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Post subject: Building a custom.
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:18 pm
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I've been building a custom Tele with spare money since mid summer. I'm so close to completion.

Here's what I have so far.

2011 maple neck with a plain logo.
2010 1 piece alder body in burgundy with glitter flakes.
Cream 3 ply pickguard (Humbucker)
490R pickup off of an SG standard.
Standard Tele bridge pickup.

I'm getting a set of Kluson Deluxe tuners and a Bigsby B16 when I have the money.

I'm just curious as to how difficult B16s are to install, considering that this is my first build.

If you have any advice or suggestions, feel free to say it.

Thanks

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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:11 am
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I think B16's are kinda tricky - you might want to look at the B-5 if you've never done a Bigsby before. Here's some info for you.

Original instruction sheet for the B16: http://msengers.home.xs4all.nl/download ... uction.pdf
http://msengers.home.xs4all.nl/download/pat_d170109.pdf

Look here too. There are some good discussions and links:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-d ... 5-b50.html

Good luck!

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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:22 am
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I've seen some vids of B5 installations and it looks a lot more tricky, based on the B5 itself.

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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:16 am
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Hey buxom saw that you posted a pick of your tele in another thread but it was a bit blurry. Would love to see some higher res ones here. I'm sure the sg pickup in the tele would be a sweet combo.

Too much for to ask for a sound bite? :)

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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:44 am
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I don't have any tuners that work with the neck atm. I played it when the ebay $@!&* sent me a broken neck. I wanted to try the thinner strings so I moved them up one notch on the nut so they wouldn't rub on the frets. I must say that it sounded great. Good distortion-ability, great on the higher frets, and almost no crackling or fuzz, and this was with gain at 10.

I could also try to get some better pics. But the camera in my phone is pretty low res (2mp)

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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:39 am
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Here it is.

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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:48 am
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Looks Great!

You may want to give it a shot without the Bigsby first, who knows, you may love the hard tail.


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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:56 am
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A very nice start!! Keep it up! 8)


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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:12 am
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A very nice start!! Keep it up! 8)


Agreed!

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:26 pm
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I play a lot of oldschool punk (Ramones , Black Flag, Germs, etc.) Can I get good buzzsaw with a hard tail? If so, I might keep it.

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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:51 pm
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Buxom wrote:
I play a lot of oldschool punk (Ramones , Black Flag, Germs, etc.) Can I get good buzzsaw with a hard tail? If so, I might keep it.



Hello Buxom,

Johnny Ramone played with a hard tail Mosrite. Greg Ginn played several guitars, but I always think of the Dan Armstrong, a hard tail. Pat Smear played and still plays Hagstroms, almost all hard tails.

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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:11 pm
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Yes, I know. The bridge is a bit different though. I don't like the "grooved barrels", as they're called.

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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:33 pm
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Buxom wrote:
Yes, I know. The bridge is a bit different though. I don't like the "grooved barrels", as they're called.



Ha, that comment might get you stoned for blasphemy with some of the Tele purists around here.

The grooved barrels are saddles and the three saddle bridge is iconic with the Telecaster. The three artists you mention use variations of the tune-o-matic bridge. The only Tele I can recall seeing this on is Seymour's Telegib. Whichever way you go, don't forget to post photos of the final product!

I enjoy custom builds.

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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:02 pm
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To be honest, I prefer the brass barrels. But I managed to get 4 tuners that somewhat fit. I restrung and started playing. About 5 minutes into playing, my amp burnt out >.<

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Post subject: Re: Building a custom.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:34 pm
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Burnt it out with 4 strings? What would have happened if you buzzsaw'd ya amp with all 6 strings!

HOT DAMN.

In all seriousness, if you play punk steer clear of the trems. The reason is thus: Buzzsawing your guitar involves a series of fast downstrokes (usually on a powerchord, whilst usually being in a powerstance), hitting as hard as possible. When this happens you increase the tension on the strings. I believe doing this on a bigsby (at least the newer ones) will cause the bridge to raise slightly at the exact time you hit the strings really hard, lowering the pitch of your powerchord. The chord will then snap back into position.

It definitely happens on a floating bridged strat, but to be on the safe side, if you're gonna bash the crap outa your guitar by playing with as much force as possible, i'd stick with your current bridge (or go the 6 saddle route).

entirely my opinion, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Dan

Also I assume you're going for something like this:

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