2nd Telecaster Build
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:49 pm
I'm sure no one has noticed, but I haven't been posting a whole lot recently ( 
). I've been off in the real world, doing that school thing, socializing, and the like. One of the things I have been doing over the past year, is building my second Telecaster. This one, I based off a '72 Tele Deluxe - also played by Deryck. Really, it shouldn't have taken a year, but it did due to me not having the cash flow to do it all at once. I bought the parts piece by piece, over time. I picked out each and every individual electronic and hardware piece to suit my liking. I am extremely satisfied with how it turned out (it sounds SICK!).
Ok, before a couple photos, let's break down the fucker.
Body:
Fender Walnut Tele Deluxe Body
Neck:
Fender Tele Deluxe Neck (I'm at school right now and don't have the guitar with me, but the neck is some special "anniversary" model - just can't remember what year).
Bridge:
Callaham Vintage Hardtail Bridge (an awesome little piece. So much better than a stock bridge)
Pickguard:
Terrapin Custom B/W/B (I had this custom cut so I could mount the input on the PG and only have a tone and volume control - Thanks for recommending Terrapin, Jeremy!)
Electronics & Controls:
After a ton of research, I found that 500k pots are the way to go for a Tele Deluxe, rather than the stock 250k's. I purchased my CTS pots and a .022 mfd Sozo capacitor from Callaham (love buying from this guy). Turning the knobs with the CTS pots is just so much smoother. As for the volume and tone knobs, I picked up one standard Tele Deluxe tone knob and then a flat top for the volume. I really like having two different style knobs. It makes your guitar that much more different from a stock model.
Neck Pickup:
Seymour Duncan SH-1 '59 Model
Bridge Pickup:
Seymour Duncan SH-14 Custom 5
These two pickups really compliment each other. They bring life to this puppy. Who wants photos?
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^ B-E-A-UTIFUL body! ^
Click to view the fullsize image.http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos- ... 6613_n.jpg[/imgwidth]
^ Nice gloss finish on the neck ^
Click to view the fullsize image.http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos- ... 7452_n.jpg[/imgwidth]
^Sitting next to my first Tele build
What do you guys think?
). I've been off in the real world, doing that school thing, socializing, and the like. One of the things I have been doing over the past year, is building my second Telecaster. This one, I based off a '72 Tele Deluxe - also played by Deryck. Really, it shouldn't have taken a year, but it did due to me not having the cash flow to do it all at once. I bought the parts piece by piece, over time. I picked out each and every individual electronic and hardware piece to suit my liking. I am extremely satisfied with how it turned out (it sounds SICK!).Ok, before a couple photos, let's break down the fucker.
Body:
Fender Walnut Tele Deluxe Body
Neck:
Fender Tele Deluxe Neck (I'm at school right now and don't have the guitar with me, but the neck is some special "anniversary" model - just can't remember what year).
Bridge:
Callaham Vintage Hardtail Bridge (an awesome little piece. So much better than a stock bridge)
Pickguard:
Terrapin Custom B/W/B (I had this custom cut so I could mount the input on the PG and only have a tone and volume control - Thanks for recommending Terrapin, Jeremy!)
Electronics & Controls:
After a ton of research, I found that 500k pots are the way to go for a Tele Deluxe, rather than the stock 250k's. I purchased my CTS pots and a .022 mfd Sozo capacitor from Callaham (love buying from this guy). Turning the knobs with the CTS pots is just so much smoother. As for the volume and tone knobs, I picked up one standard Tele Deluxe tone knob and then a flat top for the volume. I really like having two different style knobs. It makes your guitar that much more different from a stock model.
Neck Pickup:
Seymour Duncan SH-1 '59 Model
Bridge Pickup:
Seymour Duncan SH-14 Custom 5
These two pickups really compliment each other. They bring life to this puppy. Who wants photos?
Click to view the fullsize image.http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos- ... 7572_n.jpg[/imgwidth]
^ B-E-A-UTIFUL body! ^
Click to view the fullsize image.http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos- ... 6613_n.jpg[/imgwidth]
^ Nice gloss finish on the neck ^
Click to view the fullsize image.http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos- ... 7452_n.jpg[/imgwidth]
^Sitting next to my first Tele build
What do you guys think?
Found the neck on eBay. Also picked up the body on eBay.
