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Vincent Caster · December 2nd, 2003, 02:33 PM

50's classic neck via Jason Cornelius
USACG one-piece ash body finished by Rob DiStefano
Van Zandnt Tru-Vintage Neck and Bridge pickups - still have to work something out with you Joe
Blaggard courtesy of the one and only Inertian

Scotland · December 2nd, 2003, 04:10 PM

I just LOVE that to bits ! 8)

dhdfoster · December 2nd, 2003, 05:47 PM

That finish looks fantastic.

Bob Rogers · December 2nd, 2003, 07:30 PM

I'll have to do a blackguard some day, but for now, here's the bobcaster.

Harmonic design vintage plus pickups. Body and neck by Warmoth.

Scotland · December 2nd, 2003, 07:48 PM

Beautiful figured neck. How are these pickups?

Blazer · December 2nd, 2003, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0le FUZZY

<li>I wunner duz iss one count assa homebrew Tele.

---0.F.---

Cool, a strat player's tele.

But here's my Contraption, a Les Paul player's tele.

If the picture doesn't work go here.

http://server4.uploadit.org/files/03...ele%20paul.jpg

Blazer · December 2nd, 2003, 08:36 PM

Hee-hee-hee

just try to find a second one.

craigoslo · June 12th, 2009, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny Isaacs

So far, I only have one. The body was made from an 80+ year old piece of spruce. The gold knobs have been replaced with chrome ones now.

Johnny Isaacs

Please tell me about you spruce guitar. My dad had a bunch of siktka spruce, And I am trying to find info about using it for electric guitars; both for bodies and necks.

Sollophonic · June 12th, 2009, 09:05 AM

Heres a couple of mine, the first of which I no longer own as I sold it on.

Pine body, smaller pickguard, and simple wiring

This next one is made from a Hohner neck, and has a beech body made up from old school shelves. This one gets played most by my 12 year old daughter, as the 1.5" thick body is much lighter for her to hold.

jkingma · June 12th, 2009, 11:11 AM

I've built quite a few Teles from scratch in the past few years. I've sold most of them, but here are a couple of my favourites.

craigoslo · June 12th, 2009, 12:17 PM

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home...ster-pics.html

This is some info on my latest build. Hollow alder tele partscaster, with mahogony/ebony neck. Check it out and leave a comment if you likey.

olaftheholy · June 12th, 2009, 12:27 PM

There she is, the full 4,2 kilo's off her...

- mighty mite 3 piece matched alder body
-musikraft neck,nitro finish,wengé fretboard,clay dots,bone nut,stainless frets,gotoh vintage style tuners,vintage style string retainer
-Fender vintage bridge with cold rolled steel e/a saddle,mintgreen pickguard
-hand and scatterwound steffsen 'seatsniffer special' pickup 13K
-cts pots,oak grigsby switch,eldred mod circuit with TAD oil in paper caps

she is a monster...a monster i tell you!

tuuur · June 12th, 2009, 09:32 PM

Nice thread!

My Tele builds so far:

1. Tryggvecaster

3-layer Ikea shelf wood chambered body
Squier '51 neck
GFS Kluson type tuners
Seymour Duncan STL-1b Broadcaster bridge pickup
Teisco Gold Foil neck pickup
Cheap 6 saddle bridge and 1 ply pickguard
Finish: yacht laquer
Use: home only

2. Teiscocaster

3-layer Ikea shelf wood thinline type body
1960s Teisco (?) neck, bridge and tremolo
cheap humbucker and Kluson copies
Finish: stain and Yacht lacquer
Use: slide

3. Double Uncut

3-layer Ikea shelf wood thinline copy; as TC-90 but then with the uncut part of the body doubled.
Neck donated by TDPRI member Geisha.
Ongoing slow project...

surfoverb · June 13th, 2009, 02:09 PM

1 piece ash CIJ 52 body refinished in nitro, CIJ Micawbre neck(52SPL), gotoh machine heads, US52RI: pickguard, control plate, bridge, saddles, knobs, strap holders; tusq nut, Glendale thick neck plate, electro jack cup, mojo CTS pots, mojotone PIO cap .022, oak grisby switch, Fralin 6.6K A5 bridge PUP, Novak 6.2K A5 neck PUP. weight: 7lbs.

storyboards27 · June 17th, 2009, 01:03 AM

Just finished this one a few weeks ago. Here's "Scotchy":

Photo by Jaimie Lee (c) 2009

Paulownia body (not from GFS) with a pretty awesome Johnson strat neck that plays like butter. Currently my favorite guitar. I was going for a butterscotch finish. Ended up a little darker than most butterscotch finishes, but I love it. It weighs in right at 5 lbs. In retrospect I wish I'd gone with the vintage ashtray style bridge. Oh well, rookie tele player mistake I guess.

