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Ed DeGenaro

01-15-2008, 10:50 AM

My new Rahbek Cos-T (Tele) is nearing birth...so looking forward to have a brother to my go to Tele.
Here are some shots of the unfinished body...
http://www.eddegenaro.com/mopix/rahbek/cos-t1.jpghttp://www.eddegenaro.com/mopix/rahbek/cos-t2.jpghttp://www.eddegenaro.com/mopix/rahbek/cos-t4.jpghttp://www.eddegenaro.com/mopix/rahbek/cos-t3.jpg

Structo

01-15-2008, 10:51 AM

Nice!
What are the woods used Ed?
Spruce top?

John Hurtt

01-15-2008, 10:58 AM

Cool! Spruce top....limba back? What's the neck going to be?

Ed DeGenaro

01-15-2008, 11:09 AM

Black korina body with bent maple top.
Lindy Fralin custom-made humbuckers.
Neck: Black korina with macassar ebony fretboard
Chrome hardware
Colour: Silver flake top with masked binding and matching headstock

...and yes it'll get frets. :)
http://www.eddegenaro.com/mopix/rahbek/cos-t5.jpg
http://www.eddegenaro.com/mopix/rahbek/cos-t6.jpg

John Hurtt

01-15-2008, 11:12 AM

Ha! With you it would be necessary to ask if it's getting fretted.

Ed DeGenaro

01-15-2008, 11:21 AM

Ha! With you it would be necessary to ask if it's getting fretted.
Funnily enough I have a 10 to 1 ratio fretted to fretless guitars...

John Hurtt

01-15-2008, 11:36 AM

Funnily enough I have a 10 to 1 ratio fretted to fretless guitars...

Do you prefer playing one type over another? Or, is it just a different style?

daddyo

01-15-2008, 01:53 PM

Nice, Ed. Chambered? I have a chambered spruce topped tele. I went with a top binding as sprice is so soft I wanted to protect the edge. But I didn't have a forearm contour.

matte

01-15-2008, 01:56 PM

looks killin'. keep us in the loop!

mojocaster.com

01-15-2008, 02:02 PM

Gorgeous work!

JingleJungle

01-15-2008, 02:10 PM

Big black limba freek here :D
That thang looks dangerously awesome!

JJ

Thor

01-15-2008, 02:16 PM

Really cool looking maple - such straight grain - I can see why someone first guessed spruce. Can't wait to see the subtleties once it gets stained.

Looking forward to more progress pics!

atquinn

01-15-2008, 02:32 PM

Wow, I thought it was spruce too! Nice-looking guitar!

-Austin

John Hurtt

01-15-2008, 03:19 PM

Silverflake top....dig it!

Ed DeGenaro

01-15-2008, 03:24 PM

Really cool looking maple - such straight grain - I can see why someone first guessed spruce. Can't wait to see the subtleties once it gets stained.

Looking forward to more progress pics!
No stain on the top...silver sparkle.

Ed DeGenaro

01-15-2008, 03:28 PM

Do you prefer playing one type over another? Or, is it just a different style?
My preference is fretted most of the time since I get paid for it. :)

Ed DeGenaro

01-15-2008, 03:30 PM

Nice, Ed. Chambered? I have a chambered spruce topped tele. I went with a top binding as sprice is so soft I wanted to protect the edge. But I didn't have a forearm contour.
This one actually isn't. It's suppossd to be my Tele Paul. :)

John Hurtt

01-15-2008, 03:34 PM

My preference is fretted most of the time since I get paid for it. :)

Pretty good reason! :D

gassyndrome

01-17-2008, 02:13 AM

Silverflake top....dig it!

+ 1. Should look great. Will it be bound?

Glaze

01-17-2008, 12:05 PM

Black korina body with bent maple top.
Lindy Fralin custom-made humbuckers.
Neck: Black korina with macassar ebony fretboard
Chrome hardware
Colour: Silver flake top with masked binding and matching headstock

...and yes it'll get frets. :)

What bridge are you putting on it and what special request did you make on the Fralin humbuckers? I'm still using Fralin humbuckers in my Les Paul and I will never take them out of that guitar. If I need something different it will be time to buy another guitar.

Mike

Jerrod

01-17-2008, 12:46 PM

Cool! I hadn't heard about this one.

jads57

01-17-2008, 03:55 PM

Isn`t it funny but it seems all players seem to come back to a Tele type of guitar in the end. I`m right w/ you, even though mine are just G&L Asats. I think Leo basically got it right the first time. It`s fun to see all the other builders take on this design. Me I`m gassing for a Hamer Talladega next. Best of luck w/ your new axe!

Thor

01-19-2008, 11:11 AM

No stain on the top...silver sparkle.

Should look fantastic (I think that for stage work, silver sparkle is one of my favorite finishes - love how they catch and throw light) - but still think that the top is pretty killing as is.

Keep us posted,
Cheers,

Edward

Zelmo

01-19-2008, 12:28 PM

No stain on the top...silver sparkle.
Oops! You just lost me! Sorry to cast a negative opinion, but that wood just looks too nice to bugger with and I'm not a sparkle kind of guy... but that's just me...

Good luck with it.

Long2Play

01-19-2008, 02:43 PM