Yes, exactly. Know your limits and work within it… Haha

I had a friend/fellow guitarist who made a guitar in high school shop class. It was overdue on submitting it and even with an extension was rushing on the final day. Could not get it to tune up at all. Turns out he didn’t measure the placement of the bridge. No idea what the scale length was…LOL.

It was a Pango, one off which I think it was a boo-boo kit. There was only 1. Nothing other than the body and neck, and the control routing in the back was unfinished… It looks like they buggered up the routing… there was nowhere to mount a cover so I had to come up with something myself. The other thing is the spalted top was already covered in a poly finish, so I had to strip that. I thought it was unfinished.

The neck finish and fret work was amazing though, and as you can see a bound neck to top it off.

Thanks. I’m not a fan of solid colours, and a lot of the Teles I see are that way. This guitar was actually just a tester - I had plans for another guitar and wanted to try something less ambitious for a first try.

I have zero wood working skills. If you handed me a 2"x4" and asked for it to be cut in half you’d get 2 different length pieces. LOL. So going with a kit (body and neck) was the only way something playable was going to happen. Now when it comes to electronics, I crush that… but guitar wiring is pretty basic. Attention to the mechanical aspects of the guitar is what makes this such a good player. Getting the bridge properly aligned side to side and accurately located for proper intonation was critical. It doesn’t show in the photo, but this is a carved top - like a Les Paul. Not the traditional flat face of a Telecaster, so there were a few extra considerations for string height to be just right.