BritishBluesBoy · June 17th, 2009, 01:56 AM

Okay, another club thread to join. These have been posted plenty of times before, but what the hell... Here we go again!

MIM Standard body, MIM 50's Classic neck, Fralin pickup, Callaham brass saddles and parchment 1 ply pickguard, Gotoh Klusons, standard Esquire wiring.

Warmoth chambered Indian rosewood body and one piece Indian rosewood neck, Fralin Stock Tele Pickups, 4 way wiring, Callaham hardware.

USACG Swamp Ash body, nitro finish, MIM 60's Classic neck, Glendale bridge and steel saddles, SD '54 pickups, Callaham 1 ply parchment pickguard.

otterhound · June 17th, 2009, 05:55 PM

I would like to apply . One piece Ringbark Cherry , USACG neck , Klein '67 Tele pups , bone nut .

One piece Ringbark Cherry , Warmoth neck , Bill Lawrence L200 pups , bone nut .

PraiseCaster · June 28th, 2009, 01:22 AM

Here's my little parts conglomeration:

Background:
Started life as a Squier Affinity Special, Butterscotch Blonde. Son made the Zebrawood pg for Fathers day, 2004, then made the body for me, for Christmas, same year. Eden left handed neck, SD 59jr, manlius neck pup, gfs tuners, Dunlop/Schaller strap locks, (unknown mfr). vintage style bridge plate w/ compensated saddles, and a "PraiseCaster" decal on the headstock.

Only thing Squier that left is, the metal neck plate, control panel, and the screws.

martin82 · June 29th, 2009, 09:18 PM

My 2008 partscaster - Warmoth body, MIM standard neck, CS Texas Special pups

Wild Rice Chris · June 30th, 2009, 12:00 AM

My two.

Ash with a koa racing stripe, maple/kingwood neck. 70's Gibson minihumbucker and Voodoo TE60 pickups. Callaham knobs, Glendale saddles.

And this one's a work in progress. Alder with an 1/8" maple top. I'm swapping the TV Jones pickups for a set of reverse-angled strat pickups in rosewood rings, and a matching tele set on the 6-string side. 75% rewire along with the new pickups. Just changed the 6-string neck finish from oil to nitro. I'll probably change the 6-string bridge as well.

ramseybella · June 30th, 2009, 12:46 AM

Yup.

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Old Cane · July 1st, 2009, 06:54 PM

Soon to be esquire:

newtwanger · July 1st, 2009, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Cane

Soon to be esquire:

Love that color with a rosewood neck!

My soon to be more relic'd relic:

(these shrunk photos look like crap, click to see full sized please)

boris bubbanov · September 8th, 2009, 03:44 PM

boris bubbanov · October 30th, 2009, 04:22 PM

This thread had a 5.5 year gap in it. Strange:

62_Inca_Esquire · November 6th, 2009, 09:11 PM

'56Teleman · November 6th, 2009, 10:44 PM

Pine

Black Guard

Sonic Blue

Teleblaster_1 · November 7th, 2009, 12:46 PM

Ooops.... mis-read the OP... nevermind

DrewB · November 8th, 2009, 07:16 PM

Here's mine. I put this together in ~ '95. The body and neck both came from Stew-Mac; I'm not sure who made the body, but the neck is a La-Si-Do (Godin). Two-piece Swamp Ash body & skunk-stripe neck finished in nitro, Schaller tuners, Fender bridgeplate w/Stew-Mac compensated brass barrels, SD Broadcaster / Fender Texas Tele pickups. It twangs a bit, but it has more of a rock thing going on than a country thing.

porknblue · November 8th, 2009, 08:05 PM

The Black-e-Caster:

The Last Tele (Ha!):

The Paisley Caster:

December 2nd, 2003, 02:33 PM	#41 (permalink)
Vincent Caster Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Peekskill, New York Posts: 625 6 Photos	52 partscaster 50's classic neck via Jason Cornelius USACG one-piece ash body finished by Rob DiStefano Van Zandnt Tru-Vintage Neck and Bridge pickups - still have to work something out with you Joe Blaggard courtesy of the one and only Inertian __________________ "Froggy went a courtin', he did ride...C...c...crambone!"

December 2nd, 2003, 04:10 PM	#42 (permalink)
Scotland Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, Yewrup Age: 55 Posts: 7,428 3 Photos	Oh yes !! I just LOVE that to bits ! 8) __________________ All those who believe in psycho-kinesis, raise my hand !

