NGPD - Parts is parts....

[Joe Bfstplk]

Accumulating parts for a project....

 

[Dave Merrill]

Yowza!

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

Yowza!

Yeah, it's a gorgeous black poplar burl top on orchard cherry wood. Got a Warmoth snakehead neck coming with vintage amber maple and a gorgeous, rich brown Indian rosewood fretboard. Gonna be a beaut when it's assembled....

The raw neck, before frets, finish, nut, etc.:

It's going to have satin 'vintage amber' over the maple, stainless 6105 frets and a black Earvana nut. Going to swap the Steinberger 40:1 machines from the red Tele to this, and put the spare set of Grover auto-lockers on the red Tele. This one will hang on the hanger without bumping the low E out of tune....

 

[Andy Eagle]

Beware Warmoth 6105 it is not the same hight as everyone else's version it is only .047 high not .055 . Thats a big difference.

 

[Budda]

You’ll know its yours! Looking forward to the finished build.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

Beware Warmoth 6105 it is not the same hight as everyone else's version it is only .047 high not .055 . Thats a big difference.

Interesting detail.
I have another neck of theirs with SS6105 that I am happy with, so I am familiar with their stock....

You’ll know its yours! Looking forward to the finished build.

Yup. Can't wait for the rest of the parts to arrive. Need to get some Tru-Oil for the body and start rubbing it on, so that it will be ready when the neck gets here or shortly after....

 

[Tonedeaf]

It should have been rear routed so a pickguard won't hide so much of the wood.

 

[Morphine]

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

It should have been rear routed so a pickguard won't hide so much of the wood.

I have a wooden pickup mounting ring coming from, of all places, Walmart.com, via some 3rd party vendor. Looks like they are trying to compete with Amazon....

 

[Dave Merrill]

I have a wooden pickup mounting ring coming from, of all places, Walmart.com, via some 3rd party vendor. Looks like they are trying to compete with Amazon....

No pickguard?

 

[Vio]

I have a wooden pickup mounting ring coming from, of all places, Walmart.com, via some 3rd party vendor. Looks like they are trying to compete with Amazon....

I ordered from walmart some long endmills - they came with nice big chinese characters stamped on the box. nicely packed tho'

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

No pickguard?

No pickguard.

I ordered from walmart some long endmills - they came with nice big chinese characters stamped on the box. nicely packed tho'

Likely these will be similar. The photo looked nice, and they were $7, so no huge loss if a POS....

 

[Andy Eagle]

What other parts are you going with ? Looks really nice BTW.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

What other parts are you going with ? Looks really nice BTW.

Rutters Bridge, 3/8" Over controls plate, Nocaster short domed knobs, etc.

Pickups will be the Dawgtown 5/2 set that were in my VZ Tele before the Fralin Split Rail and Wilde/Lawrence L202TN went in it, with a 4-way switch to get the extra beef of series connection....

 

[Maddface]

What’s the hardware color going to be? Look forward to see the progress.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

What’s the hardware color going to be? Look forward to see the progress.

Nickel.

 

[State of Epicicity]

Man, I can’t wait to see this bad boy in action.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

Man, I can’t wait to see this bad boy in action.

Me too. Gotta order some Tru-Oil and get to work rubbing it on and sanding the top with 1000 grit every few coats to give it a bit of shine....

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

More parts....

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

Nocaster short knobs, Rutters jack socket cup, Rutters ferrules for the string ends, Rutters fancy grippy switch tippy, and a Rutters bridge....