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Ever see this Blackguard anamoly?

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I want this guitar right now !

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the Barndoor Tele in its current form.

 

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Mahogany body, mighty mite neck that has been leveled and dressed, edges slightly rolled mini grovers, Bill Lawerence pup- thinking about changing it our for a SD Lil 59- not sure yet. My brother has it right now.

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here's one that I thought I was building for myself, but I finished it on a Thursday, my son (17 at the time) played it on a gig Friday night and it's been his ever since! Fender MIM body, no-name paddle headsock neck on ebay, GFS split/vintage pickups - parts probably total $120, but we both love it.

Now I just wish I could figure out how to post full-size pics.

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Please excuse my daughter's blanket...


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I found a loaded solid alder body with "hot alnico pickups" on ebay for 55 quid including postage and stuck a maple neck on it (30 quid on ebay inc postage). Added some Kluson tuners and a compensated Wilkinson bridge. I may or may not swap out the pickups once I hear it though a proper amp. My home amp is too crap to really gauge the pickups that are currently on it, although they are certainly not horrible or anything.

 

cool blanket! And Tele...Whats a quid? Is that like 5usd?

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My two builds:


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Blue Tele:

Alder Body

Allparts TMO-C neck (taller frets, 10" radius), Tru-oil finish

Gotoh bridge

Grover locking tuners

GFS Pups


Natural Tele:

Swamp ash body, Tru-oil finish

Allparts TMO neck (vintage frets, 7.25" radius), Tru-oil finish

Tonerider Pups

Bigsby bridge

Grover locking tuners

 

both very nice! where did the bound bodies come from??

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My recently completed build.

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Fender highway 1 body

Fender road worn neck

rs guitar works vintage wired electronics

Fralin blues special pickups

Mark Jenny aged hardware (gotoh and fender)

 

:love::love::love: thats amazing. Im jealous (and Im not even that big a tele fan)

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I wish I still had this one, but I sold it a while ago.

 

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Alder body with reliced surf green nitro finish

Warmoth neck (bought it for $30 on Craigslist from a guy who used it for years and told me it was cursed :D)

Fender CS Nocaster bridge pickup

Seymour Duncan Antiquity mini-bucker in the neck

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Nice. How's that gfs minihum?

 

 

Pure poo. Seriously. I've had fantastic experiences with a few different GFS Tele pickups and a few full-sized humbuckers, but I've tried three different mini-buckers they make and they've all been horrible. They're all muddy without any articulation or nuance, no matter what pots or caps I used with them. I gave up and now I only use Seymour Duncan mini buckers.

 

The last time I bought one was over a year ago though, so they may have changed them since then. Who knows.

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OK, but remember, you asked.


Here's my beater Frankentele that a bud made into a string-through-- with a hand drill and a chisel!


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Edit: Specs: Unknown body (possibly Saga, basswood w/belly cut), unknown bridge pickup, Seymour Duncan mini-humbucker in neck slot, unknown neck (possibly old Mighty Mite, tinted maple).

 

i love that :thu:

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