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After trying many Telecasters over the years and not really getting what they were about .... Decided that I knew the "bits" I liked and should try to put one together myself.
Wanted the following ...
Light weight swamp ash body
Blond (relic)
V neck profile
Maple board 7 1/2" Radius
Vintage wind Alnico III pickups
NOT a black guard
So put together the following with JXG in Newcastle's help.
MJT body and Neck, Fender / Crazyparts hardware and genuine(!) 1957 knobs, Shed Pickups, Electrics (wired "50's and 3 position neck, both, bridge) pots are Stackpole 250k volume and 1meg tone, 0.047uF cap.
Really pleased with the results 6Lb 12oz guitar that is a very playable and versatile guitar.
Seem to have a thing about blond / white Fenders!
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Comments
Generous to compliment a competitor! I've always really liked his vintage spec PAF's. These Alnico 3 flatpoles really are a revelation. So clear and dynamic, with tremendous "piano" bottom end. Bridge has a really nice scoop to it and no ice pick.
monquixote said:
I like the mid 50's white on white look, black guard is a bit hackneyed and belongs on the "fake tan" Teles :P . JXG made me a beautiful Tortoise guard for this (I posted a photo in another thread). But I'm not sure about it on this guitar. Shame really, it's a work of art.
vasselmeyer said:
Pretty much £800 on the nose.
Adam_MD said:
The 1 meg pot just delays the "woofiness" so you've got a bit more tone control. I think that wiring it "50's" style is the winner on this guitar, definitely added detail to the tone when I compared the two ways of wiring.
Lovely Tele build Gordon, well done.
Looking forward to playing that soon,
Cheers
Hugh
www.proudhoney.com
£800, absolute bargain. Though you may want to have a word about the paintjob, looks like they skimped on it a bit, it's all worn away like it's really old or something. But other than that, very shiny guitar.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I'm a big fan of Mark's stuff. You can't go wrong really.