Show them Blond ones!

Show us the Blond guitars.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk237/ramseypete/Relic1copy.jpg http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk237/ramseypete/Relic3copy.jpg http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk237/ramseypete/Relic2-1.jpg http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk237/ramseypete/Relic4-1.jpg

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss214/nvilletel/Just%20Butterscotch%20Blondes/IMG_2292.jpg

I have two shades - honey blonde Highway One "upgrade" type, butterscotch 52 AVRI.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2802/4144379484_214d1c2cbb.jpg

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee239/SammyAmps/SANY0720.jpg

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee239/SammyAmps/SANY0719.jpg

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee239/SammyAmps/SANY0720.jpg

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee239/SammyAmps/SANY0719.jpg
Nice bender!!

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk237/ramseypete/07Tele-LB.jpg

That Bender is very cool, Ramseybella!

So unusual that it would be a lefty player who would move the Control Plate inboard, given the extent to which Lefty Guitars are outnumbered by the Other.


Here's a Mohawk Blonde USACG

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t25/Bubbanov/18OCT292009003.jpg

This is not over a whitewash base. I will try that fairly soon.

That Bender is very cool, Ramseybella!

So unusual that it would be a lefty player who would move the Control Plate inboard, given the extent to which Lefty Guitars are outnumbered by the Other.


Here's a Mohawk Blonde USACG

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t25/Bubbanov/18OCT292009003.jpg

This is not over a whitewash base. I will try that fairly soon.

Easy Volume Swells.

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss214/nvilletel/Just%20Butterscotch%20Blondes/IMG_2292.jpg

Woa! You got some sweet blondes there! That's quite a family shot. Very nice.

I have two blondes

A BSB Tele
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/andys_01/BSBEsquier1Moddedbridge.jpg

And a blonde '51

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/andys_01/Squier51withtortyguard1.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t25/Bubbanov/23FEB142009001.jpg

When I ordered this lefty neck off the USACG page, Tommy was quite pleased to add dots on the righty side for my use; no additional charge to me. I like the extra care USACG provides:

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t25/Bubbanov/23FEB142009002.jpg

USACG body in vintage blonde nitro, Fender neck, Glendale hardware, Duncan '54s (but I have a set of Fralins about to go in there instead):

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u116/march68/59.jpg

Homemade Blonde I luv to play with!!!! 36164

http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww183/telechamp/TeletoploaderPB.jpg

http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww183/telechamp/TeletoploaderPB7.jpg


http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww183/telechamp/Tele2re-s.jpg

Well, I was hoping to take some new pics of my blonde and post them here, but the wife's not cooperating. Uh, wait...did that sound funny? :shock: (Wink, wink.)

My wife Beth (a brunette, BTW) got a new camera on Black Friday, but she hasn't had time to do much with it yet, and not only am I technologically challenged but I stink at taking pics. So for now I'll post the pics I have of my blonde. Here they are/she is.

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/medium/UNI_2505.jpg
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/medium/Alder_Thinline_-_UNI_2506.jpg
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/medium/Alder_Thinline_-_UNI_2511.jpg

She's a Logan Custom "Logo" Thinline. She's actually the prototype of Bob Logan's "Logo" Thinline series, where the cutout is a script "L" to approximate the "L" of his Logan brand on the headstock. Alder veneers, Honey Blonde color, nitro finish.

Update: we took some new pics of my blonde during the holidays, but haven't uploaded them to the TDPRI yet. Maybe soon.

Here's my AV52 (back) I think it's a -06 and Baja Tele-07 (front).

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4278801116_1be9ff08e8_o.jpg

//Patrik

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk163/pchilson/Hwy_one_texas_tele/front_close.jpg

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk163/pchilson/Hwy_one_texas_tele/back.jpg

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk163/pchilson/Hwy_one_texas_tele/output_jack.jpg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u116/march68/59.jpg


Yum!

Very tasty image indeed, BBB!!

Show us the Blond guitars.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk237/ramseypete/Relic1copy.jpg http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk237/ramseypete/Relic3copy.jpg http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk237/ramseypete/Relic2-1.jpg http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk237/ramseypete/Relic4-1.jpg

Beautiful lefty, Ramseybella. Details?

I have a Blonde, but it's not fender, does it count?

I have a Blonde, but it's not fender, does it count?

In this forum, most any "Tele"-style counts. A few members here may wish it weren't so, but common consent and usage here has long accepted "T"-style guitars not made by FMIC.

Of course "Fender" counts, but also Squires and G&Ls. Other brands producing Tele styles include Peavey, Hohner, SX, Xaviere, Jay Turser, and the list just goes on. Then of course there are custom Teles, "homebrews" (homemade Teles) and partscasters.

