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During the winter my guitar building
activities go into hibernation as the temperature in my workshop drops below zero. But that
doesn’t stop me planning my first build of the spring – actually a rebuild (actually a rerebuild).
My very first guitar build was a Harley Benton Tele kit, which turned into a very nice guitar – despite its €68 price tag and my lack of guitar building skills.
I hope that by trimming the join in the middle and using the full width of the wood, the lighter piece of wood in the middle will look like a bit like a neck through. The planned guitar layout is this (above right).
Putting a Korina top on the Strat was fine,
as I built that from scratch, but putting a top on the Tele is more complicated
as (a) the edges are rolled, and (b) the top will change the height of the
bridge relative to the neck. So what I’d like to do is reduce the thickness of
the Tele body by the thickness of the top (8mm).
My band saw isn’t big enough to handle a
guitar body, so I thought of building a jig to rout sufficient wood
off the top of the body. Is this a crazy idea? Any other suggestions?
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Router sled is designed and I've layed everything out on the base and sled and it seems to work, so I'll visit our local DIY store tomorrow to get some 10mm plywood - shops don't open on Sunday in Austria.
Before and after...
It went surprisingly well, given that my router and I don't have a great history of successful projects together.
Top has been trimmed to size and glued.
Our band is playing a few numbers at a local jam session on Friday, so I wanted to finish this build so I could show it off.
I'm very pleased with the result, which not only looks good but plays great and sound fantastic. Pickups are all Bare Knuckle. Two Sultans (thanks, @paulnb57) and a Stormy Monday. All I need to do now is learn to play blues properly.
Here are my two Korina topped builds - probably time to try a different wood next time.