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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 09/30/2009 : 10:17:37
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I have bought a tele in parts for about US $120 from a company here in Sweden.
http://gitarrdelar.se/popup_image.php?pID=1862
As you can see the head has to be shaped, a lot of sanding and I plan to oil both the body and neck with a yellow oil I will get from a friend. Over this I will use furniture wax to polish up a nearly lacquered feeling.
For the low amount of money all the electronic parts are of course of sub-quality. But I have lots of pots and switches at home so it will not cost me anything.
I have ordered a pair of GFS Lil Punchers pickups, they look like Joe Barden’s but are a bit hotter.
I will keep you updated with pictures as the work progress.
Oh, by the way, I don´t do this to get a cheap tele, I do it for fun
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2009 : 11:03:49
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Nice one....looking foward to seeing this build...any chance of some pics as you go....?... i put the a seymour duncan hot rails and a vintage stack i had in the house,back into my squier japan silver series tele the other day..after spending so much lately i couldn't really justify spending more on new pickups and the squiers back pickup was busted(the neck pickup was never any good sounding really)the reason i took the SD's out was they were muddy sounding on clean sounds before.... but since then i've found out a lot,especially on this forum... i put some 1 meg pots in with a mod i got from Rich S to turn the tone pot into a blend pot for the hot rails to go from single to humbucker mode...i still wasn't happy with the neck pickup so i added a mini toggle switch to turn one of the coils off for a slightly brighter sound when playing clean....so far it sounds pretty good at low volumes but i'm going rehearsing later so we will see how it pans out...Goran if you GFS pickups have the ability to be split it might be something to consider.... |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2009 : 13:42:28
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| those kits are fun to build |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2009 : 14:26:06
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Originally posted by FRANZONI
...Goran if you GFS pickups have the ability to be split it might be something to consider....
They are splitable, and I will send pictures to the forum. |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2009 : 15:39:36
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Great project. Very reasonable price and you'll have lots of fun.
A few years back I put together a tele made by Brian at http://www.projectguitar.com . He made the parts and sold them as a kit.
My plan was to put the Ikea logo on the headstock but I sold it before I got that far. |
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
1418 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2009 : 16:01:46
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| Which GFS Lil Punchers did you get? I put a set of the Cool Vintage ones in one of my Teles...nice twang and bite, single coil sounding, but no hum...awesome PUs! |
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
1454 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2009 : 16:58:26
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| What kind of wood is it made of ? |
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2009 : 17:01:01
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Nice Goran, tele's are cool little guitars, kinda like a Les Paul's little brother  |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2009 : 20:24:41
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Originally posted by jack
Which GFS Lil Punchers did you get? I put a set of the Cool Vintage ones in one of my Teles...nice twang and bite, single coil sounding, but no hum...awesome PUs!
Modern vintage, I have ordered them but they are not here yet. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2009 : 20:25:46
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Originally posted by sp-1
What kind of wood is it made of ?
Neck is maple with rosewood board, body basswood. Basswood is soft, easy to sand but also easy to get dings on. |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2009 : 00:36:00
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Originally posted by Goran
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Originally posted by sp-1
What kind of wood is it made of ?
Neck is maple with rosewood board, body basswood. Basswood is soft, easy to sand but also easy to get dings on.
Teles look good with a few dings..... ask keef richards... ... i tried the squier tele tonight ..worked great except i used a 1meg pot for the split pot on the hot rails and when it's in single coil mode the volume is too low compared to the neck pickup,i wonder is it because i used too large a value pot for this...? the 1 meg volume pot really brightened up the SD's and gave them a bit of zing.....i might just wire the hot rails to the mini toggle and have both the the same (single or humbucking) and re-wire the tone pot as normal....this modding lark in non stop thinking......... |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 10:41:07
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Now I´m finished with sanding, shaping headstock, oiling and waxing.
I quite satisfied with the outcome.
Those damn pickups has not arrived yet 
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
1454 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 11:03:22
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 11:23:57
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Hi Goran
I'm really glad I convinced you to do a story on your Telecaster build.
Goran was telling me about his new Telecaster project in one of our PM's last week,
when I asked him to do a write up.
Thanks from all of us, & regards Dr. Bob |
Edited by - Dr. Bob on 10/04/2009 11:32:29 |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 14:03:02
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| Lookin' good........ |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 19:08:31
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| LOOKING good so far |
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Gorans new telecaster, in pieces
oiled and waxed.JPG