Backup Tele completed... photos... :)

[wierdOne]

Here's my "backup" tele completed....

Warmoth Alder body.... Warmoth Wenge/Ebony Neck... Stainless Steel Frets.... Hauessel Pickups (got on a trade... trying them out... so far.. I like em..).... Cool Hipshot O-ring knobs... Gotoh bridge... don't like the saddles... will be changing them out for graphtech's...

[wierdOne]

here's some of my Number 1....

American Fender... Ash Body.. Warmoth wenge/ebony neck... stainless steel frets.... Graphtech nut.. Fender tuners.... Glendale bridge/Titanium saddles... Glendale knobs.... dimarzio area t's...

[fletch]

I really like that ! - I dig the black binding on the body. Can you post a shot of the back ?

[wierdOne]

Here's my Rock n- freakin roll tele...

Moses graphite neck... Warmoth hollow korina body.... Graphtech piezo system... Q-tuner pickups (The BEST sounding full size humbuckers I've EVER owned)..

[wierdOne]

[Trimmed&Burnin]

Nice!

[kb1rcefn]

WOW!! "Backup" looks pretty nice!!! But then so do all three!!!

[wierdOne]

Originally Posted by kb1rcefn

WOW!! "Backup" looks pretty nice!!! But then so do all three!!!

yeah... I had the camera out..... and went a little tele crazy... I don't think you can ever have too many pics of your teles...


As far as the Haeussel pickups... they're HUGE sounding... I installed a 4 way switch and am running position 4 in parallel... dude... that position sounds HUGE... so... i've got your normal tele tones... plus the 4th position which is kind of like the middle position with CAHONES.... :)

i love telecasters...

I've got some more work to do on the backup tele before it becomes my number 1...

[ajgus]

[ajgus]

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[ajgus]

... Wow. Not exactly my taste, but...Wow.

[Easydog]

very art deco.

[Easydog]

WOW.... just look at the back of the neck on that "backup". pretty.

[Unkie Al]

That's some classy looking guitars you've got there.
-Your "backup" Tele is the classiest IMHO.

[gtrwrks]

Dig it. Reminds me of Martin's 'Negative' guitar (reversed blk/wht).

[Big Steve]

Good stuff. The necks look awesome. How do they effect the tone?

[hugo]

I'll take the backup, by far the sweetest of the three. If I saw this offered by Fender, I'd buy her in a second. Very understatedly dressed making it very cool looking. That's the word for that one "Cewwwellll" Seriously, I absolutely love it. One of the best tele's I've seen on this site, in my opinion, of course! They are all so cool looking, all three of them. wow!! You really know what you're doing. I may have to buy one of those necks. Can I ask what the setback was in cost?????
I'm in awe. I'm not kidding. I'm keeping those pics. The first ones I've ever kept by the way. Food for thought.....it would be kinda cool to have an album of all the different tele's I come across. Hmmmm...

[reed]

Gotta agree -- all 3 are great, but the backup is stunning.

[TWANGNUT]

#2 is saweeetttt! #1 wow I love it! You pay tribute to the past while making it yours at the same time.Very tasteful! Congrats.

[EunosFD]

Love all 3 of 'em!!!! It's refreshing to see something different than the same ol' same ol'. I'm kinda surprised (to say the least) to see someone using Q-tuner pickups on here as well. I love the look of the clear case ones (although the black ones look great too of course). Glad to hear they sound great as well. Very nice stuff!

[kb1rcefn]

WeirdOne, those ebony necks are very nice looking!! Are they the standard "ebony" option on Warmouth's site...or...??? And, did you get them "finished", or not?? (Did you finish yourself??) I had never thought about and "ebony" neck before ....but....

[telechaser]

The first 2 Teles are gorgeous! You don't hold back don't you? I did a quick addition of the cost and tell you what .... never mind.

That wenge/ebony neck looks unreal! I did some research and you can definitely leave it unfinished. I'm definitely considering it on one of my Tele projects down the track. Might look good on a Walnut body.

[amp boy]

that backup is clean.
nice job man.

[wierdOne]

Originally Posted by Big Steve

Good stuff. The necks look awesome. How do they effect the tone?

Not in the slightest.. the electronics are where it's at... I've also got a tele with maple neck... I basically sound the same on all my tele's acoustically... the pickups are where the differences come into play...

of course if I had the same pickup's on all the guitars there would probably be a VERY MINUTE difference in the upper frequency spectrum.... of course you probably wouldn't hear it unless you plugged each tele directly into a recording machine and did some pinch harmonics or something of that nature...... but.... at band levels.... no difference at all...

Originally Posted by hugo

I'll take the backup, by far the sweetest of the three. If I saw this offered by Fender, I'd buy her in a second. Very understatedly dressed making it very cool looking. That's the word for that one "Cewwwellll" Seriously, I absolutely love it. One of the best tele's I've seen on this site, in my opinion, of course! They are all so cool looking, all three of them. wow!! You really know what you're doing. I may have to buy one of those necks. Can I ask what the setback was in cost?????
I'm in awe. I'm not kidding. I'm keeping those pics. The first ones I've ever kept by the way. Food for thought.....it would be kinda cool to have an album of all the different tele's I come across. Hmmmm...

Thank's hugo... I really love simplistic designs....

Originally Posted by EunosFD

Love all 3 of 'em!!!! It's refreshing to see something different than the same ol' same ol'. I'm kinda surprised (to say the least) to see someone using Q-tuner pickups on here as well. I love the look of the clear case ones (although the black ones look great too of course). Glad to hear they sound great as well. Very nice stuff!

