{"id":724,"date":"2016-01-01T04:17:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T04:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bedlamguitars.wordpress.com\/?page_id=724"},"modified":"2016-01-01T04:17:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T04:17:21","slug":"myrtlewood-tele-build","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/myrtlewood-tele\/myrtlewood-tele-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Myrtlewood Tele Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started the build of this guitar at around the same time as I discovered digital cameras, so there are a few pictures of the build phase. Not as many as I&#8217;d take now, but at least I have something to show what it looks like inside.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-724 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/myrtlewood-tele\/myrtlewood-tele-build\/dscf0067\/#main'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dscf0067-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/myrtlewood-tele\/myrtlewood-tele-build\/dscf0075\/#main'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dscf0075-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/myrtlewood-tele\/myrtlewood-tele-build\/dscf0082\/#main'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dscf0082-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the body. Swamp ash with a Myrtlewood top. That&#8217;s the natural colour of the timber with no staining or tints. Note that I&#8217;ve routed the neck pocket large enough for a full-sized humbucker, and I&#8217;ve also included space for a middle pickup if required.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t documented many truss rod fits, so here is how I do it. I always install my rods from the fretboard side. I prefer double-acting rods with plastic heatshrink on. I know some people believe them to be the work of the devil, but my truss rods work and don&#8217;t stick to the inside of neck. A bit of plastic tube isn&#8217;t going to make blind bit of difference to the tone of the guitar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-731\" src=\"https:\/\/bedlamguitars.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/035.jpg\" alt=\"035\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1936\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/035.jpg 2592w, http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/035-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/035-768x574.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/035-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started the build of this guitar at around the same time as I discovered digital cameras, so there are a few pictures of the build phase. Not as many as I&#8217;d take now, but at least I have something to show what it looks like inside. Here&#8217;s the body. Swamp ash with a Myrtlewood [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":683,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/724"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/724\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bedlamsquare.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}