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Permalink Tele clone makeover - should I do it?

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fenderfan
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Link Posted on Mar 16 2012 09:02 PM

Yes, it does have a route, and I'm having that done as part of the build of the guitar, because I would screw it up!

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Link Posted on Mar 16 2012 09:31 PM

As I absolutely love the art deco and retro-futuristic looks associated with streamliner locomotives and the designs of Raymond Loewy and Virgil Exner, I think you have a great idea. There are so many cool shapes for covers, knobs, grills and trim pieces in design books about these styles the sources of inspiration are almost endless.

Have fun!

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Link Posted on Mar 17 2012 10:20 AM

Yes, build (or "re") the Tele !! The Dread in Babylon design contribution is a cool one. My buddy put one of those pickguards that "curves up thru" the middle of the guitar (similar to a '64 SGjr.). This is perhaps the coolest Tele pick guard ever (IMO)...! They are called "Tele-hybrid" pickguards & can be seen & had @ www.warmoth.com/Pickguard/GuitarPickguards.aspx They come in lotsa' colors as well. Good Luck w/this !

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Link Posted on Mar 19 2012 09:28 AM

I was planning to have another go yesterday but adverse circumstances (read St Patrick's Day hangover Big Grin ) prevented me from doing so.

Ariel, your design looks very interesting. I may draw some inspiration from that, but I want to retain an elliptic shape for the upper part.

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Link Posted on Mar 19 2012 03:18 PM

LeeVanCleef wrote:

Ariel, your design looks very interesting. I may draw some inspiration from that, but I want to retain an elliptic shape for the upper part.

It's for your taking I posted it. Yeah, on second look the upper S shaped curve is not working too well, a simple elliptical curve would be much cleaner and nicer. I'd also ditch the cutouts near the saddle, just overly messy IMO.

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