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Umm you probably mentioned it somewheres, but what cap value are you using with the tone? Also at which fret space did you place the pickup, cause it looks a little far back to me....

Well, I was going to use a tone knob, but after playing it for a solid 3 hours with just a 250k volume knob I realized it sounded perfect and I didn't need a tone knob since I never really used one anyways.

And I'm not sure of the fret spacing on the pickup itself, the cavity was precut in the body so it just dropped in. I think it looks a little weird cause I don't have a pickup ring around it like I've seen most humbuckers...

Here is the most recent mockup, found a little bit of aluminum that I stuck over the bridge to mock up the Glendale that is coming in. Also going to be getting a black control plate because that's all that Guitar Fetish had, but it'll simply be drilled for Volume/output jack

hot!

Thank you!! Black control plate just got here today. Going to drill it after a while... Going to put the volume knob where the 3 way switch would be, the jack all the way on the opposite side, and leave room for another knob and a possible toggle in case I do decide on piezo bridge

This is gonna be a killer build. love telemasters.

What about the piezo pickup? Howzabout seperate volume pots and on/off toggles for each pickup. That way you could blend the piezo/p90 to taste....

Yeah, I'm thinking if I do end up going with the piezo in the bridge that I'll have a second volume control and a 3 way switch to go between the 2 pickups, so it could be just 90, or just piezo, or both of them in the middle position!

man i really love stained guitars, this is so awesome. it makes me think of a super stripped back elvis costello jazzmaster with a lot more balls

Thanks man! Those Costello Jazzmasters sure are pretty, so that is a big compliment!

So I drilled the black jackplate and don't like it. It doesn't look nearly as good as chrome. I'll just stick with the chrome control plate now especially if I end up with the piezo bridge. Going to get a piezo disc tomorrow and try some stuff out. Need to get smaller pots. I hate to go down from full size, but the control cavity is so damn tight with them

The chrome plate will look ok, even without a switch in it.

Curious to see/hear how the piezo bridge turns out!

looks very neat man.

mathias wrote:The chrome plate will look ok, even without a switch in it.

Curious to see/hear how the piezo bridge turns out!

Yeah, I think the chrome just looks a whole lot better as well. I think tomorrow I'm going to get a piezo from Radioshack and wire it up and see how it works before I invest time into really trying to install it under the newer bridge. Hopefully it's as easy as putting a large piece of aluminum tape over it directly under the no-pickup bridge, but I'll find out I guess. I'm REALLY not wanting to do the whole active piezo thing.

Nj0rd wrote:looks very neat man.

Thanks dude! I'm having a ton of fun with it. Can't wait for it to be finished because its SUPER comfortable to play

Got the Glendale in the mail today and swapped it out. Didn't have the effort to intunate, just set to drop A and forgot about it for now. But it's done. Need a new control plate but I'll order that some other time. This works for now:



AND THE HI RES FOR ALL YOU TELEMASTER FREQS:

She's a beaut. Nice work.

Thanks man. It's been a journey. But a really neat one.

That's so nice! I want to do one next! But alas, I'm saving to travel your continent - if only for a short time, haha!