Completed February 2022
Specifications
Body:
Modified Thinline Semi-Hollow Body
Northern Ash Body with Hard Maple Top
Comfort-Contoured Heel
Cream binding
Neck:
25.5″ Scale
12” Radius
Hard Maple (Aged Tru-Oil Finish)
Dual-Action Spoke Nut Truss Rod
Thread Inserts
Custom Headstock Profile
Gold Enamel “Lawless” Logo Decal
Richlite Fingerboard
Stainless Stainless steel Jumbo frets
Gold Mother of Pearl Fret Markers
Hardware:
Bigsby B5 Vibrato
Locking Tuners
Rocking mustang bridge
Hand-Filed Tusq XL Nut
Amber Speed Knobs
Pickups:
Bridge: Fralin Big Single Mini 42
Neck: P90 with Alnico Rods
Wiring:
Push/Push volume pot switching on “blower switch” (Bridge Pickup wired directly to output jack)
Push/Push tone pot for various tone capacitor options
Build Journal
Two of my biggest hobbies finally intersected with my plan to build my first guitar from scratch. This project kicked off with a lumber purchase in August of 2022, consisting of Northern Ash, and hard maple for both the semi-hollow cap and neck.
Of Course the pickups and Bigsby were purchased early on to keep me honest in seeing this project through.
I decided to go with a Richlite fingerboard (A manmade composite material which mimics the look and feel of jet-black ebony) out of a desire not to feed into the dwindling ebony species issue.
I began the build by creating my own router templates out of some 1/2″ MDF. The designs for the templates came from some online telecaster diagrams I found online, which I modified to meet my own desires.