Little bit more done this lunchtime... neck on, great fit too. Happy with the general patina of this now, it feels well used!
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Little bit more done this lunchtime... neck on, great fit too. Happy with the general patina of this now, it feels well used!
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Happy find from the spares box, I took this off my squier Tele years ago when I replaced it with a PBG style screw on jack socket plate, as this kept falling out of the body of the guitar. It goes in with a toothed washer that bites into the timber, until it doesn't... now held in with a blob of JB Weld which means it isn't coming out in a hurry!
This is the correct style for early Tele models I believe
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Couldn't resist a little mock up. Here it is next to my modified Squier Tele for comparison
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Wiring done, went with the pull tone control which does the same as the 4 way Tele switch, when you pull it up it puts the pickups in series, like one big humbucker. I like this idea more than the 4th position switch as it acts as a bypass, pull it up and series, push it down and it works just like a stock Tele.
Have tonerider vintage classics in this one, and hot classics in my other Tele build the Teleblaster. Interested to see the tonal difference.
I'll post an audio clip once I have it all together.
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Loving how this thing is coming along. You’re really making me want to build a Tele now
Thank you! I love it, really. This TL51 kit is simply great, wonderful neck too, chunky for a bass player like me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Richy17
I'm hoping the series mod will allow me to use it as a rock guitar as well
I'm thinking of putting a 5 way in the Tuff Dog so I can not only add the series option but also an out of phase option
Interesting, what does that mean? The pickups are counter wound for noise cancelling in the centre position when they are in parallel, how is out of phase set up?Quote:
Originally Posted by dave.king1
I might add another pull switch 😊
I was looking at the twelve strings :) but I’m going to finish my other two on the go first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andyxlh
Heavens! 6 are still worrying me, to be frank.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richy17
Nice one Andyxlh. Good job on not ‘over doing’ the relict details. Tastefully done in my humble opinion.
I'd be looking for the Strat quack the you get in positions 2 & 4, there'll be drawings out there on the web and Weirdy probably has them alreadyQuote:
Originally Posted by Andyxlh
Yeah, on a Tele (depending on the pickups) an out of phase setting gives sort of a Stratty pos 2’ish sound, but without the hum cancelling. I kind of like it, and it has its uses.
It just involves reversing the hot and negative/ground connections of one pickup for that setting, usually on the neck pup. However, achieving that typically requires a bit of minor surgery to separate the neck pup’s negative from its shield/casing connection and adding a separate shield/ground wire instead. Otherwise the chrome cover will become ‘hot’ in the out of phase position.
My TL-1TB build thread has info on separating the shield on the neck pup and uses a push/pull to swap the phase.
You can simply leave the cover unconnected to ground for a slightly brighter sound from the pickup if you don't fancy running another ground cable. Slightly noisier, but if you had fitted a Strat pickup in the neck, that wouldn't have any cover on it.
Here it is all done, just the usual fettling to go
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Here it is among the other creations. I guess you can see now how I'm getting close to finished with the guitar building unfortunately!
Hopefully will find family and friends decide they want to take up guitar and give me an excuse...
From the left...
Non PBG LP kit with tonerider rock songs
non PBG strat kit Van halen Frankenstrat with Artist Bullbucker and strat front pickup, bought these two before I found PBG!
PBG AG mahogany kit with bound fretboard, tonerider ac2 pickups
PBG Ash TLa kit with strat bits and tonerider hot classics and entwhistle strat centre pickups
PBG SV1, stock, needs new steel nut
PBG TL51 with tonerider vintage classic pickups
PBG RC4A with Chinese humbuckers
In front, my homemade bass (the one that started it all!), with dmarzio model p pickups
I think that the pick of the guitars is the TL51, so it's good to be finishing up with the best!
I still have the PBG2 and a jazz bass kit on the bench before signing off.........
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Nice collection Andy.
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Thanks Waz! How many guitars can one play at once?Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
One more than you have :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Andyxlh
I have 5 electrics, 2 basses, 1 acoustic and a fiddle, I obviously need more
I've run out of hooks........Quote:
Originally Posted by dave.king1
Don't have any hooks but running out of hiding places to store my 5 Basses, 4 electrics, 1 acoustic plus my son's Bass, electric & acoustic.
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You need a shed. Or another shed. Or a bigger shed. Shed is the answer. I don't have space for one :(Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly