La Cabronita Especial /TV Jones Family Photo

Nice, I really dig the red one with the Bigsby. I have a set of TV classics in a strat right now and have been pondering putting them where they belong, in a Tele .

 

Stunning, love me a Le Cab, I recently purchased a cousin of your red sparkle. I have a sea foam green sparkle which looks like the same specs.
They a fabulous guitars and who doesn’t love a bit of sparkle.

 

Very cool. I like the red one with the Bigsby. I've got one on the bench that will end up very similar, except with a Jaguar trem and bridge from Mastery. I have a pair of filtertrons from Mojotone that need to be fired up.

 

Crap. I looked at it twice. My bad.

 

Powertrons



Classics

 

I don't know when or if I'll finish it but I started a double TVJ style with Bigsby build a while ago. It'll be a double bound semi hollow mahogany (haven't committed to an F hole yet) in maybe Tobacco Burst. I've had this wood for 17 yrs and the rest of the stuff for a decade. I'd never even heard of a Cabronita when I started this.

The pups are Gretsch Filtertrons someone likely swapped out for TVJ's. I went into order a set of TVJ's & these were in a bag under the counter. 3 pups for $50, I'll give it a go. If they suck, real TVJ's will pop right in.

The Bigsby is a cut & rewelded LP unit & the neck taken from a 96 MIJ TLAC-100.

There seems to be some questions about what Cabronita actually means. Since only the body will be new & everything else is abandoned leftovers, I will call it the Telebastard. That right G.Rotten's "Telebastard".

On my other homemade Thinline my F-hole is a little more sleek than Fender's. Therefore is it known as G.Rotten's "LIL F-Hole".

 

Great stuff!

 

You got any other pics of that red one? It looks killer man!

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I think you just influenced my next tele's color... Damn! Gorgeous!

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Me dig. Sweet one.

 

Love the Cabs. Here's my '55 Tele (it cost me 55 quid). It's a 70s MIJ Antoria that I used as a Cabronita but have now switched for TV Jones T-Armond in bridge and T-90 in the neck.

 

Alright, mine's not using TV Jones pups nor is it a Tele, but it's my version of a short scale Cabronita. And I did it for less than $275!

I got the Squier Surf Green Bullet Mustang HH on sale for $129.99 (on sale at the time of this posting). I got a set of Gretsch Electromatic Blacktop Pickups, harness and screws from Sigler Music on sale for $39.95. I found Precision Guitar on Reverb.com to make a Tortoise pickguard to fit the pups (I had to drill the adjusting screw holes) to fit. I also got a set of Alnico V magnets, Gotoh tuners and a set of Gretsch "G" knobs.

Before:



I got it all assembled and had my Cabronita Mustang:



I used the Master Volume and Master tone pots from the Gretsch harness, along with the pickup switch and output jack. I replaced the stock ceramic magnets with the set of Alnico Vs (humbucker bar magnets). The adjusting screws and springs had to be cut down to fit.

I still want a set of Gotoh S11 Chrome Plated Saddles and A TUSQ XL nut.

BTW, the SD HotRodded Humbucker setup has been set aside for another Mustang project.

Overall, everything went together as expected and now I have my budget Cab. It sounds as I expected and is a great little player. I love it through my AC15, it really crunches nicely. It's definitely a sweet little rocker and it was in a budget I could afford. Catching all the sales helped.

 

Viva La Cabronita

 

That's a sweet collection, man! I love that red one! Here's my girl, a Rutters body with TV Jones pups and a neck by Foundry Guitars in Vancouver, BC.