Besides, partscasters and customs (my own Logan) have already been listed in this thread. So feel free to share pics of your blonde.

Blonde is Blonde!!

Show it..

1970s Aria 1582t, heavily modified.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4331576105_f3c4c411b3.jpg (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4331576105_3cf175f1a4_o.jpg)

Blonde is Blonde!!

Show it..

here it is...

Hmm, pics. Thanks everyone!

Hey, guys, I haven't forgotten. About a month ago I talked about posting pics of my homey blonde Logan Thinline that were taken during the holidays.

The problem is, I can't find them! :shock: :sad:

I've checked my computer and my wife's, but no luck. I'm hoping that she has them in some folder I don't recognize. At any rate, I intend to make good on my word, just as soon as I can.

MAN, I love this guitar. It is VERY loud acoustically. Really just surprisingly loud, not sure why that is. It's all I've played for the last couple months.

I did do a thread showing how I did the butterscotch finish, starting with plain Fender Blonde, then tinted/clear lacquer until I was happy with it.
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/196887-watching-paint-dry.html

My pics are always so bad, but it's the best I seem to be able to do. Might help if I'd cleaned/wiped it down before pics, but this is just as it is. The details of the pine grain show through very clearly in real life.

http://daveharperphotos.irun100s.com/i.ashx?gallery=352962&mid=11594319&mt=Photo&standardsize=original
http://www.daveharper.com/Webpics/TeleBB2.jpg

http://daveharperphotos.irun100s.com/i.ashx?gallery=352962&mid=11594320&mt=Photo&standardsize=original

http://daveharperphotos.irun100s.com/i.ashx?gallery=352962&mid=11594317&mt=Photo&standardsize=original
http://daveharperphotos.irun100s.com/i.ashx?gallery=352962&mid=11594325&mt=Photo&standardsize=original

That's a 4x10 cabinet under the amps
http://daveharperphotos.irun100s.com/i.ashx?gallery=352962&mid=11594327&mt=Photo&standardsize=original
http://daveharperphotos.irun100s.com/i.ashx?gallery=352962&mid=11594321&mt=Photo&standardsize=original

Twin necks, one in the white, one that's been finished for the Butterscotch Blonde Tele.
http://daveharperphotos.irun100s.com/i.ashx?gallery=352962&mid=11594318&mt=Photo&standardsize=original

Fender 50s reissue:

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3375/ijt1.jpg

Logan Tele:

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8769/logan2.jpg

Here's my '52 AVRI:

http://static.flickr.com/33/64187960_82afefb188_o.jpg

And a white-blond WildKat:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3131/2686545950_7efd400e5d_b.jpg

My '73 Tele.

http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m408/apolloguitars/misc%20part2/voxtele001.jpg

My Squier.

http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m408/apolloguitars/Squier%20Tele/squier002-1.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1287/4596662767_d6695291a8_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1018/4596663129_bba41159f9_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4597279048_03226d2f45_o.jpg

Blonde wearing leather!

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/andys_01/50sClassicwithtanguard5-1.jpg

New CV 50's & 2001 '52 AVRI

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt246/tap4154/CV52Wall72.jpg

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee328/mudbean/Guitars/LacqueredGuard006crop2.jpg

mud

I've been waiting on just the right blond. This one just arrived and think I finally found it...

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f399/Csapo/My%20Guitars%20-%20On%20Bed/10FenderCS54RIWhiteGuardRelic.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f399/Csapo/My%20Guitars%20-%20On%20Bed/10FenderCustomShop54RIWhiteGuardRel.jpg

AV'52RI & Baja. Black MIM Std in-between.

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/The_Teles_3.jpg

Here are some blondes

EDIT: Underneath the pickguard,#1 is the same color as #2.

I figure that if an Epi can creep in here, a Strat is definitely allowed! Apologies for the poor quality - the light in the office isn't the best, today!

The Strat's honey blonde, not sure what the Baja blonde is called officially.

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn242/spikypaddy/Guitars/DSC00462.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4621484429_30a6d73eb6_o.jpg

This is my first build. I love this guitar! I think I did a alright job! What do you guys think? I love blond Telecasters. Even though the only place you can see the color after I covered it is at the top of the body right behind the neck... Go figure! :wink:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb138/jaydawg76/IMG_1763.jpg

jaydawg - what is that?

My blonde Tele.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x153/stratman323/Fender%20Tele%20CS%201963%20CC%20Blonde%202004/IMG_0607.jpg

Stratman- It's a toploader I built for myself last summer. Been my main guitar since.

