Home made Fender Telecaster clone
(DIY) Page 2
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I needed a wood plug 3/8" Diameter to fill the trus rod holes
in the same kind of wood as the back filling strip
(African curly MAKORE
in this case, same piece of wood as I used to build my 300B monobloc Hifi amp)
and since I don't have a lathe, I "improvised" this turning on my drill press.
IMPORTANT : For SAFETY reasons don't do this unless
your drill speed is set to low RPM, I told you !
Now the Truss Rod is ready for installation.
The end of the rod have been file with a flat that will lock in the wooden plug
with epoxy glue.
I used stainless steel 10/32 threaded rod and a lock nut (file round to slip fit
in the 3/8" D. hole).
Ready for fret slotting
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April 28, 2008
I'm using again my "JO" block set to move
the neck in the mitter box with very high accuracy,
I do both neck in the same "set-up".
Here I'm sawing the slot of fret # 5 at 6.397" from the nut. I'm using StewMac
free fret calculator :
http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator to find out the frets distance
from the nut,
here the results for a typical Fender fret scale of 25.5" :
25.5" fret scale
fret from nut fret to fret 1
1.431"
1.431" (nut-1)
2
2.782"
1.351" (1-2)
3
4.057"
1.275" (2-3)
4
5.261"
1.203" (3-4)
5
6.397"
1.136" (4-5)
6
7.469"
1.072" (5-6)
7
8.481"
1.012" (6-7)
8
9.436"
0.955" (7-8)
9
10.338"
0.902" (8-9)
10
11.189"
0.851" (9-10)
11
11.992"
0.803" (10-11)
12
12.750"
0.758" (11-12)
13
13.466"
0.716" (12-13)
14
14.141"
0.675" (13-14)
15
14.779"
0.638" (14-15)
16
15.380"
0.602" (15-16)
17
15.948"
0.568" (16-17)
18
16.484"
0.536" (17-18)
19
16.990"
0.506" (18-19)
20
17.468"
0.478" (19-20)
21
17.919"
0.451" (20-21)
One of my favorite tools in the "shop"
a "JO" block set.________________________
April 29, 2008
Both necks with fret slots done.
April 30, 2008
I just receved a
CALLAHAM bridge with Stainless
Steel (enhance) saddles, a Stainless control plate
and super nice Callaham Early 50's Broadcaster
knobs with heavy knurl.
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Mai 7, 2008
While waiting for the black dots, I've done
some work on the body ...
This one (or number one) have the Fender "PAT. PEND." bridge,
Callaham slant brass saddles,
a pair of Fender Custom Shop NO CASTER pickups,
bakelite pickguard, small (vintage / "50") radius
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Mai 10, 2008
Dots are "in" radius (10") done.
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Mai 13, 2008
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July 5, 2008
Here is # 2 ... Leo Fender !
This one have a pair of Seymour Duncan Pro Shop pickups,
APTR-1 Alnico II Pro at neck and a Vintage Broadcaster on the bridge.
Callaham bridge and compensated Stainless saddles
12 inchs neck radius on Curly maple set-up with jumbo triangular frets wire,
and my "custom" butterscotch color made with a mixture of stain MUSTARD color and MAYA GOLD stain
on Swamp Ash body with a NITRO finish, bakelite pickguard, harware mount with Stainless steel flat head screws.
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