Custom Build Tele

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:16 am

I like Mighty Mite pickguards. I also make laminated wood pickguards

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:34 pm

Beautiful work as always CS

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:23 pm

More pics

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CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:21 pm

Tele in Olympic white nitrocellulose lacquer.

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Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:52 pm

That's a great color CS..

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 11:11 am

Thanks Tomas!

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:29 am

Tele with P90 AlNiCo 5

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:32 am

Lightly reliced California Blue

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:34 am

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:39 pm

CSVeteran wrote:Tele with P90 AlNiCo 5

That P90 is georgeous I can imagine many people buying that configuration and color. Great work CS!

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:43 pm

CSVeteran wrote:Lightly reliced California Blue

Real nice CS. Your work shows to be very consistent which is the best imo.

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:44 pm

CSVeteran wrote:

Real nice finish on that Strat and I love that rosewood board too.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:59 am

Tomas83 wrote:
That P90 is georgeous I can imagine many people buying that configuration and color. Great work CS!

Thanks Tomas - the P90 is my favorite neck pickup for tele style guitars. The AlNiCo 5 provides for a fat warm tone with some treble articulation.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:05 am

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:16 am

Parker Hornet with mahogany body and carved maple top refinished in nitrocellulose lacquer. The bridge humbucker was rewound to vintage specs (original neck pickup sounds great). Pushpull pots have been replaced.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:18 am

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:24 am

Back of body and neck is mahogany.

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:05 am

CSVeteran wrote:
Tomas83 wrote:
That P90 is georgeous I can imagine many people buying that configuration and color. Great work CS!
Thanks Tomas - the P90 is my favorite neck pickup for tele style guitars. The AlNiCo 5 provides for a fat warm tone with some treble articulation.

The P90's are my favorite pickups, great clean tones and great OD tones as well.

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:08 am

CSVeteran wrote:Back of body and neck is mahogany.

I had a Parker P42 with a maple neck bolt on mahogany body, ebony fretboard. It was a great guitar, I couldn't really bond with the supposedly AlNiCo 2 humbuckers on it so eventually I sold it. The necks on Parkers are pretty amazing. I would love that Hornet without the maple cap

Too bad I didn't know you back then, I would have asked you to rewind the pickups in mine too. That Goldtop looks amazing CS!

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:47 pm

Tomas - this Parker Hornet also has an ebony fretboard and the humbuckers are AlNiCo 5s. The neck pickup was excellent in the 7.9k range, but the bridge was overwound (13.4k) and too midrangy. I agree with you about the AlNiCo IIs, once you get used to single coils, they tend to be uneventful and lacking in the treble end.

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 2:56 pm

CSVeteran wrote:Tomas - this Parker Hornet also has an ebony fretboard and the humbuckers are AlNiCo 5s. The neck pickup was excellent in the 7.9k range, but the bridge was overwound (13.4k) and too midrangy. I agree with you about the AlNiCo IIs, once you get used to single coils, they tend to be uneventful and lacking in the treble end.

Yes that's my favorite mahogany neck and ebony fretboard. I still like AlNiCo II magnets I think it was just those Parker pickups weren't really that good. Fat single coils sound the best to my ear like P90's jumbo MFD's etc. you are really doing a great job CS, you should work for G&L IMO.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:50 pm

Custom build relic SG style in a Pelham Blue nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Mahogany body hand beveled. Neck back was sourced and a rosewood fingerboard was glued in. Medium jumbo fretwire. 24.7 Inch scale. 16 inch radius. Pickups feature an AlNiCo V in neck with an Alnico II in the bridge. Headstock features an inlayed sterling silver cross over Zebrawood cap. Resonant and warm sound, this one really sings.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Fri May 27, 2016 3:53 pm

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Fri May 27, 2016 7:58 pm

CSVeteran wrote:

Beautiful work as always CS! That looks very good to me anyway

john o · Post by **john o** » Fri May 27, 2016 9:30 pm

Really cool SG! nice work!
how many guitars do you produce per year?

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Sat May 28, 2016 8:37 am

drjho7 wrote:Really cool SG! nice work!
how many guitars do you produce per year?

It varies from year to year. My focus is mostly flamenco guitars, but the markets since 2008 have dropped out for boutique guitars and have been replaced by low cost imports.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Sat May 28, 2016 8:40 am

Thanks Tomas and have good one.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Sat May 28, 2016 11:55 am

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Sun May 29, 2016 9:47 am

CSVeteran wrote:
drjho7 wrote:Really cool SG! nice work!
how many guitars do you produce per year?
It varies from year to year. My focus is mostly flamenco guitars, but the markets since 2008 have dropped out for boutique guitars and have been replaced by low cost imports.

You make flamenco guitars? That's awesome! I was starting oot with a classical guitars and always admired flamenco and of course wanted a good guitar for that. What are your flamenco ones looking like?

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Sun May 29, 2016 4:16 pm

Here is a short music sample featuring two one minute segments.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Sun May 29, 2016 4:34 pm

Tomas83 wrote:
You make flamenco guitars? That's awesome! I was starting oot with a classical guitars and always admired flamenco and of course wanted a good guitar for that. What are your flamenco ones looking like?

When I get a chance I will post some pictures.

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Sun May 29, 2016 6:11 pm

CSVeteran wrote:
Tomas83 wrote:
You make flamenco guitars? That's awesome! I was starting oot with a classical guitars and always admired flamenco and of course wanted a good guitar for that. What are your flamenco ones looking like?
When I get a chance I will post some pictures.

Thanks man looking forward and I'm gonna listen to those samples of that SG

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:35 am

Here are some pics of one of my blanca flamenco guitars without the tap plate and traditional pegs. Note the spine that runs the center of the Honduran mahogany neck right up underneath the rosewood fingerboard, providing strength and keeping the neck from bowing or warping. The top is a select piece of spruce with narrow straight grain. The back and sides are solid cypress with wood binding. Really low action and plays like an electric.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:50 am

Music sample using the above flamenco guitar on lead with my G&L Tribute Legacy on rhythm track.

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:36 pm

Wow CS. Now I tend to think that you are fooling us here Erez Perelman hiding under some CS guitars name

. Great job the "Blanca" sounds and looks great. Now I think I want one

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:37 am

I don't build large quantities of guitars which is why CS Guitars is not a major brand name and, actually, I prefer it that way, so I can focus on what I enjoy building. Also, there is very little demand right now for high end classical and flamenco guitars, since most people don't have the budgets for them.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:26 pm

Translucent Olympic white guitar with Alnico 5 P90 neck pickup.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Thu May 25, 2017 9:19 am

Olympic White Lightly Reliced

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Thu May 25, 2017 9:19 am

The music sample has a thick sound likely because it was recorded through an Amek Mozart module through a Art Pro VLA comp into adat. No effects were added.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Thu May 25, 2017 9:23 am

Lake Placid Blue lightly reliced with nitro finish. I use a simulated plastercast for my base coat lending a vintage look when the lacquer is worn. The neck pickup is from a vintage 1970 guitar. Low impedance, but sounds great.

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Thu May 25, 2017 12:11 pm

CS that looks great man. I like the idea too. Usually you don't see many placid lake Tele's out there.

CSVeteran · Post by **CSVeteran** » Sun May 28, 2017 1:38 pm

Hey Tomas, I like your strat avatar

Here is one I finished in Turquoise nitrocellulose lacquer, which is in between a Daphne blue and Lake Placid Blue.

Tomas83 · Post by **Tomas83** » Sun May 28, 2017 3:20 pm

Thanks man. I like it too. I never would have thought I'd be on "the bright side" and be so happy about it