As the vast majority of you know, I was incredibly fortunate to win a PRS CE24 Semi hollow in a raffle.
I only entered the raffle because a friend of mine did. The same guy will become a husband in November, to my partner's sister. So effectively he'll be family.
He is a lovely guy, he is trying to relearn the guitar in the last year and has bought himself a second hand PRS SE soapbar and a mustang amp.
His favourite, favourite band ever is Status Quo. He met Francis Rossi at a meet and greet earlier this year, and was completely star struck. I did plan to get him a Tele based on the Rossi guitar as a wedding present anyway. Considering how lucky I've been with the PRS, I am now moving forward with that idea.
I've spoken to my friend who builds high end relic'd copies of famous guitars. I've asked him to do the Rossi Tele and he said not a problem.
I'm after suggestions as to what would be the best donor guitar for the build. I've been advised that it should really be a string through model. It'll need a maple neck (the rossi one has a maple cap with no skunk stripe I believe), I can't seem to find that on any models.
We will be trying to model it on the latest iteration of the guitar (the triple lace sensor one). The guitar doesn't have to be 110% accurate, meaning that I'm not going to try and source genuine lace sensors (that would increase the cost of the build etc). When he first started getting back into playing and was looking for a new guitar, he tried out my guitars. He found the PRS the easiest to play, said his fingers struggled with slimmer fender profiles.
So ideally I'd like to find a donor guitar that he is going to play, so a tele with a wider neck (no mdphillips required). At the moment the strongest suggesion is a Squier CV 50s. I did point out if I should look for a Nashville tele, he said he can route out the middle pickup so a normal two pickup tele is fine.
The other thing I wanted to pick peoples brains about, is the bridge assembly. The parfitt model from what I can see had a Gibson style bridge. I'm struggling to identify what the Rossi unit used?
The TOM is straightforward enough, it's figuring out what the strings pass through? What is that? You can see the repro on that one, is a machined piece of metal. Is that the way forward?
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Thanks mate, it could have been something taken off a no name italian guitar from the 60s for all I know. I assumed it was something Gibsonesq. You know that when you do track it down, it'll be £500 :P
My partner is not best pleased, she said "oh great now I have to spend a fortune too now!" I think she's gonna get her a nice watch/necklace.
I've always liked the look of Rossi's guitar, even never having hot into the band.
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I can certainly supply you with a TC body and neck that can easily be converted to the Rossis guitar. I just need to know what wood you want the body to be made from Swamp Ash or Alder, and what type of frets you want.
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Your life will improve when you realise it’s better to be alone than chase people who do not really care about you. Saying YES to happiness means learning to say NO to things and people that stress you out.
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That Rossi Tele has been through many incarnations.