December 2nd, 2003, 07:30 PM	#44 (permalink)
Bob Rogers Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Blacksburg, VA Posts: 1,710	Bobocaster I'll have to do a blackguard some day, but for now, here's the bobcaster. Harmonic design vintage plus pickups. Body and neck by Warmoth.

December 2nd, 2003, 07:48 PM	#45 (permalink)
Scotland Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, Yewrup Age: 55 Posts: 7,428 3 Photos	Nice one Bob Beautiful figured neck. How are these pickups? __________________ All those who believe in psycho-kinesis, raise my hand !

June 12th, 2009, 11:11 AM	#50 (permalink)
jkingma Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: N43° 11.943 ~ W079° 35.285 Posts: 3,083 18 Photos	I've built quite a few Teles from scratch in the past few years. I've sold most of them, but here are a couple of my favourites. __________________ Creator of Fine Sawdust and Expensive Kindling.

December 2nd, 2003, 05:47 PM	#43 (permalink)
dhdfoster Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Age: 41 Posts: 945	That finish looks fantastic.

December 2nd, 2003, 08:36 PM	#47 (permalink)
Blazer Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,820	Hee-hee-hee just try to find a second one.

June 12th, 2009, 09:05 AM	#49 (permalink)
Sollophonic Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Skipton, N. Yorkshire, England Age: 45 Posts: 726	Heres a couple of mine, the first of which I no longer own as I sold it on. Pine body, smaller pickguard, and simple wiring This next one is made from a Hohner neck, and has a beech body made up from old school shelves. This one gets played most by my 12 year old daughter, as the 1.5" thick body is much lighter for her to hold.

June 12th, 2009, 12:17 PM	#51 (permalink)
craigoslo Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: oslo, Norway Age: 31 Posts: 304	http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home...ster-pics.html This is some info on my latest build. Hollow alder tele partscaster, with mahogony/ebony neck. Check it out and leave a comment if you likey.

June 12th, 2009, 09:32 PM	#53 (permalink)
tuuur Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: the Netherlands Age: 41 Posts: 1,832 7 Photos	Nice thread! My Tele builds so far: 1. Tryggvecaster 3-layer Ikea shelf wood chambered body Squier '51 neck GFS Kluson type tuners Seymour Duncan STL-1b Broadcaster bridge pickup Teisco Gold Foil neck pickup Cheap 6 saddle bridge and 1 ply pickguard Finish: yacht laquer Use: home only 2. Teiscocaster 3-layer Ikea shelf wood thinline type body 1960s Teisco (?) neck, bridge and tremolo cheap humbucker and Kluson copies Finish: stain and Yacht lacquer Use: slide 3. Double Uncut 3-layer Ikea shelf wood thinline copy; as TC-90 but then with the uncut part of the body doubled. Neck donated by TDPRI member Geisha. Ongoing slow project... __________________ http://www.myspace.com/tuuur

June 13th, 2009, 02:09 PM	#54 (permalink)
surfoverb Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,087	1 piece ash CIJ 52 body refinished in nitro, CIJ Micawbre neck(52SPL), gotoh machine heads, US52RI: pickguard, control plate, bridge, saddles, knobs, strap holders; tusq nut, Glendale thick neck plate, electro jack cup, mojo CTS pots, mojotone PIO cap .022, oak grisby switch, Fralin 6.6K A5 bridge PUP, Novak 6.2K A5 neck PUP. weight: 7lbs. __________________ "You released the ****** fury!"*

June 17th, 2009, 01:03 AM	#55 (permalink)
storyboards27 Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2009 Location: Marietta, Georgia Age: 24 Posts: 111	'Scotchy Just finished this one a few weeks ago. Here's "Scotchy": Photo by Jaimie Lee (c) 2009 Paulownia body (not from GFS) with a pretty awesome Johnson strat neck that plays like butter. Currently my favorite guitar. I was going for a butterscotch finish. Ended up a little darker than most butterscotch finishes, but I love it. It weighs in right at 5 lbs. In retrospect I wish I'd gone with the vintage ashtray style bridge. Oh well, rookie tele player mistake I guess. __________________ Gibson got me in the game, Fender kept me playin'

June 17th, 2009, 01:56 AM	#56 (permalink)
BritishBluesBoy Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 6,495 62 Photos	Okay, another club thread to join. These have been posted plenty of times before, but what the hell... Here we go again! MIM Standard body, MIM 50's Classic neck, Fralin pickup, Callaham brass saddles and parchment 1 ply pickguard, Gotoh Klusons, standard Esquire wiring. Warmoth chambered Indian rosewood body and one piece Indian rosewood neck, Fralin Stock Tele Pickups, 4 way wiring, Callaham hardware. USACG Swamp Ash body, nitro finish, MIM 60's Classic neck, Glendale bridge and steel saddles, SD '54 pickups, Callaham 1 ply parchment pickguard. __________________ BBB.

