I've got this old Antoria Telecaster from the mid 70's It used to belong to my brother but he gave it to me when I was a youngun (70's Deluxe twin bucker style) It's been through a lot with me, Many gigs at the Marquee, tours around europe. It's worth nowt but it means a lot.
It's been neglected to be honest, the fretboard is cracking away from the neck the frets are so worn as to be almost non existent in places. Which is why It ended up being the guitar I did my 1 open tuned slide solo on at gigs.
Ok I know i'm heading into 'I've had this broom for 40 years and it's only had 5 shafts and 6 heads' terretory here but I Want to paint it black and put a new neck on it without breaking the bank. I think I've found a neck on Ebay 21 fret strat style as per the original I'm just checking the scale lenght with the buyer he's got a bunch of them listed as 13.5 which I assume is a mistake as there aint gonna be a market for 27" strat necks....
QUESTIONS? : :D
Pocket is 56mm Fender standard (even though it's a copy) Do I have to worry about the thickness of the neck too? Is the bottom profile a standard thing or does it change?
The body is being sanded at the moment as it's bare wood with Varnish at the moment.
What is the best kind of paint use and what should I put on top of that for durability.
If all this works out I'm going to put a set of Humbucker sized P90's on. As a halfway house between bucker and Fender Twang, the Original Wide ranger copies sounded like that anyway..
Thanks for reading a commenting on my rambles.
Enjoy the aging pick of me at the Marquee in 89 playing the very guitar.
