Tele number Two. The one I should have built in the first place.

[Rossc0]

Turns out the Tele I built wasn't actually the one I wanted, still like it and it gets played but not as happy as I should be. Hence this thread.

Will be another long build, its going to be perfect this time , (and I've not finished the ES12G yet). How often is that said at the start, for some compromise to pop up along the way... Hopefully not this time.

Anyway here is the starting point, just arrived. A one peice ash body set up to accept vintage spec hardware.Unfinished, and made in Japan. So its going to be my tribute to a 50's tele. Hope to get a genuine Fender repo '52 neck from Stratoshere or somewhere similar. No doubt be a MIM one as I'm not spending $600+ on a made in the USA piece.

Plan is to finish in a traditional Butterscotch / Blonde colour, black pickguard. Here's hoping I get this one right.

[Fretworn]

That’s a nice looking piece of wood.

[Jared]

Best of luck


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[wazkelly]

That should look awesome done in that colour scheme.

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[Rossc0]

DT + Humidity = Nightmare + day trying to sand back to bare wood :-(

[dave.king1]

Nice project as a Tele person I'll be watching this one.

FWIW. I have 52 Blackguard spec pickups in my Thinline and love them, they were a custom set made to order

[Simon Barden]

I have 52 Blackguard spec pickups in my Thinline and love them, they were a custom set made to order

52! That's a lot of pickups in one guitar!

[Andy40]

DT + Humidity = Nightmare + day trying to sand back to bare wood :-(

Which DT are you using? butterscotch?

[Rossc0]

Yes Butterscotch. My own fault, really shouldn't have tried in the weather we're currently having.

[dave.king1]

52! That's a lot of pickups in one guitar!

Makes it kinda heavy