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Post subject: Re: Complete Telecaster Build Pictoral II
Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 7:57 am
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This Tele is a thing of beauty. Love it!


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Post subject: Re: Complete Telecaster Build Pictoral II
Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 7:16 pm
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bassbelly wrote:
This Tele is a thing of beauty. Love it!

I appreciate the love, bassbelly!!


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Post subject: Re: Complete Telecaster Build Pictorial II
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:17 am
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Impulse7 wrote:
Absolutely great thread MickJagger, build looks like its going well, and you've overcome a couple of issues along the way :)

I think you should be fine with the pickup height in the rear cavity, and putting the insulating electrical tape on the bottom to not ground out the pickup should it touch the copper tape is a good idea.

Given that you've drilled into the guitar at this point and wont be able to return it, if you find its a case of millimeters separating the pickup height of being too close to the strings, you might be able to shimm the neck and raise the saddles to give you that extra height, rather than taking the whole thing apart and dropping a router into the pocket to dig out more, retaping etc etc.

Looking forward to seeing the finished result :)

I ended up doing both.
I had to lower the floor of the bridge pickup cavity and had to shim the neck pocket to raise the neck to a proper height.
As I may have mentioned earlier, these RockAudio bodies are very nice for the price, but they require substantial modification and patience to acquire a nice setup.


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Post subject: Re: Complete Telecaster Build Pictorial II
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 9:20 am
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Wow! That is impressive! Also . . . your cat looks just like ours. For some reason our 3 cats gravitate towards my guitar and recline next to it while it is on the bed.

Thanks for sharing every bit of your detailed Tele transformation. That is a beautiful guitar too!


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Post subject: Re: Complete Telecaster Build Pictorial II
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 4:34 pm
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reno2atlanta wrote:
Thanks for sharing every bit of your detailed Tele transformation. That is a beautiful guitar too!

Thanks reno2atlanta, for the kind review.


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