Finished My Custom Tele Deluxe (with demo)

[rockabilly69]

Originally Posted by Chickee

That’s one hardcore Telecaster. Look at the through body string holes behind the bridge! Looks like Jeff took out the old Black & Decker and eyeballed an ABR-1 bridge and stopbar tailpiece, Les Paul style, to match up to the Gibson scale length neck! A perfect bucket list project, I say. We’ll compare notes at the end.

fd

Seymour Duncan built that one for Jeff, and then a few for himself too!!! I can just see Seymour with the Black and Decker You slay me Frankie!

Check these articles out...

The OG
https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/s...f-the-tele-gib

A Cherry Red One...
https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/s...y-red-tele-gib

If I was to make one, I would go with cherry red stain on African mahogany body, and nickel hardware, it would look total vintage Gibson. The birdseye short scale neck would have a big slab of rosewood for the fretboard, with a matching cherry red headstock! I would be a ridiculously cool guitar. The wheels are turning!

[Chickee]

Originally Posted by rockabilly69

Seymour Duncan built that one for Jeff, and then a few for himself too!!! ….
If I was to make one, I would go with cherry red stain on African mahogany body, and nickel hardware, it would look total vintage Gibson. The birdseye short scale neck would have a big slab of rosewood for the fretboard, with a matching cherry red headstock! I would be a ridiculously cool guitar. The wheels are turning!

I can see it now- Sherwood Green with Olympic White and raw wood showing thru the gashes. A matching CBS headstock with a black ebony fretboard and LP style mop trapezoids. Also all worn nickel hardware. A front forearm cut and top and bottom belly cuts, but one of those bodies they can run binding around even though it has the reliefs cut. I better start saving for this hot rod build!

I wonder if Fender would make me one of those “channel bound” necks? Hmmmm, I need to save more money!

fd

[rockabilly69]

Originally Posted by Chickee

I can see it now- Sherwood Green with Olympic White and raw wood showing thru the gashes. A matching CBS headstock with a black ebony fretboard and LP style mop trapezoids. Also all worn nickel hardware. A front forearm cut and top and bottom belly cuts, but one of those bodies they can run binding around even though it has the reliefs cut. I better start saving for this hot rod build!

I wonder if Fender would make me one of those “channel bound” necks? Hmmmm, I need to save more money!

fd

now you're cooking with fire! yee haw

[rockabilly69]

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Originally Posted by Bob Womack

There's a certain refined Steve Howe vibe about that plank.

Bob

The one that Seymour Duncan built, or my abomination?