Here's my Blonde '63 Strat.
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp266/casualofender/63Strat006.jpg
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp266/casualofender/Picture004-1.jpg

Well, yes, I have already posted these pictures, but I just suppose they suit in here as well, so...

Avery is a 3.2kg/7.05lbs AVRI'52, serial XN69850. I own her since last Friday, and the more I look at her and play her, the more I'm convinced that I've been one damn lucky guy.

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9417/avery01.jpg

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2637/avery06.jpg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9963/avery07.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9964/avery02.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6540/avery03.jpg

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1438/avery05.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7609/avery08.jpg

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6882/avery09.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1560/avery11.jpg

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6517/avery04.jpg

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6660/avery12.jpg

Giacomo

Back some time ago (January?) I talked about posting a new pic of my honey blonde Logan Custom "Logo" Thinline. I forgot to make good on that. In my defense however, we did suffer a house fire in May, so my forgetting to post an updated pic is at least somewhat understandable. Anyway, better late than never, I guess...here she is:

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/Logan_Custom_Logo_Thinline_-_sm.jpg

BTW, she made it through the fire; all five of my guitars and all but one of my amps made it out.

Back some time ago (January?) I talked about posting a new pic of my honey blonde Logan Custom "Logo" Thinline. I forgot to make good on that. In my defense however, we did suffer a house fire in May, so my forgetting to post an updated pic is at least somewhat understandable. Anyway, better late than never, I guess...here she is:

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/Logan_Custom_Logo_Thinline_-_sm.jpg

BTW, she made it through the fire; all five of my guitars and all but one of my amps made it out.

Congrats on surviving mostly intact.

Is that a mark or a route on the lower bout nearest us? Does it have some significance?

Congrats on surviving mostly intact.

Thanks. Before the firefighters had even completely extinguished the flames, the first of our possessions to come out the front door were three of my guitars! They then asked me if I had any more, and I told them where my two other guitars were, as well as the amps. They went back in and brought them out to me. I remember thinking at the time, "One of you guys has got to be a guitar player!" :lol:

Is that a mark or a route on the lower bout nearest us? Does it have some significance?

That's a route on the lower bout, a specially designed cutout for a thinline, instead of the customary f-hole. It simulates the capital cursive letter "L" from the builder's name, Logan, as in Bob Logan of Logan Custom Guitars. Hence the designation Logan Custom "Logo" Thinline. This one happens to be the prototype model.

Pine Strat body built & painted by jaydawg.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/gjk318/Strat/strat004.jpg

Sweet twangthangs.

Sweet twangthangs.

"Twangthangs." :lol: I like that!

Nice collection there, particularly the sisters up front.

Deluxe Nashville Assembly

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo132/porknblue/2Nash.jpg

Classic '50s with the Baja

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo132/porknblue/DSCF3919.jpg

BLonde Blackguards - though one is not a Tele

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/6/l_ecd52d4b36924df9840ff25f2c7e7f93.jpg

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs231.snc3/21858_245654759527_769504527_3090857_2383587_n.jpg

BLonde Blackguards - though one is not a Tele



Mad-Mike, is that Jazzmaster really a Blonde Blackguard? The way it looks on my monitor, I would call the finish "Natural," and the pickguard has a kind of graininess to it in the photo that made me wonder if it's a tort guard. That Squier, though, definitely Butterscotch Blonde and Blackguard. Is that the Affinity?

Mad-Mike, is that Jazzmaster really a Blonde Blackguard? The way it looks on my monitor, I would call the finish "Natural," and the pickguard has a kind of graininess to it in the photo that made me wonder if it's a tort guard. That Squier, though, definitely Butterscotch Blonde and Blackguard. Is that the Affinity?


Yeah, I was not sure about weather to post it or not since I've seen some blonde tele's with more grain exposed than others. That was kind of the idea behind the guitar when I was building it was applying a late 70's Tele aesthetic to a mid-late 70's Jazzmaster. I wanted a blonde finish but live in an apartment, so I picked some Manor Oak Minwax Wood sheen which gave it a rather blonde tint.

The pickguard indeed is black though. That pic was taken with an 8 year old digital camera in dark light...here's a daytime picture when there was a different neck on it for awhile (I was so excited to finally have a Jazzmaster I used my Squier Strat's neck on it for awhile).

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/65/l_56e9ddafd97f4bbdb744506cb50fae4d.jpg

Here is a Blonde '55 that I assembled.

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss22/bbarber805/Guitars/DSC_0012-3.jpg


Here is another Blonde that I assembled with Gold components for my daughter.

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss22/bbarber805/Guitars/DSC_0023-2.jpg


And here is a Blonde with a Blonde !!

