Thank you 😊. The build video has nearly been edited

Thank you 😊. It was made from scratch, from some oak and poplar. I would’ve never made a telecaster, no matter who’s it was if it wasn’t for one of my lecturers at uni who said he played one. After that I gave them a chance and I discovered they were actually great guitars. For this one, I like Johnny Marr’s guitar tone. Many Smiths songs were done on a telecaster. In 1984, Johnny received a green guest telecaster from his girlfriend Angie, build by Roger Griffiths (I think). And I liked the look of it. Also, it is the only telecaster which looks like that and I wanted one, so I made one. I’ve made a slideshow of the build process and I’m going to post that at some point when I’ve finished editing it.

Thank you very much 👍. They are very useful, but I must admit, for cutting metal, they aren’t great. They kept exploding and I must’ve gone through 15 or 20. I’m using the angle grinder now, but I didn’t have any discs for it at the time, and that’s much better.

I like their hardware too. Good quality for what you pay. Although, I got some open back ones, like Waverley tuners, for that black and white tulip guitar I made, and they are a little difficult, but I think they might just be an individual defect, because I got some different ones and they were alright

as in with the comb feature?

@@nathanpollard3368 Yeah, you'd need 12 pole pieces presumably unless a circuit could discriminate the pitch. There's probably a pedal that does it already but it'd be cool to achieve it with a 6/12 switch on the guitar.

@@chrisst8922 I don’t think 12 pole pieces would eliminate the field of the higher octave strings because the other 6 would also pick up the vibrations. There are pedals which can produce 12 string sounds, but I don’t think there are any which produce 6 string sounds. There bight be, I don’t know. I thought about using a mechanical mute system rather than pinning the strings down, but I like the design.

Yes I did, out of some 2-3 mm mild steel and a big shy spring. I based it off a Hagström vibrato which is very simple to make. It stays in tune surprisingly well considering I made it. I’ll put up another video at some point documenting the build process.

Awesome. Fantastic work.

I forgot to put that in the description- it’s oak. The same as the neck. It was from some old kitchen cupboard doors.

It does look a little like a Danelectro now you mention it. This is the guitar I based my design on- kzbin.info?event=comments&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1hMQUxwU1JtQnp2NVNCa01QZWJpdmVPdldZd3xBQ3Jtc0tsbDVrREhLLUQwblJYb2tnRUVjN2NJVUlaWE9oMEU4U0pNa0ZYQ2F4d1VQWkpHb1RvZDRDWFoyR3UwWWllb1BwY3U3WXp5bFZ2SzVTSEhQblVKamlkNHozWnBUTnJwbWVJVjNrdDd1T21xVW1MNjJ6WQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fcosmikguitare.com%2Fguitares%2Fcosmik-rick%2F&stzid=Ugxzzvdfr00VdPqLWed4AaABAg.A4irZIqK68YA4l40CdLX3H

Although this isn’t anywhere near as impressive

If you mean the background music, it’s just a few riffs I have been playing around with for a while and recorded. I aimed for a Smiths style.

​@nathanpollard3368 You nailed it- I checked the description expecting to find a content ID for a Smiths song xD

It is simple yes, I based it off of this guitar: cosmikguitare.com/guitares/cosmik-rick/ which I absolutely love, because it has a Rickenbacker style with a strat sound. I wanted to replicate it but with a few mods, particularly with the hardware and the electronics. I haven’t got lots of experience at 19, I’ve only made about 5-6 guitars. I used to make them out of cardboard before I got to making proper ones

I haven’t found any. I just isolated the guitar part and spent ages playing it until it sounded right. I would make tabs, but I don’t know how to

Thank you 😊