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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:49 am
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Well my ignorance has led me to buy a vintage 3 saddle bridge and glendale saddles which in themselves will sound awesome in my project tele. the one catch is i bought a '07 american deluxe body...so the bridge won't line up with the screw holes and string holes. SO i'm going to end up drilling some to make everything work right. bridge should hide almost everything (except the existing screw holes will just barely peak out, tho not really noticeable). the string holes will be interesting as i will be shifting their position by about a 1/4 inch so from the back it will look the same and the butchering to the front will be hidden by the bridge. It will still function fine and look awesome but thought i'd share my trials and tribulations in having the audacity to build my own tele. (for the record this damn thing won't be done til summer when i can buy the neck for it)


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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:03 pm
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Aww man this topic hurts... I've always wanted to get the guts to make my own guitar :(


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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:29 pm
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haha i'm not quite that adventurous. this is just assembling. tho i think i'm gonna buy some templates and build a les paul from scratch at somepoint. maybe a tele deluxe too haha.


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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:25 pm
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Too bad...real bummer. Can't you get the pickguard that fits that model body?


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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:42 pm
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terrapotomus,

Check out warmoth.com. if you want to build a project guitar. I'm thinking about building a custom Telecaster using their parts. They sell bolt on necks and bodies, pups, and everything else for just about any guitar you might want to build. So far my project Tele is close to $1000 w/o pups, and electronics. They'll ever put in binding, finish the neck and body, rout for different pups, trems, etc. I'm still debating about just buying a new one outright, and not have to worry about assembly, setup, etc. Be sure to check out all the options for each component.

Good luck!


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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:54 pm
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the only thing that doesn't fit is the vintage bridge plate which i bought from musicians friend. Somewhere along the line, fender changed the bridge screw holes from 4 to 3 and switched their position with the string holes and then moved all of it so nothing matches up. The pickguard is fine and on and everything else is too. I'm just waiting until i have money to by the neck i want from Warmoth (vintage modern series CBS style neck ebony fretboard graphite nut vintage tint skunk stripe 22 fret abalone inlay...i think thats it). In the meantime i get to mess with a drill and try to make the holes work. Should work i just need to be careful where i drill haha.


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