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Post subject: Help me decide ! This is gonna be a tough choice !
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:38 pm
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First possibility
I have a one piece ash Warmoth body, a nice statndard Tele neck and nothing but time.
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Second possibility
I just got this VERY !!! Limited edition (250 made) Ford Mustang Tele.
It gets better, the previous owner installed texas specials and a four way switch
series parrallel etc.....
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Which one to keep ???????????? the very sweet project or the Mustang Tele ????

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Post subject: Re: Help me decide ! This is gonna be a tough choice !
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:40 pm
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P.S. the project body is aged blonde nitro

Yikes !!! This is a tough choice !

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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:53 pm
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Keep the project.

The Mustang is tack-ee. :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Help me decide ! This is gonna be a tough choice !
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:00 pm
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It looks better in person.
But yes it is over the top a bit.
It plays like a dream and sounds very cool with that four way switching and the Texas Specials.

But that project body !!!! NICE !!!
and it goes perfectly with my 50th (Buddy Holly Look Alike Strat) !

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Post subject: Re: Help me decide ! This is gonna be a tough choice !
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:08 pm
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Maybe its the angle, but the bass horn on the Mustang looks wrong. It looks like a Squier.

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Post subject: Re: Help me decide ! This is gonna be a tough choice !
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:59 am
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project tele...do it, you wont regret it!


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Post subject: Re: Help me decide ! This is gonna be a tough choice !
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:25 am
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I see we are getting a clear winner here 2-0

Funny i went from zero teles at the begining of the week to 2.5 in the last two days.
I picked up a nice MIM to steal a neck from also for the project (craigs List).

The 99 MIM isn't at all a bad guitar in and of itself, nice maple neck, midnight wine, alnico pups.
probably needs a new 1/4 in output jack.

O.K. so if I finish the project do you think a black guard will look right with that yellowing blonde finish ?

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:45 am
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Try it with both a white and a black pickguard. After 1954 the finish was lighter than the original BSB and Fender put white gurads on them. Besides, EVERYBODY has a blackguard. :lol:

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:24 am
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I like the Blonde a lot.

I would consider parting out the Mustang Tele (I presume that it is not US made?), selling the body with bridge as one, and the neck with hardware as another, keeping the electronics and pick guard to put on the Blonde body. Then with a maple neck added, you'll have a sweet look and sound. I am not sure that the limited numbers of the Mustang Tele equate to that much more value over a Standard, JMO. Or, even put the loaded pick guard and controls from the Standard onto the Mustang Tele and sell as a whole, keeping the Blonde body and Mustang Tele pick guard and controls. :idea:

However, if the Mustang Tele is US made, keep it!

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:46 am
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bluesky636 wrote:
Try it with both a white and a black pickguard. After 1954 the finish was lighter than the original BSB and Fender put white gurads on them. Besides, EVERYBODY has a blackguard. :lol:


Bill...while I agree with you about keeping the project guitar...ahem...not EVERYBODY has a blackguard :!:

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Go with the project! Fast!

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Post subject: Re: Help me decide ! This is gonna be a tough choice !
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:56 am
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T2Stratman wrote:
bluesky636 wrote:
Try it with both a white and a black pickguard. After 1954 the finish was lighter than the original BSB and Fender put white gurads on them. Besides, EVERYBODY has a blackguard. :lol:


Bill...while I agree with you about keeping the project guitar...ahem...not EVERYBODY has a blackguard :!:

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Go with the project! Fast!

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Nice. :D

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:04 pm
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The Mustang Tele is MIM
It does have all that under the hood goodness
The neck has a U profile not the typical C and a lot nicer looking board.

Parting it out would give me everything I want under the hood of the project warmoth body.

Fun Stuff !!!!

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:50 pm
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As irrelevant as my opinion really is in the matter, I really like the Warmoth body. Very nice.


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Post subject: Re: Help me decide ! This is gonna be a tough choice !
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:22 pm
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I do wish i had a nicer neck than the 99 MIM standard, but for now it will work.

Really all it needs is a nice tinted gloss finish and it would be awesome.

However a refinisher is the last thing I am, I wish I had the stuff and a good teacher.

So here we go, i'm going to go for the parts-O-Caster.

I can't make myself take the Mustang Tele apart so off to e-bay ity goes.

The MIM gave its life so that the warmoth might have a neck, the rest is also off to the bay of e ness.

I would have robbed the texas specials, however I'm thinking original Vintage instead.

I do so enjoy projects !

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:25 pm
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Be brave. :lol:

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