Telecaster armrest

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Inspired in part by Jack White's latest CS tele and actually by the need to hide a ding on a tele body, I researched mounting a banjo-style armrest. 

I couldn't find anything tele specific but bought the cheapest banjo one I could find. The curvature isn't quite right and the best fit is achieved when pushing it quite far, almost to the middle of the body. I don't think I can bend it to fit the curvature of the tele body.

Has anyone done something like this? Not my pic but think this person was dealing with the same issue:

Devil#20

Embrace the ding. That guard will damage the body anyway. Plus it doesn't look nice. 

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Devil#20 said:

Embrace the ding. That guard will damage the body anyway. Plus it doesn't look nice. 

It looked pretty decent with a dark red body. I don't mind extra screws or tape marks. More of a "I want to try out" thing

drofluf

citesquestion said:

Inspired in part by Jack White's latest CS tele and actually by the need to hide a ding on a tele body, I researched mounting a banjo-style armrest. 

I couldn't find anything tele specific but bought the cheapest banjo one I could find. The curvature isn't quite right and the best fit is achieved when pushing it quite far, almost to the middle of the body. Not my pic but think this person was dealing with the same issue. I don't think I can bend it to fit the curvature of the tele body.

Has anyone done something like this?

 No, but you inspired me to see if I could reuse a mandolin armrest I have lying around



The guitar is too thin for it to fit so I'll need to pad it out if I'm going to use it.

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drofluf said:

 No, but you inspired me to see if I could reuse a mandolin armrest I have lying around



The guitar is too thin for it to fit so I'll need to pad it out if I'm going to use it.

A nice way to add a bit of an accent to a woody build

Supportact

Quite like the look of that, the colours work well. 

drofluf

Supportact said:

Quite like the look of that, the colours work well. 

Mine or @citesquestion's?

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drofluf said:

Supportact said:

Quite like the look of that, the colours work well. 

Mine or @citesquestion's?

Not mine either, pic from the internet but with an identical issue that the thing raises a bit towards the bottom

ICBM

You may think it doesn't look too bad just having that on your Tele, but it's insidious - before you know it you'll be chewing tobacco and driving a pickup truck with a gun rack on the back...

Hootsmon

Deary deary me

Supportact

drofluf said:

Supportact said:

Quite like the look of that, the colours work well. 

Mine or @citesquestion's?

Oh i meant the one in the OP in green and gold. Just think the colours look cool. I've got a butterscotch colour tele and i don't reckon it would work on that though. 

Dave_Mc

Supportact said:

Quite like the look of that, the colours work well. 

It looks better than I expected it to, that's for sure!

axisus

Not a fan. It's the guitar equivalent of wearing a wig if you ask me ...