Telecaster mod suggestions?
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
You're not really thinking of routing the bout are you??? I have a belt sander here and a decent rasp. Oh even better, I have some carving disks for my angle grinder, makes short work of it!
Also, can bypass your tone on the neck control, pretty quick fix for the price of a kilkenny.
Also, can bypass your tone on the neck control, pretty quick fix for the price of a kilkenny.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
haha! no!
And why an HSS strat? What in all I posted makes people think I want a humbucker, a middle pickup, or more switching options for me to not use because I'm still going to knock the switch on a strat?
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
Reverse the control plate (and swap the pots over) and learn to love the neck pickup. Stand up and you won't need the forearm relief.
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
definitely wont be taking a router to it... maybe a replacement body with a contour in the distant future, but just tyre kicking ideas for now.Bg wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 5:30 pm You're not really thinking of routing the bout are you??? I have a belt sander here and a decent rasp. Oh even better, I have some carving disks for my angle grinder, makes short work of it!
Also, can bypass your tone on the neck control, pretty quick fix for the price of a kilkenny.
Might take you up on the soldering job though if I go that way! Cheers!
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
Give it a fair few hours play before making too many decisions! I was not a Tele fan for the first ten years of playing guitar. Weird ergonomics, controls in the wrong place, didn't dig the tone, etc. I fell in love with one (now in Voxshall's clutches), spent months playing it and now I am seriously considering replacing most of my guitars with a fleet of Teles. I've adapted my playing to suit them, and none of the stuff above bothers me.jimi wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 5:50 pmdefinitely wont be taking a router to it... maybe a replacement body with a contour in the distant future, but just tyre kicking ideas for now.Bg wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 5:30 pm You're not really thinking of routing the bout are you??? I have a belt sander here and a decent rasp. Oh even better, I have some carving disks for my angle grinder, makes short work of it!
Also, can bypass your tone on the neck control, pretty quick fix for the price of a kilkenny.
Might take you up on the soldering job though if I go that way! Cheers!
But YMMV and all that.
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
I'm surprised you want to carve it with you coming from an LP background anyway Nothing in a tele that isn't in a LP, hard edge wise.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
I'm trying to work out if this is a banning offence.olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 12:15 pm Cut the body contours, no point in being uncomfortable.
Add a middle pickup and 5-way switch, you can always use more options.
Get a headstock with a bit more meat on it, it will help with sustain.
Add a trem, a bit of wobble is nice.
Extend the upper bout a little, it helps with the balance.
Move the jack socket to the side, it is easier to see what you are doing with the plug.
Add a third pot to give you more tone options.
Perfect Tele.
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
I regularly knock the switch on my Teles. Just get good at flicking it back.
Neck pickup: I have 2 that are very satisfying. A Lollar Special T and a Twisted Tele. You're welcome to come round and see if they work for you.
Neck pickup: I have 2 that are very satisfying. A Lollar Special T and a Twisted Tele. You're welcome to come round and see if they work for you.
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
Might take you up on that at some point! Cheers.
Quite tempted by the Black sand / Cruel Mistress combo. I see that guitar shop with My Glyn's demo guitars has moved about 5mins from work, so thats going to blamed for a few long lunch breaks.
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
It’s a fair copSlowy wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 9:47 pmI'm trying to work out if this is a banning offence.olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 12:15 pm Cut the body contours, no point in being uncomfortable.
Add a middle pickup and 5-way switch, you can always use more options.
Get a headstock with a bit more meat on it, it will help with sustain.
Add a trem, a bit of wobble is nice.
Extend the upper bout a little, it helps with the balance.
Move the jack socket to the side, it is easier to see what you are doing with the plug.
Add a third pot to give you more tone options.
Perfect Tele.
I’ll post a picture of my Tele in the Show Us Your Tele thread as penance.
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
Well I never, there is such a thingolegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 12:15 pm Cut the body contours, no point in being uncomfortable.
Add a middle pickup and 5-way switch, you can always use more options.
Get a headstock with a bit more meat on it, it will help with sustain.
Add a trem, a bit of wobble is nice.
Extend the upper bout a little, it helps with the balance.
Move the jack socket to the side, it is easier to see what you are doing with the plug.
Add a third pot to give you more tone options.
Perfect Tele.
Oh, and the tiniest dot of superglue on the switch tip, it will stay put, but you will still be able to pry it off when you need to
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 10:18 amWell I never, there is such a thingolegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 12:15 pm Cut the body contours, no point in being uncomfortable.
Add a middle pickup and 5-way switch, you can always use more options.
Get a headstock with a bit more meat on it, it will help with sustain.
Add a trem, a bit of wobble is nice.
Extend the upper bout a little, it helps with the balance.
Move the jack socket to the side, it is easier to see what you are doing with the plug.
Add a third pot to give you more tone options.
Perfect Tele.
Oh, and the tiniest dot of superglue on the switch tip, it will stay put, but you will still be able to pry it off when you need to
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
Thats just a mutant Strat. I don't see much Tele DNA in there. Like just a great grandparent or something.olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 10:18 am Well I never, there is such a thing
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
My old Thinline didn't have the traditional control plate. The 3-way angled blade switch swapped out for 3 way LP style toggle - waaaaay better.
Forget the tone knobs, and just have two volume knobs instead. Make sure one is a coil-tap so you could add a bridge humbucker in single-coil size if you want to get that LP chunk back, but retain the tele sounds - the SD Lil '59 will achieve this with a lot of dynamics. Change the neck pickup for a strat bridge pickup to match output, and you're away.
Forget the tone knobs, and just have two volume knobs instead. Make sure one is a coil-tap so you could add a bridge humbucker in single-coil size if you want to get that LP chunk back, but retain the tele sounds - the SD Lil '59 will achieve this with a lot of dynamics. Change the neck pickup for a strat bridge pickup to match output, and you're away.
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Re: Telecaster mod suggestions?
Flipping the control plate around is such an easy (and excellent) mod. If BG can wire it so that the tone pot only affects the bridge pickup, it sounds like 2/3 of your problems are solved!