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Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:05 pm
by Lostininverness
Interesting way of doing the tuners. Did you need to add any extra reinforcing in their anywhere - or is there no extra tension/forces due to the scale length?

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:05 am
by ChAoZ
Lostininverness wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:05 pm Interesting way of doing the tuners. Did you need to add any extra reinforcing in their anywhere - or is there no extra tension/forces due to the scale length?
Nothing extra, the ferrules are on the inside of the slot but that's about it,

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 12:43 pm
by werdna
Here's my latest telecaster.
Gold flake, done by Marty Bell in USA. He's a bit of a name.
All Parts body and neck. Neck is baseball bat, with the back of the headstock transitioning straight into the back of the neck with no carve away or relief.
Seymour Duncan vintage 50s bridge pickup.
Twisted tele front pickup. Thanks Grant.
Fender vintage bridge.

I call it Golden Shower.

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 12:48 pm
by robthemac
werdna wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 12:43 pm Here's my latest telecaster.
Gold flake, done by Marty Bell in USA. He's a bit of a name.
All Parts body and neck. Neck is baseball bat, with the back of the headstock transitioning straight into the back of the neck with no carve away or relief.
Seymour Duncan vintage 50s bridge pickup.
Twisted tele front pickup. Thanks Grant.
Fender vintage bridge.
I personally would have opted for something sparkly.

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 4:28 pm
by Bg
robthemac wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 12:48 pm
werdna wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 12:43 pm Here's my latest telecaster.
Gold flake, done by Marty Bell in USA. He's a bit of a name.
All Parts body and neck. Neck is baseball bat, with the back of the headstock transitioning straight into the back of the neck with no carve away or relief.
Seymour Duncan vintage 50s bridge pickup.
Twisted tele front pickup. Thanks Grant.
Fender vintage bridge.
I personally would have opted for something sparkly.
Yeah its a bit understated eh....

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 4:29 pm
by Bg
werdna wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 12:43 pm Here's my latest telecaster.
Gold flake, done by Marty Bell in USA. He's a bit of a name.
All Parts body and neck. Neck is baseball bat, with the back of the headstock transitioning straight into the back of the neck with no carve away or relief.
Seymour Duncan vintage 50s bridge pickup.
Twisted tele front pickup. Thanks Grant.
Fender vintage bridge.

I call it Golden Shower.

Whats the intonation like? Those saddles look random!




Releasing your inner Liberace....

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 4:37 pm
by Slowy
Nice! Looks like something John Jorgenson would do.
And that is never a bad thing.

And I love Twisted Tele's as a lead voice; so expressive.

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 12:40 am
by jeremyb
Digging the goldmembercaster!

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 9:09 am
by olegmcnoleg
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I should not post derogatory messages about Teles
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Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:05 pm
by werdna
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Fender Ultra Telecaster body, Fender Professional neck.

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:13 pm
by werdna
The Ultra is a bit warmer, not ice pick treble p/u. Teles feel tight and I string with 10s but thinking of going to 9s. The refinements get a thumbs up - belly cut, indiv saddles, proper tuning pegs, deep C neck with satin finish, reduced neck heel and noiseless pickups. Looks like a new car. Made for gigging, if band doesn't implode and COVID backs the f*** off.

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:32 pm
by GrantB
Crunchy

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:35 am
by Lostininverness
GrantB wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:32 pmCrunchy
Finally get around to doing that relicing?

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 10:46 am
by GrantB
Lostininverness wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:35 am
GrantB wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:32 pmCrunchy
Finally get around to doing that relicing?
It was pretty easy actually - I shoot the nitro so it is hard and glassy. Dropped the body in the freezer for maybe 20 mins. Tadaaahhh. Looks great in the flesh and is opening up more. The hardware is a mix of real vintage Fender stuff and relic...all seems to match pretty good. It's very hard to take a photo of lacquer checking.

Re: Show us your Telecasters

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:07 am
by robthemac
GrantB wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 10:46 am
Lostininverness wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:35 am
GrantB wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:32 pmCrunchy
Finally get around to doing that relicing?
It was pretty easy actually - I shoot the nitro so it is hard and glassy. Dropped the body in the freezer for maybe 20 mins. Tadaaahhh. Looks great in the flesh and is opening up more. The hardware is a mix of real vintage Fender stuff and relic...all seems to match pretty good. It's very hard to take a photo of lacquer checking.
That Strat that you did some work on did nothing in my freezer. I think I had to sand off too much of the gloss coat to even out the finish. Have you used compressed air?