Resources
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Your reference guide to your Telecaster guitar. Here you’ll find information on Serial Number Dating, building a Telecaster, Fender Headstock Shapes, Changing Strings, Relicing Your Guitar, Wiring and Soldering your pickups and controls, and much more. |
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| How Old is your Telecaster? | About the TDPRI | ||
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Dating Your Guitar — Serial Number Information and history to help you date your Fender Guitar |
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History of the TDPRI — who are we, when did this start and why the odd name? |
| Working with your Telecaster’s electronics: | Paisley Telecasters (& Floral’s, too) | ||
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Soldering Tips — Ten tips to help you improve your soldering technique Wiring Diagrams — Wire your Telecaster correctly |
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Unique Paisley Teles – the whole story, or as much as we know about them |
| How To: Build a Telecaster: | But, will your Telecaster FLOAT???? | ||
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DIY Telecaster Project — Step-by-step photos of a Telecaster Build |
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— Just like David Letterman’s show |
| How To: Relic Your Guitar: | Fender Guitar Headstock Shapes | ||
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DIY Relicing Project – One version of the "relic" process |
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Fender Guitar Headstock Shapes – Here’s a complete (more or less) list. |
| Telecaster Bridge Mods: | Adjusting the Truss Rod | ||
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Base Plate Materials – Different base plate metals for your Telecaster’s bridge pickup |
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– Here’s how to do it |
| Factory Telecaster Guitar Manuals: | Changing Your Telecaster’s Strings | ||
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Assorted Fender Factory Manuals — A small sampling of older guitar manuals. |
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How to change strings – Here’s a beginner’s primer |
Wow, what an interesting new feature.
Resources– What a good idea…
I have been looking for a good musicians referral site… I know that would be a spam magnet, but it would be nice to have a central clearing house.
I’ve already learned a bunch of stuff here, and I’ve been messing around with guitars since 1978!