This has been a long time in gestation, but I'm finally getting around to entering the 2015 modding challenge. The one type of guitar I've often wanted, but never got round to owning, is a Telecaster. So this seems the ideal opportunity.
This much I know. It will have a 22 fret rosewood fretboard, because I don't like the stickiness of varnished maple. I find it hard enough switching between 22 and 24 frets without introducing another variable. It will have single coils, because all my other guitars have humbuckers, and it's time I had a change. Lastly it will have a modern six saddle bridge, rather than the three screw type.
Having looked at the HB range I've decided to start with the Telecaster kit. I'm hoping this isn't sailing too close to the rules. Many of the other models seem to have maple fretboards, or 21 frets, or humbuckers, or f holes. Also, it seems a shame to buy a more expensive model knowing that I will be replacing many of the parts.
More than that I cannot say. I like the look of natural wood grain, but the finish will depend on the quality of the wood that turns up, and whether I've got the courage to try veneer. I'm toying with the idea of making the bridge plate and pickups myself, because I used to like doing things like that when I was a teenager. I'm persuading myself not to add piezos and a synth circuit on the basis that it will cost five time as much as the basic guitar.
Oh, and I haven't actually ordered it yet.
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