I've never owned a Tele, and have always wanted to build my own guitar, so decided to tackle both of those last fall. While this is more alike to a Tele Deluxe, it had very quickly become my go to guitar for recording. Neck radius is very flat, unlike the Gibsons I usually play. Pickups are Seymour Duncan Slash V1matched set. Pots are Bournes. Work well direct into a tube amp or pedal, volume roll off very responsive. Finish was dye over spalted maple cap and the sealed with Zinsser Shellac.
What was the base kit before you made it awesome?
It was a Pango, one off which I think it was a boo-boo kit. There was only 1. Nothing other than the body and neck, and the control routing in the back was unfinished.... It looks like they buggered up the routing... there was nowhere to mount a cover so I had to come up with something myself. The other thing is the spalted top was already covered in a poly finish, so I had to strip that. I thought it was unfinished.
The neck finish and fret work was amazing though, and as you can see a bound neck to top it off.
Oh shit, that's even more impressive....I'd have a kit unassembled forever