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Post subject: Custom Nashville Telecaster
Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 12:24 pm
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Hi Everyone,

I am new to this forum and to the world of Fender Custom Shop and would love to run my dream guitar by you...

An old friend of mine has a Nashville-style Tele and it just sounds fantastic. The tone options of the 5-way switch and the pickups he had (Harmonic Design Overwound Pickups in all 3 positions) led to an incredible, meaty and responsive tone that I haven't experienced from playing any other tele. So, I am married to the idea of having a Nashville Tele with this pickup configuration.

Unfortunately, I am also a stickler for the color I want... which is Lake Placid Blue/Maple Neck. From what I've seen online, no such guitar exists. There are regular Teles in this color and Nashville Teles not quite in this color. I've also been debating having a strat neck vs the standard Tele neck.

From what I gather, I have these options:

- Buy a Nashville Tele with the maple neck and re-color it, replace the pickups.
- Buy a regular Tele in Lake Placid Blue, rout/cut a third space in the body for a third pickup.
- Start completely from scratch: Order an ash Nashville body, the HD pickups, color it, order the neck, and assemble.

Is there another option that I am not considering? What do people advise I go with? And does anyone have any recommendations for getting this work done near New York City? Thank you so much!

-Russ


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Post subject: Re: Custom Nashville Telecaster
Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 7:02 am
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Everything is possible but for a Custom Shop instrument you should fill your wallet with enough buck$ before ordering since this route - especially if you opt for a masterbuilt guitar - is extremely expensive.


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Post subject: Re: Custom Nashville Telecaster
Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 9:08 am
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Warmoth will supply you the body to your exact specification. They will do you a neck as well if you so desire. After that the World is your oyster.

It wont be cheap, it will be worth very little if you try to sell it, but it will be your exact guitar to your specification. It will be cheaper than Custom Shop though.

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