June 17th, 2009, 05:55 PM	#57 (permalink)
otterhound Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Manheim Pa. Posts: 1,285 12 Photos	I would like to apply . One piece Ringbark Cherry , USACG neck , Klein '67 Tele pups , bone nut . One piece Ringbark Cherry , Warmoth neck , Bill Lawrence L200 pups , bone nut .

June 28th, 2009, 01:22 AM	#58 (permalink)
PraiseCaster Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Whittier, California Posts: 5,886 16 Photos	Here's my little parts conglomeration: Background: Started life as a Squier Affinity Special, Butterscotch Blonde. Son made the Zebrawood pg for Fathers day, 2004, then made the body for me, for Christmas, same year. Eden left handed neck, SD 59jr, manlius neck pup, gfs tuners, Dunlop/Schaller strap locks, (unknown mfr). vintage style bridge plate w/ compensated saddles, and a "PraiseCaster" decal on the headstock. Only thing Squier that left is, the metal neck plate, control panel, and the screws. __________________ Later! PraiseCaster Visit Guitarists Praise and Worship Forum!! Dance Like David, MySpace

June 29th, 2009, 09:18 PM	#59 (permalink)
martin82 Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Jersey Age: 59 Posts: 149	My 2008 partscaster - Warmoth body, MIM standard neck, CS Texas Special pups

June 30th, 2009, 12:00 AM	#60 (permalink)
Wild Rice Chris Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rice Custom Dungeon Posts: 3,178 27 Photos	My two. Ash with a koa racing stripe, maple/kingwood neck. 70's Gibson minihumbucker and Voodoo TE60 pickups. Callaham knobs, Glendale saddles. And this one's a work in progress. Alder with an 1/8" maple top. I'm swapping the TV Jones pickups for a set of reverse-angled strat pickups in rosewood rings, and a matching tele set on the 6-string side. 75% rewire along with the new pickups. Just changed the 6-string neck finish from oil to nitro. I'll probably change the 6-string bridge as well. __________________ "The children need to learn how to build their own environment and make their own music that is inspired by their roots."--Eugene Hütz "All music turns out to be ethnic music."--Steve Reich

June 30th, 2009, 12:46 AM	#61 (permalink)
ramseybella Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Santa Fe New Mexico Posts: 1,427 39 Photos	Yup. [/quote]

July 1st, 2009, 06:54 PM	#62 (permalink)
Old Cane Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Age: 48 Posts: 2,272	Soon to be esquire: __________________ http://www.myspace.com/otiskeithwatkins

September 8th, 2009, 03:44 PM	#64 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 15,213	__________________ When i listen

October 30th, 2009, 04:22 PM	#65 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 15,213	This thread had a 5.5 year gap in it. Strange: __________________ When i listen

November 6th, 2009, 09:11 PM	#66 (permalink)
62_Inca_Esquire Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,109

November 6th, 2009, 10:44 PM	#67 (permalink)
'56Teleman TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tullahoma Age: 53 Posts: 92	Pine Black Guard Sonic Blue __________________ I'm gkoelling on TGP. Last edited by '56Teleman; November 7th, 2009 at 10:24 PM.

November 7th, 2009, 12:46 PM	#68 (permalink)
Teleblaster_1 TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 86	Ooops.... mis-read the OP... nevermind Last edited by Teleblaster_1; November 7th, 2009 at 05:02 PM.

November 8th, 2009, 07:16 PM	#69 (permalink)
DrewB Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Independence, MO Posts: 1,171	Here's mine. I put this together in ~ '95. The body and neck both came from Stew-Mac; I'm not sure who made the body, but the neck is a La-Si-Do (Godin). Two-piece Swamp Ash body & skunk-stripe neck finished in nitro, Schaller tuners, Fender bridgeplate w/Stew-Mac compensated brass barrels, SD Broadcaster / Fender Texas Tele pickups. It twangs a bit, but it has more of a rock thing going on than a country thing. __________________ There is no substitute for Sound Pressure Level

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November 8th, 2009, 08:05 PM	#70 (permalink)
porknblue Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South Bend, IN Posts: 161 6 Photos	My three assemblies The Black-e-Caster: The Last Tele (Ha!): The Paisley Caster: __________________ "I was right! Everything I knew was wrong!"