TimmyM
August 16th, 2012, 05:16 PM
Hey everyone, I have got an old solid wood Teisco guitar body with a monkey grip, I believe it was the Model TG-64 and looks like this http://http://www.vintagecustomguitars.com/upfile/2012/05/21/img_13376612514433.jpg. I have had the thing forever and never really knew what to do with it...then it came to me, I'll make a new baritone neck for it and we'll have some deep down fun.
So this is what I am thinking about doing and I'm looking for suggestions. I want it to be pretty Fenderish, along the lines of the Jazzmaster, Jaguar, Marauder type instruments.
I will make a new 27" scale maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard.
Fill the void in the body from the original tremolo and relocate a new vintage style tremolo.
I want lots of odd electronic wiring going on so this is really where I want some input...I'm thinking...
Tele bridge pickup mounted to the pickguard, and for the neck pickup, maybe Jazzmaster, maybe P-90, Maybe New York Mini...something different.
each pickup will have its own on-off switch, mounted in a chrome-plated plate and attached at the top of the pickguard. Another chrome-plated plate to the upper top with a Gretsch type tone switch for the rear Tele pickup with three preset tone varations. Another large chrome-plated plate on the lower bout that will house the volume control for the Tele pickup, a control for the front volume, a control for the front tone and the input jack. On the lower front I was thinking of having another round chrome-plated plate that would house a master volume control.
Cosmetically, Re-Ranch Sonic Blue body. W/B/W pickguard material. Chrome-plated plates. Black pickups. White tone and volume knobs except black master volume knob. Vintage GFS vibrato. Tune-o-matic style bridge. Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and GFS vintage style tuners.
Sound cool? what kind of front pickup would make the Baritone sound best?
So this is what I am thinking about doing and I'm looking for suggestions. I want it to be pretty Fenderish, along the lines of the Jazzmaster, Jaguar, Marauder type instruments.
I will make a new 27" scale maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard.
Fill the void in the body from the original tremolo and relocate a new vintage style tremolo.
I want lots of odd electronic wiring going on so this is really where I want some input...I'm thinking...
Tele bridge pickup mounted to the pickguard, and for the neck pickup, maybe Jazzmaster, maybe P-90, Maybe New York Mini...something different.
each pickup will have its own on-off switch, mounted in a chrome-plated plate and attached at the top of the pickguard. Another chrome-plated plate to the upper top with a Gretsch type tone switch for the rear Tele pickup with three preset tone varations. Another large chrome-plated plate on the lower bout that will house the volume control for the Tele pickup, a control for the front volume, a control for the front tone and the input jack. On the lower front I was thinking of having another round chrome-plated plate that would house a master volume control.
Cosmetically, Re-Ranch Sonic Blue body. W/B/W pickguard material. Chrome-plated plates. Black pickups. White tone and volume knobs except black master volume knob. Vintage GFS vibrato. Tune-o-matic style bridge. Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and GFS vintage style tuners.
Sound cool? what kind of front pickup would make the Baritone sound best?
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