Triple Bucker Telemaster Done Pg.5

[mackerelmint]

Oo!

Triple bucker guitars are wonderfully over the top. This is gonna be fun to see get built up.

[Shadoweclipse13]

I didn’t build the frames themselves. I have utmost respect for people who can do that.

Same. I would love to be able to do that. I'm a decent welder so far, but I don't know if I'd trust the sturdiness of something like that that I built. And if it was sturdy enough, it would likely be ugly as hell. Do you save some money building the bikes vs buying a finished bike?

[marqueemoon]

Do you save some money building the bikes vs buying a finished bike?

Much like guitars stock bikes often come with some junky parts to hit a price point. I wouldn’t say it’s a money saver, but I think I can put together a better/lighter/more interesting bike than what I could buy at a shop for similar money.

[Shadoweclipse13]

Do you save some money building the bikes vs buying a finished bike?

Much like guitars stock bikes often come with some junky parts to hit a price point. I wouldn’t say it’s a money saver, but I think I can put together a better/lighter/more interesting bike than what I could buy at a shop for similar money.

Interesting. I think I could probably figure out a bike. I might have to look into that. I've been wanting to get a new bike (possibly mountain bike-esque) for a little while.

[Rgand]

This is going to be really cool with the satin black. I like the pickup configuration, too.

[sirspens]

Oo!

Triple bucker guitars are wonderfully over the top. This is gonna be fun to see get built up.

Two is the correct number of pickups, and the correct number of pickups is two.

[JVG]

Oo!

Triple bucker guitars are wonderfully over the top. This is gonna be fun to see get built up.

Haha, agreed. Generally my taste in guitars is fairly traditional/conservative, but now and then I have a desire for something a bit silly, like a matte-black triple humbucker job, or a fluoro yellow Ibanez Jem

So good on you for this outrageous build!

Cheers!
J.

[Con-Tiki!]

Two is the correct number of pickups, and the correct number of pickups is two.

Four is right out!

[HNB]

Allparts tele neck came in. I dyed it with vintage amber dye. Already got a coat of clear on it. More coats to go. I sprayed my first coat of matte Krylon acrylic clear. It looks awesome!

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[HNB]

First coat is showing the spray pattern, but I am sure after I do a couple more coats it will be even flat.

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[HNB]

My metal rings and bridge came today, I realized I cannot do body mounted pickups because it was initially routed for standard tele pickups so there isn't enough wood to mount the neck humbucker. That means I need to order a pickguard for it. For whatever reason warmoth won't do humbucker size for the middle pickguard position so I will probably do two Gibson size mini humbuckers,

Any recommendations for a nice set of mini humbuckers that won't make me go broke? I tend to like ceramic pickups if that helps.

[Embenny]

Ceramic and won't make you go broke? GFS Minitron Nashville, if you're into bright/Filtertron territory pickups. They're essentially just ceramic mini-humbuckers with 12 screw polepieces and an H-cover.

I got a set of D'Urbano (Mr. Fabulous) Firebird pickups which were a great value for handwound pickups, but they're a step up in price bracket from GFS.

[HNB]

Cool! I will look into those. Dimarzio makes some mini humbuckers and I often enjoy their pickups.

[Maggieo]

Cant wait to see it finished!

[HNB]

Neck is getting glossy.

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