Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: andymac on July 18, 2010, 03:45:29 PM
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I have always wanted a Tele and finally thought I should get one. Problem is no room and I don't want to sell any guitars off, even though most are rarely played.
So I had an idea, get a body off of ebay and put the neck on it from a Strat I put together many years ago. I get a tele and the guitar count does not increase.
Attached some PICS
1: The Body. (from mjtele)
2: The guitar donating the neck
3: Stuntman Mike getting ready for a nap before he helps me.
4: Body and neck with parts I have arranged.
Pickups I am currently thinking of an aged Boss set.
Bridge is Wilkinson fully adjustable one I got from Feline.
Pickguard, mint green aged one from mjtele
Has anybody so suggestions what I should use and where to get the remainder of the bits I need:
Ferrules
Control Plate
Jack Plate
switch, pots and jack socket.
And any tips on ageing the shiny bits?
Andy
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I recommend the Electrosocket jack.
Are you going to rout the neck pocket to fit the Strat heel?
Edit: Looks awesome !!!
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I recommend the Electrosocket jack.
Are you going to rout the neck pocket to fit the Strat heel?
Edit: Looks awesome !!!
Not rout, a little sanding and it fitted a treat, I guess the test will be when I get some strings on it.
Andy
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Will look very cool, congrats!
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Has anybody so suggestions what I should use and where to get the remainder of the bits I need:
Ferrules
Control Plate
Jack Plate
switch, pots and jack socket.
And any tips on ageing the shiny bits?
Andy
I've bought bits from www.fake58.co.uk (http://www.fake58.co.uk) and they've been good value plus they offer relic versions of most things that they stock. Very cool looking guitar by the way. I really like the body colour.
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That's gonna look very righteous :D
I'm gradually coming round to the big strat headstock - but for some reason it's always looked ok to me when married to a tele body.
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I've bought bits from www.fake58.co.uk (http://www.fake58.co.uk) and they've been good value plus they offer relic versions of most things that they stock. Very cool looking guitar by the way. I really like the body colour.
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Thanks Andrew, I have ordered from fake58. Julian is very helpful. They even do the jackplate.
Andy
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Only just seen this thread! Love the neck and love the colour! :D
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Only just seen this thread! Love the neck and love the colour! :D
I got the neck when I was on holiday in LA with mates in 1980. So sort of vintage, or old at least. It's a 3 bolt one but I plugged the original holes, and drilled 4 new ones. It has been fine in the Strat body, just fancied a change. Plus I have not used the Strat regularly for over 10 years.
Andy
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Got a few bits over the weekend and bolted them on.
Just need pickups, knobs and switch tip now.
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Amazing!
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The pickups arrived today. An aged Boss set.
Andy
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They are most definitely aged! :D
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(http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=21793.0;attach=8626;image)
Oh yeah, FTW!
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:D
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That's gonna be one heck of a guitar when finished. Looking real good. That aged boss set's gonna give the guitar a sweet look.
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Yep, looking like this is gonna be great :D
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I have finally finished. Well almost finished last year but was made redundant so have been busy. Had my knobs aged on Thursday so now I can say finished.
Plays fine even though I just bolted it together. Could do with a setup maybe take it to Feline in the next couple of months.
Body MJTele off of Ebay, Bridge Wilkinson had the chrome stripped off back to the nickle, knobs off of Ebay again with chrome stripped and a bit of something else plated on to look aged. Pickups Boss aged set. Pickguard MJTele. Screws control plate and pots/wiring Fake58. Selector knob off of Ebay. Neck Fender 79/80 ish.
Andy
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Had my knobs aged on Thursday
Ouch! Get well soon.
(Sorry! :oops: )
Body MJTele off of Ebay, Bridge Wilkinson had the chrome stripped off back to the nickle, knobs off of Ebay again with chrome stripped and a bit of something else plated on to look aged. Pickups Boss aged set. Pickguard MJTele. Screws control plate and pots/wiring Fake58. Selector knob off of Ebay. Neck Fender 79/80 ish.
Looks great! :D
This is good timing for me, as I just bought an MJT hardtail Strat body (thread elsewhere). How do you find the quality of it? And interesting to see where you got your aged parts, I'm going to have to start acquiring some now.
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love the look of a big Strat headstock on a Tele - great job on that axe.
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Had my knobs aged on Thursday
Ouch! Get well soon.
(Sorry! :oops: )
Body MJTele off of Ebay, Bridge Wilkinson had the chrome stripped off back to the nickle, knobs off of Ebay again with chrome stripped and a bit of something else plated on to look aged. Pickups Boss aged set. Pickguard MJTele. Screws control plate and pots/wiring Fake58. Selector knob off of Ebay. Neck Fender 79/80 ish.
Looks great! :D
This is good timing for me, as I just bought an MJT hardtail Strat body (thread elsewhere). How do you find the quality of it? And interesting to see where you got your aged parts, I'm going to have to start acquiring some now.
I was really impressed with the MJT body, exactly as described and the ageing to me looks great, woodworking fine as well.
Not sure if it is true or not but I read somewhere that MJT cuts the bodies for http://www.glendaleguitars.com/ (http://www.glendaleguitars.com/) .
Andy
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Excellent! Looking forward to receiving mine.
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Glad to hear it's finished :D
Looks good, does it sound good too?
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Really like this guitar, you've done a great job: all the elements have come together really nicely. Also loving seeing a build go from initial idea to completion - I think they're my favourite threads of all. Clips and more pics please!
Good luck with knobs, hope they're still fully functional despite being aged. ;)
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My kind of guitar! :)
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That looks nice. Congrats. Hope you enjoy it
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Groovy colour for sure.
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Looks nice. Different but still nice. :D
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I love bitsas.
To age nickel hardware, get hold of some etchant solution. Available cheap at most DIY electronics stores and used to etch circuit boards.