Advice needed for custom Tele

FenderMan57 · March 4th, 2008, 05:50 AM

Hey guys I know you all know your teles and I would greatly appreciate your advice regarding my new tele project. Now I've researched vintage Fender guitars like no other for the past year and have resulted in what I feel to be THE ONE for me (cosmetically speaking). I need your guys' help/advice/opinions on pickups and pickup configurations and overall what makes a good tele a great one!

I'll list my specs Fender.com style!:

Color: Sunburst (Pre '64), (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Body: Semi-Hollow 2-piece Alder
Neck: 1-Piece Quarter-sawn Maple, '57 "V" Shape, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Fingerboard: Quarter-sawn Maple, 7.25” Radius
No. of Frets: 21 6105 Narrow Jumbo Frets
Pickups: ??? Bridge Pickup and Body-Mounted ??? Neck Humbucker
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching: ???-Position Blade with 2-Position Mini-Toggle Phase Switch:
Position 1. ???
Position 2. ???
Position 3. ???
Bridge: Strings-Thru-Body 6-Saddle Brass Bridge
Machine Heads: Kluson Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware: Chrome
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
Scale Length: 25.5”
Width at Nut 1 5/8”
Unique Features:
White Binding on Top & Back,
1960 Body Routes with Wire Channel and Truss access Route,
Concealed Tone Chambers,
70's Fender Pickguard with Truss Notch and Modified Humbucker Route,
Body-Mounted Neck Humbucker,
Black Dot Position Inlays with Wide Dot Spacing,
'57 “V” Shape Maple Neck,
Genuine Dakaware “Top Hat” Switch Tip,
Genuine '57 Butterfly String Tree (no spacer) ('54 Tree Pictured),
'54-'60 Stratocaster Decal,
Quarter-Sawn Maple Neck,
Quarter-Sawn Maple Fingerboard,
'57 Stratocaster Headstock,
Vintage .20" skunkstripe
6-Saddle Brass Bridge Plate,
Brass Bridge Saddles,
Strings: N/A
Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046),

Photo is of a photoshopped Andy Summers tele of what my finished project should look like! (Minus the relicing)

FenderMan57 · March 4th, 2008, 05:55 AM

Can you guys suggest to me a good humbucker (I'd like to stay as '59 as possible) for the neck position? Also by '59 I mean sound, spec, and wiring. Does anyone here know if it's possible to body mount the pickup with a standard humbucker route that Gibson, Fender, USACG and Musikraft do? Or are the sides (deeper parts) too low for the screws to be mounted? The reason I would like to body mount the pickup is because the original tele neck pickups were body mounted so taking the pickguard off to adjust the neck won't have to be such a hassle.

March 4th, 2008, 05:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
FenderMan57 TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: California Posts: 25	Advice needed for custom Tele Hey guys I know you all know your teles and I would greatly appreciate your advice regarding my new tele project. Now I've researched vintage Fender guitars like no other for the past year and have resulted in what I feel to be THE ONE for me (cosmetically speaking). I need your guys' help/advice/opinions on pickups and pickup configurations and overall what makes a good tele a great one! I'll list my specs Fender.com style!: Color: Sunburst (Pre '64), (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) Body: Semi-Hollow 2-piece Alder Neck: 1-Piece Quarter-sawn Maple, '57 "V" Shape, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish) Fingerboard: Quarter-sawn Maple, 7.25” Radius No. of Frets: 21 6105 Narrow Jumbo Frets Pickups: ??? Bridge Pickup and Body-Mounted ??? Neck Humbucker Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone Pickup Switching: ???-Position Blade with 2-Position Mini-Toggle Phase Switch: Position 1. ??? Position 2. ??? Position 3. ??? Bridge: Strings-Thru-Body 6-Saddle Brass Bridge Machine Heads: Kluson Vintage Style Tuning Machines Hardware: Chrome Pickguard: 3-Ply Black Scale Length: 25.5” Width at Nut 1 5/8” Unique Features: White Binding on Top & Back, 1960 Body Routes with Wire Channel and Truss access Route, Concealed Tone Chambers, 70's Fender Pickguard with Truss Notch and Modified Humbucker Route, Body-Mounted Neck Humbucker, Black Dot Position Inlays with Wide Dot Spacing, '57 “V” Shape Maple Neck, Genuine Dakaware “Top Hat” Switch Tip, Genuine '57 Butterfly String Tree (no spacer) ('54 Tree Pictured), '54-'60 Stratocaster Decal, Quarter-Sawn Maple Neck, Quarter-Sawn Maple Fingerboard, '57 Stratocaster Headstock, Vintage .20" skunkstripe 6-Saddle Brass Bridge Plate, Brass Bridge Saddles, Strings: N/A Gauges: (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046), Photo is of a photoshopped Andy Summers tele of what my finished project should look like! (Minus the relicing)

March 4th, 2008, 05:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
FenderMan57 TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: California Posts: 25	Can you guys suggest to me a good humbucker (I'd like to stay as '59 as possible) for the neck position? Also by '59 I mean sound, spec, and wiring. Does anyone here know if it's possible to body mount the pickup with a standard humbucker route that Gibson, Fender, USACG and Musikraft do? Or are the sides (deeper parts) too low for the screws to be mounted? The reason I would like to body mount the pickup is because the original tele neck pickups were body mounted so taking the pickguard off to adjust the neck won't have to be such a hassle.