It appeals to me as well , quite much !
Prime Alembic parts and brass , shall be swell
With such quality ,thine ears dost smile bright.
Such sonic rapture shall quell , all despair.

That's looking nice!

Thanks, everyone, it's coming along.  I just ordered a brass bridge with brass saddles.  Got the neck today, roasted maple with dark rosewood fingerboard.  Also, black Gotoh tuners.  Now I have to put it all together!

And Wolf, that's awesome, very encouraging! 

Do you guys know if I have to apply shielding paint to the battery cavity?  Thanks-Rob

No idea about the shielding... my Wire Dunce Hat is bigger and emptier than Gregory's 2XL... just sayin'.   

But yeah - that brass really pops on there and looks super!

My motto:  when in doubt, shield!    Small compartment, no down side.

Bill, tgo

Thanks, pauldo, I like the brass too!

Thanks, Bill, I just painted the battery compartment

Chambers insulated...moving along

Put the 1/4 jack where the third knob would go.  If I had to do it again, I would use the copper tape rather than this paint, I put on three coats and it still chips easily.

That battery box needs a brass cover. I could probably fabricate such an item... if I had a Strat jackplate for a template.

Greg, that is exactly what I was thinking.  Waiting for a new Stars Guitar type bridge that is on its way. 

Send me a tracing of your jackplate. I've got a buncha' brass plate stock up in the shop.   

This looks really great!  I should bust one of my guitar kits and build it!  Very nice and inspirational!


Second on the foil tape...

Thanks, pauldo!

Greg, thanks very much for the plate offer, that would be great, I'll send something down!

I'm wondering if where I went wrong on SuperTele was in mixing the two. I foiled the back of the pickguard, but painted the cavities. The bridge pickup is perfect, but the neck pickup is receiving a Cuban radio station. (really well at night!  ) I think I inadvertently built an Alembicized antenna. I gotta' call Mica about the switching too.