My take on a Fender Telecaster Thinline Guitar

A beautiful instument Stewart.
Lumberjocks is building up a nice selection of guitars, so click on the guitar tag, to see the collection.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

You are quite the well-rounded woodworker, Stewart. That’s a fabulous guitar!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I’d have to say that this is a very unique piece. How does it play? it is quite lovely!!

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

the grain on the face of the guitar is simply amazing. workmanship is astonishing.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Beautiful grain

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Very Cool! Thanks for sharing.

Wow, what a great “Salvage” and end use for that wood, wish I could find some like that. Very beautiful.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

YStewart, you are a bit of a renaissance man. Great guitar!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Thanks again gents for your comments. My playing is limited to half a dozen chords. I’ve set this one up for bottleneck playing so I’ve a long way to go before I can do it justice. It sounds good to me but I am biased!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

very cool…i agree with the “well-rounded” description…and all high quality…Now we need a “sound feature added to Ljs to hear the collection of guitars as Dick mentioned…maybe you could make a quick video playing the guitar… :)

-- Matt, Napa, CA...177 days to sanity...

Great looking guitar. Something to be proud of.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Beautiful Job. I’m almost finished with my first electric bass. I’ll post it between now and Monday (Hopefully)

Not nearly as nice as yours, but this is my first attempt.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

That’s a beautiful instrument, Stewart!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Thank you Tom & I’ll look out for the posting of your bass Obi.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

Stewart i get the feeling that when people told you growing up that you couldnt do something….You didnt listen to any of em! Great looking guitar!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

There’s a thought Miles. It must have been the post-war austerity of my childhood years. Our playground was created by the Luftwaffe and we had to make-do and mend or go without!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

You did a great job of matching the grain on those 2” pieces.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

It’s a remarkable piece of wood Dick. I just wake up in a sweat sometimes wondering how much did go on that fire!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

ive seen a lot of nice guitars in my time but not many that would rival yours stewart ! exellent wood , exellent workmanship . without doubt you are one of the reasons we are all proud to be lumberjocks !

What a sweet looking Tele. Great job!

-- Maplewood, MN

NICE wood on the top!

Very startling instrument, YStewart! I’m afraid that it’s the wood keeping in the guitar you up at night!

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

Let me join the chorus of people praising your work, Stewart! You did a fantastic job orienting the strips on the top so that the grain matched well, and appears symmetrical. This project is inspiring me to make the Thinline 12/6 string double-neck I’ve been dreaming about.

-- -- Jim E., Oswego, NY. Create, have fun, and work safely!

Thanks for resurrecting this, Texasgaloot & for your comments.

Jim – Thanks to you too. Now, yours sounds like a real project! I really look forward to seeing that.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

I still can’t get over how AWESOME this is… I hope my instuments can be that nice one day.

-- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses

Thanks very much alanealane. I just checked out your bass agian and it’s sheer delight. You’re there already!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

Incredible! The grain looks like you can reach right into it.

Rob

-- Rob — I've cut it off twice and it's still too short!