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| Tele Home Depot Building a T-Style guitar? From scratch or from parts. This is the forum for you. |
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March 25th, 2009, 06:27 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Finland
Age: 27
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BLACKGUARD Replica Builders Club
I know I'm not the only one who think that the early 50's Blackguards are the most beautiful guitars on the planet. I also know that I ain't the only one who has built a replica of one.
So this is THE CLUB for all the guys who ain't lucky enough to own a real one but have built themselves a replica. Please share a couple of pics of your guitar and post some specs and if you have any plans on coming upgrades to it.   Specs: NECK: Allparts FAT neck - super thin nitro finish BODY: Fender Lite Ash body - stripped and refinished w/ super thin nitro coat WEIGHT: Extremely light, but I don't have a scale so I haven't checked yet. PICKUPS: Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro WIRING: Modern wiring with "Mylar" Cap from 1950's, CTS pots, Switchcraft switch & Jack OTHER: Glendale Philip head screws, Fender Pat. Pend bridge, Nitro-finished bakelite guard, Nocaster style milled jack cup... PLANS: Pickup upgrade in the future to something along the lines of Stuart Blackguards or something from Don Mare. Blog page of the build process http://www.multi.fi/~nproject/51Caster/ 
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March 25th, 2009, 09:54 AM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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I haven't built a "traditional" Blackguard yet but I've built a couple that are close I guess.
This one turned out nice and sounds great. The body wood is Hackberry instead of Ash and it has a humbucker in the neck position, but other than that it is pretty much standard Tele.  This one is Swamp Ash with standard Tele pickups. But the neck has a Rosewood fretboard instead of Maple. I also used the Butterscotch Blonde lacquer from the ReRanch... which I do NOT really like. It looks more like Country Crock Margarine than Butterscotch Blonde to me. 
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March 27th, 2009, 04:16 AM
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March 27th, 2009, 10:20 AM
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Tele-Holic
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Age: 54
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Here's my first one, finished in clear amber:
 Warmoth swamp ash body finished in thin polyU Fender Classic 50s Esquire neck w/Kluson-style tuners CS Nocaster pickups (neck=7.17K, bridge=7.25K) Fender vintage bridge w/Callaham brass compensated saddles Callaham Lacquered Bakelite pickguard  A second one is currently in the works, similar but with a butterscotch blonde nitro finish, flame maple neck, and a little different plan for the electronics... Ciao, Rick |
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March 28th, 2009, 06:30 PM
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Tele-Meister
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Blackguard
Just finished my first ever build...
Not exactly true to the original with the neck... Specs: USACG ash body Reranch butterscotch blonde - Deft rattle can nitro - gloss Mighty mite birds eye maple neck (hate the plastic nut - have a new GraphTech on it's way) -9.5 radius -Std C shape -Fender 3/8" tuners Fender vintage saddle bridge GFS 50's bridge pup Fender 52 RI neck pup control plate- CRL switch, CTS 250K, Sprague orange drop .047 Electrosocket with Switchcraft jack Lots of hand sanding, rubbing, buffing, polishing..etc I am very pleased with the results of 2 months of work...that also kept my mind occupied in some uncertain times..... I am already planning my next build...this time I will make the body and neck from raw wood.... |
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March 28th, 2009, 07:52 PM
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Tele-Holic
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Here's mine. Old (15 years or so) Stew-Mac ash body, Allparts TMO-FAT with Stainless Jumbo frets. ReRanch Butterscotch and clear on body, Stew-Mac vintage amber stain and Tru-Oil on the neck. Mostly Fender metalwork. DiMarzio HS-3T bridge and Seymour-Duncan noiseless neck pickups (plan to replace them with Don Mare Tweed Monsters). Reversed control plate with 4-way switch.
A recent 'glamour' shot...  I recently got the paint to check...   
Last edited by JCBurke59; March 28th, 2009 at 07:57 PM. Reason: added detail shots... |
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March 29th, 2009, 12:28 PM
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Tele-Afflicted
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I've posted these pics before....
It's a loose copy of #0514... I'm about to take some new close-ups, so I'll add them down the line sometime....   Specs: NECK: Allparts FAT neck - French polished shellac... BODY: USACG WEIGHT: Extremely light.... PICKUPS: Mares... I've been playing it for about a year, and the fingerboard wear is now a lot more authentic, as is the body wear. Nothing like a little playing time to make relicing look more real.... |
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March 29th, 2009, 01:02 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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Here's mine...
 I want to do one with a slightly whiter body.
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great how you documented every step
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