I have another build idea...

[FretFire]

I've been contemplating another parts build, here's what I'm thinking. It's tele-meets-LP Special with a mahogany telecaster body, P90s, and some sort of hardtail bridge. I could do tele or LP style controls, but I must say the mockup with LP controls looks pretty nice.

I would love to get a duplicate of the solid rosewood neck I have on my current tele, but I might just go maple/rosewood. Mahogany/rosewood is another option, but mahogany would probably need more finish work. If I went maple I would just do a tru oil finish and call it good.

I see that ReRanch has Gibson's Pelham Blue color in their nitro options, so I'd probably finish it myself in that and toss one of Warmoth's cool tele hybrid pickguards on it.

So, thoughts? What type of bridge do you think would be cool on this guy?

[Push to Shuv]

That looks pretty cool! I like the tele control layout personally. As for bridge, my vote goes to the tele cut off bridge like you have on those mock ups.

[AdamBrad]

Tele controls, white pickguard for me...

[FretFire]

I can almost see a Bigsby on this one. But, I've never used one before...

[Push to Shuv]

B5 Bigsby would look pretty cool!

[JeffB]

Half tele bridge, or a vintage strat hardtail.

If you go TOM, then you need to take into acount neck and headstock angles.


All the mockups look great, IMO.

[FretFire]

Half tele bridge, or a vintage strat hardtail.

If you go TOM, then you need to take into acount neck and headstock angles.


All the mockups look great, IMO.

I love the Rutters bridge on my current tele, and they make a cutoff bridge. I just have to decide if I want a three-barrel bridge tele bridge or a basic six-saddle flat mount.

[Grenade]

Take the third one, ditch the pickgaurd, and use a strat headstock.

[StratFreak]

Take the third one, ditch the pickgaurd, and use a strat headstock.

+1

Btw how were those mockups made??

[eschoendorff]

I'd play ona dose.

[longcat]

i like your first mockup best, followed closely by the last one. if it were me, i'd go with six saddles just to make intonation easier. i also think a bigsby would be cool, but i might not be thinking entirely clearly because i've been watching dystrust play his tele with the bigsby for like three weeks now.

[dystrust]

I can almost see a Bigsby on this one. But, I've never used one before...

If you're interested in a Tele vibramate, I'll have one for sale shortly. Of those mockups, I like the Tele control layout with the black guard.

[FretFire]

A Bigsby would be wasted on me as I never actually use a vibrato, I just think the hardware looks cool on some guitars . The only things I've really "decided" on are the mahogany tele body, P90s, and finish. The rest is up in the air with lots of cool options out there.

[Sausagefingers]

The fourth one looks killer, a black bridge cover would finnish it off nicely

[Sausagefingers]

And you could call it a Mindbender after that Stillwater song..

[StratFreak]

How are these pictures made ??

[FretFire]

How are these pictures made ??

Google "kisekae tele"

[StratFreak]

thanks a lot

[jtougas]

I built one just like you're describing for a friend: mahogany body, dual P90s, maple/rosewood neck. I wired it master volume, master tone, and four way Tele mod: bridge solo/both in parallel/neck solo/ both in series.

I don't know how much he uses that last one, but he loves the guitar.

I told him if he ever wanted to sell it, he should call me first. George don't call much...

I'm building a different, but similar setup
for myself now. Somehow, I screwed up the routing on a light swamp ash blank for a standard Tele, so I'm going to turn it into a dual P90 with a Squier Custom II pick guard.

For the finish on George's mahogany, I used tung oil semi gloss. For mine, I'll probably do a few thin coats of tinted wipe on poly, keeping it nice and thin.

[B Bent]

I actually like that a lot.