything is said and done I will post a videothe other guitarneck is my 66 harmony rocket to just show how big the neck is |
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That is a REALLY sharp guitar, my friend!
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Beautiful wood in a T shape.
I think it looks great! |
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There is some beautiful wood in that build... nicely done.
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Yeah...that is a REAL sweet looking tele. I will hazard a guess here and say that, once set up, stringed-up and twanging, that walnut will ring like a bell. I have an old custom hardtail strat-style with a walnut body, built for me about 1980, that absolutely rings...and LOUD...when played un-amplified, so is very open sounding when plugged in.
Nice job on that tele. BTW, I'm interested to know how those Ratio tuners work out...if the difference is noticeable.
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Thanks everyone
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Wow beautiful and unique well done
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Thanks you . I hope it plays as well as it looks |
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The wood looks good but the gold hardware puts it over the top.
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that is an amazing project. i can do electronics but i can't do wood.
play music!
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Introducing operation underdog thinline tele
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Dont say you can never do . You are just setting yourself up for failures and thanks |
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Rich fretboard, pickguard and claro walnut.
I didn't know Graphtec had locking tuners. Gorgeous design. Special tone woods. Love to try a few licks on that luxury liner. |
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Its not a ritchlite fretboard it macascar ebony |
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I love it. Very tasty!
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