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[wokkaboy]

Hi Tony, yes the string through holes on the body are clearly drilled, my question was are the matching holes drilled in the bridge plate. Zooming into the photo it looks like they may be but hard to tell

[tonyw]

Looks like the bridge plate has the holes x3 forward of the string through on a flat plate but they arn't drilled into the body from what i can see.

Also dont know if you could get a rolled vintage plate to fit, but you could always change out the saddles.

[wokkaboy]

yeah Tony, have to wait for Ads to maybe post a photo of the bridge. If the holes in the plate for the string through are pre-drilled then the bridge position will be fixed. Sometimes the factory brings out new models and there are small issues

[nDR01d]

String-through Tele? YES PLEASE!

[DrNomis_44]

If I end up buying one of these new Tele kits I'm going to go with a TV yellow finish and just build it as a standard Telecaster, after playing my mate's Telecaster I've found myself really wanting one so I can get that Tele "Twang", apparently Jimmy Page played a Telecaster on the first Led Zeppelin album, also, Syd Barrett played one on Pink Floyd's first album,Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, or something like that, Syd Barrett is definitely playing a Telecaster on the instrumental track, Interstellar Overdrive.


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After having a good look at the chrome bridge cover, I reckon that the shape of it is close-enough-for-government-work, considering that I personally feel that it doesn't have to be super accurate just to get that early Telecaster vibe, it's good enough for me.

[tonyw]

Twang comes from the tele pickup Doc, the tele pups are a bit of a breed of their own, my fav.
The plate on the bridge pickup will dictate alot about the tone, as will the cover on the neck, then theres the winding, the wire the magnets. I love the sound of the 50/51 43AWG plain enamel neck and bridge, 8000 turns and a tin plate for the bridge pickup, although i do prefer a brass plate introduced late 1951. The pickup changed in late 1951 using 42AWG on the bridge but an extra 1000 winds needed to be added to complement the neck. Lots of history in the tele pickup, i like to slightly under wind my bridge, it gives me that Roy Buchanan snap.

[andrewdosborne]

Yep there's nothing quite like a good set of Tele pups. Doc, I think Syd Barrett used an Esquire, a slightly different beast. I tried for years to get his early sound thinking it was a Tele! I then discovered the Esquire and the penny dropped. He then later stuck another pick up into it (like Bruce Springsteen)

Interesting read.

http://www.sydbarrettpinkfloyd.com/2...edEsquire.html

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[tonyw]

There are also alot of ways to wire a 1 pickup esquire, i have a couple of favorites, the eldred mod is a good one.

[DrNomis_44]

Twang comes from the tele pickup Doc, the tele pups are a bit of a breed of their own, my fav.
The plate on the bridge pickup will dictate alot about the tone, as will the cover on the neck, then theres the winding, the wire the magnets. I love the sound of the 50/51 43AWG plain enamel neck and bridge, 8000 turns and a tin plate for the bridge pickup, although i do prefer a brass plate introduced late 1951. The pickup changed in late 1951 using 42AWG on the bridge but an extra 1000 winds needed to be added to complement the neck. Lots of history in the tele pickup, i like to slightly under wind my bridge, it gives me that Roy Buchanan snap.

I reckon it's a whole synergy of factors working together as parts of a system that creates the sound of the Telecaster, the woods used, the finish, the windings in the pickups, the magnets, the frets, the nut, even the truss rod, every part of the guitar plays a part in determining the sound of the Tele, even the tuners.


A Telecaster has a fixed bridge system that anchors the string effectively to the body of the guitar, so that has to have some effect on the tone too.

[tonyw]

Sorry Doc the pickups are where its at for 99% of that tone.