Telecaster Mods

Beecher

I recently got a U.S telecaster body and neck, and since I already have a U.S tele im looking at doing somethin a bit diff to this instead of pratically having 2 of the same guitar. Can piezo's be gotten for a tele? Anyone any other ideas?

jcoote

as doctor j put it Lindy Fralins are the holy grail of tele pickups..i'm gonna get some in the near future...look here ...or maybe a tremelo arm (doctor j again) ..great man..maybe some in-guitar effects too???

feylya

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Pickups:_Guitar,_electric/Graph_Tech_Ghost_Pickup_System_for_Guitar.html

Beecher

jcoote wrote:

as doctor j put it Lindy Fralins are the holy grail of tele pickups..i'm gonna get some in the near future...look here ...or maybe a tremelo arm (doctor j again) ..great man..maybe some in-guitar effects too???

Tremelo sounds like an idea! Whats installation like with that (routing wise etc)? I remember seeing one that didnt need routing, just a plate under the neck to raise it to the level of the trem, unfortunatly it was like 250 sterling! :eek: (actually checking the price of the kahler its $325, not much different)

feylya wrote:

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electro...for_Guitar.html

Awesome man, your a legend! That is perfect!

feylya

The kahler needs you to route a reasonably shallow square shape from the front of your guitar. You then just bolt it on afaik. If you're using a trem, a graphtech nut and locking tuners are recommended.

jcoote

this or you could try..i'd like to try that one

Beecher

Came across this http://stetsbar.com/Telecaster.htm . Seems good, only thing is I couldnt use the graphtec saddles on it . So I Think im just gonna sand off the finish and leave it natural (does anyone know if a natural finish can just be sealed, or should it be laquered), add a Lindy Fralins pickup set (with a wooden pickup cover for the bridge), wooden scratchplate and the graphtec piezo's, hopefully it'll be nice

Beecher

jcoote wrote:

this or you could try..i'd like to try that one

I am sssssssssssoooooooooooooooo getting that! The extra sounds will totally justify having another tele (not that I need justification to add another guitar to my collection, just everyone else in my house does)

feylya

You can lacquer over natural as long as you apply a sanding sealer first. Perhaps look into a wax finish?

Beecher

feylya wrote:

You can lacquer over natural as long as you apply a sanding sealer first. Perhaps look into a wax finish?

Wax could be done, prob easier than laquering aswell. Where is good for supplies here? everywhere I look seems to list american brands that they wont ship here!

feylya

http://www.thegunshop.co.uk/casey.htm

Tru-Oil. Supposed to be great stuff.

Beecher

feylya wrote:

http://www.thegunshop.co.uk/casey.htm

Tru-Oil. Supposed to be great stuff.

Thank you so much man! Going home to start sanding the body now