Welcome to the TDPRI's Resources and Links Section. This ever growing section is your reference guide to your Telecaster guitar. Here you'll find information on Serial Number Dating, building a Telecaster, Fender History, Changing Strings, Relicing Your Guitar, Wiring and Soldering your pickups and controls, and hundreds of links to other guitar websites.

How Old is your Telecaster?

Dating Your Guitar -- Serial Number Information and history to help you date your Fender Guitar

Working with your Telecaster's Electronics:

Soldering Tips -- Ten tips to help you improve your soldering technique

Wiring Diagrams -- Wire your Telecaster correctly:

• 3-way Standard Tele
• Esquire Wiring
• 5-way with Strat 5-way and Superswitch

How To: Build a Telecaster:

See a Telecaster being built in step-by-step photos

How To: Relic Your Guitar:

Into Relics? Here's how to DIY.

Telecaster Bridge Mods:

Bridge Pickup Base Plate Materials -- Learn about the effects of different base plate metals on your Telecaster's bridge pickup

Factory Telecaster Guitar Manuals:

• Current model Electric Guitars
• 1966 Telecaster/Esquire
• MIJ Paisley Telecaster Reissue
• Early Vintage Reissue Telecaster
• 1981 Telecaster

Changing Your Telecaster's Strings

Easy to do, but here's a primer.

Adjusting the Truss Rod

Here's how to do it.

Handy Guitar Links:

• Old Favorite Links (many from original TDP)
• Guitar Repair Links
• Guitar Accessories Links
• Guitar Manufacturer Links
• Tab/Music Links
• General Guitar Resource Links
• Guitar Appreciation Page Links

But, will it FLOAT????

Here's the answer to the age old question.