Dude... I am the first one to dive head first and try something new... we shouldn't be afraid of technology.... we should embrace it... ESPECIALLY Q-Tuners..... they're UNBELIEVABLE... Every guitar player that plays that tele falls in love with the pickups.... Erno Zwann, the pickup's designer, is an incredibly brilliant fellow... his book, Animal Magnetism, is a great read if you want to find out the science behind these pickups..

Originally Posted by kb1rcefn

WeirdOne, those ebony necks are very nice looking!! Are they the standard "ebony" option on Warmouth's site...or...??? And, did you get them "finished", or not?? (Did you finish yourself??) I had never thought about and "ebony" neck before ....but....

The necks are Wenge with an Ebony fretboard... No finish required... and I LOVE the feel of them.... I know I say this alot... but EVERY guitar player that plays them loves the feel....

Originally Posted by telechaser

The first 2 Teles are gorgeous! You don't hold back don't you? I did a quick addition of the cost and tell you what .... never mind.

That wenge/ebony neck looks unreal! I did some research and you can definitely leave it unfinished. I'm definitely considering it on one of my Tele projects down the track. Might look good on a Walnut body.

dude... you won't be sorry... they're incredible..... 59 roundback contour.... SS frets... 10-16 radius... I love every second i'm playing on them...



By the way.... While I like the Harry Bardens on the backup guitar... I've decided to go with Dimarzio Area T Pickups.... so... it won't be as sleek looking.... but... hey.... she's only the backup... right?.... just kidding... When I get dimarzio's on her, she will be my new number 1....

thanks guys... pm me if you have any questions about any of the products on these tele's.... I've purposely built these guitars to try out as big of a variety of products I could... and what's not on these guitars... probably has been at one point or another...

[wierdOne]

Originally Posted by TWANGNUT

#2 is saweeetttt! #1 wow I love it! You pay tribute to the past while making it yours at the same time.Very tasteful! Congrats.

thanks Twang.... good to see you again.... hope all is well on the homefront.. i'll have to make some time and come over to jam at the opry soon.. when's the next event?

[telechaser]

What's the nut width on the neck? Also, what's the 59 roundback like? Is it thick? thin? I kinda like the feel of bigger necks even though I've got small hands. I'm just about to pull the trigger on a Warmoth neck and trying to get as much info as I can before deciding on the specs.

[wierdOne]

Originally Posted by telechaser

What's the nut width on the neck? Also, what's the 59 roundback like? Is it thick? thin? I kinda like the feel of bigger necks even though I've got small hands. I'm just about to pull the trigger on a Warmoth neck and trying to get as much info as I can before deciding on the specs.

for nut width... I like 1 11/16 on all my necks... The 59 roundback is chunky... but not too chunky.... VERY similar to the Paul Reed Smith Wide/Fat profile...

stainless steel frets and the compound radius make it a dream to play... oh yeah... graphtech nut preinstalled.. :)

congrats man... it won't take them as long as they say it will to make the neck... they always tell me 6 weeks for delivery.... but it's usually only 3-4 weeks..

[wierdOne]

telechaser,


I almost forgot..... the great thing about having a neck with no finish is that IF it is too thick for you.... you can sand it down to fit your hand perfectly....

that's an AWESOME option to have...

I'm excited for you.... can't wait to see it..

b

[magicguitar]

WOW!! Very nice.

[wierdOne]

well...

I've decided to let go of my Backup tele and Red/Black rock monster.... I'm playing more and more Jazz Band gigs, and my number 1 just plays better...

i've got them listed over at the gear page if anyone's interested..

Tele Sale Thread

[Dan German]

Originally Posted by wierdOne

well...

I've decided to let go of my Backup tele [/url]

Hey, I'd buy it except I'd have to buy a whole new wardrobe to pull off a classy-looking guitar like that.

[Gareth John]

Looks like a great combintation of woods, colours and ideas. I wouldn't ever have thought of doing something like that, and those guitars look awesome.

[HiggyDude]

Originally Posted by wierdOne

Here's my Rock n- freakin roll tele...

Moses graphite neck... Warmoth hollow korina body.... Graphtech piezo system... Q-tuner pickups (The BEST sounding full size humbuckers I've EVER owned)..

I looked at the pictures, drooled all over myself, started this post and then read your post which answered part of my question - I thought I saw the piezo wires coming out of the bridge saddles. How does it sound? Do you use the piezo option much? Mix the two?

Awesome looking guitars - all of them!

[Pink Noise]

WOW!!!!! Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful. I love your backup.

[Doug Ferguson]

Very nice! Great job.

[nhojie]

whoa!

[odiemann]

Those are very nice guitars, nice work.

[PeterUK]

It's all been said above, but I'd like to add a ....

Wow!

Peter

[wierdOne]

Originally Posted by HiggyDude

How does it sound? Do you use the piezo option much? Mix the two?

Well...
1. It sounds great.... like an acoustic... very cool...

2. No I don't use it much... if at all..

3. Nope.. don't mix them at all either... although it's possible..

Why don't i use the piezo's?

The Q-tuners are literally the biggest, baddest, cleanest, most beautiful sounding pickups ever created... if you twang, play with alot of harmonics, and still want the big balls of humbuckers... then these pickups are for you...

I swear, Danny would have left his Joe Barden's in the dust if he'd had a chance to play with these pickups....

They're unbelievable.. :)

[dobrodoc]

I've got a CIJ '63 Custom RI, that's white with black hardware and binding. Looks good on mine, looks good on yours!