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss22/bbarber805/IMG_3897.jpg

My 2006 G.E. Smith Signature. I just thange the special cut bridge by an original.

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/5038/p1090990.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/p1090990.jpg/)

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2214/p1090993.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/p1090993.jpg/)

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4893/p1090996i.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/90/p1090996i.jpg/)

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8717/p1090997.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/p1090997.jpg/)

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3306/p1090998.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/p1090998.jpg/)

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6376/p1090999c.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/p1090999c.jpg/)

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/4387/p1100003.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/p1100003.jpg/)

Well, I have posted my Honey Blonde on here before, but I thought I had also posted pics of my Butterscotch Blonde, but looking back, turns out I haven't.

My BSB is by the same builder as my Honey Blonde, Bob Logan of Logan Custom Guitars. Here she is...

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/537/medium/Logan_Custom_Gift_Tele_Me_small_-_06-30-11.jpg

BSB nitro finish, swamp ash body, DiMarzio Twang King pups, Birdseye maple neck and board, Kluson style tuners. (That's my Honey Blonde in the background.) The bridge is unique: Bob Logan's stainless steel bridge, 3 saddles, and bridge pup with a straight versus angled alignment. Here's a close-up of that.

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/500/medium/Logan_SS_bridge_close-up.jpg

The back of the headstock gives a better sense of the Birdseye maple and the Kluson style tuners.

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/537/medium/Logan_Custom_Gift_Tele_back_of_headstock_small_-_06-30-11.jpg

This is my blonde. There are many like but this one is mine. CV w/ GFS mini-humbucker (the vintage wound one), Marshall tweed box, and the Death Star, my new Line 6 Spider Valve MKii.

http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h349/paulmantello/IMG_0158-1.jpg
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h349/paulmantello/IMG_0229-1-1-1.jpg
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h349/paulmantello/IMG_6610.jpg
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h349/paulmantello/IMG_0150.jpg
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h349/paulmantello/IMG_6558.jpg

Here is my blonde baby, 2007 G.E. Smith signature Tele in honey blonde transparent lacquer. I love my blonde! Here she is out behind the barn,(one of my favorite places to take a blonde!;)) and in the studio.

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My two favourite things in the world are both blonde ...

My Partscaster, and my wonderful wife, who bought the blonde MJT body for my birthday last year.

vibrasonic, I love seeing pics of collections like yours, for at least a couple of reasons. For drooling purposes, first of all. But then next I will usually forward a link to my wife, so I can say "See, honey? This obsession of mine could be much worse!" :lol: :razz:

My 1978 Blonde, all original

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad281/Biff600/DSCF00020.jpg

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad281/Biff600/DSCF00070.jpg

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad281/Biff600/DSCF00080.jpg

Picked up a Mex Cabronita. My first blonde!

Picked up a Mex Cabronita. My first blonde!
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachments/guitar-owners-clubs/142402d1346804938t-show-them-blond-ones-image-2048342575-jpg


That Cabronita looks thick waisted/fat bottomed to me. It occurred to me that it could be an illusion because of the half guard. (With more body wood showing right around the waist area, it might just give the illusion of a thicker waist.)

Is it just an illusion, or does it have a thicker waist than other Teles?

I think it might just be an illusion. I took the photo on my phone and it did a weird resizing thing from portrait to landscape. The body feels the same size to me as my 62 reissue

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My two favourite things in the world are both blonde ...

My Partscaster, and my wonderful wife, who bought the blonde MJT body for my birthday last year.

How'd they get that pier to balance on that pole like that. Amazing.

How'd they get that pier to balance on that pole like that. Amazing.

Good ol' fashioned British Engineering... Brunel, Telford, the guy who built the balancing Brighton pier...

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/GandL%20Legacy%202/DSCF0971.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh98/SouthpawGuy/GandL%20Legacy%202/DSCF0974.jpg

G&L Legacy in transparent blonde

Here's my 1996 Tele. Pro-Tone. Bob Logan at Logan Custom Guitars replaced the neck along with a new set of Twang King pups, and Fender tuning keys. Eric Luther at Luther Leather made the alligator pickguard for the final touch.

Here's my Tele. Pro-Tone from above post.

My Baja Tele:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/37865_408156099596_1513618_n.jpg

and my Stonebridge DS23CR acoustic:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/417579_10150588701434597_1979011779_n.jpg

(OK, so the acoustic isn't exactly blonde, but it's pretty nonetheless)

I'll bite...

60th anniversary
http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo54/frankb/my%20guitars/IMG_8051.jpg

Along with the rest of my teles, vintage blond CV at the end
http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo54/frankb/my%20guitars/IMG_8928.jpg