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NGD - MJT Tele content
After trying many Telecasters over the years and not really getting what they were about .... Decided that I knew the "bits" I liked and should try to put one together myself.
Wanted the following ...
Light weight swamp ash body
Blond (relic)
V neck profile
Maple board 7 1/2" Radius
Vintage wind Alnico III pickups
NOT a black guard
So put together the following with JXG in Newcastle's help.
MJT body and Neck, Fender / Crazyparts hardware and genuine(!) 1957 knobs, Shed Pickups, Electrics (wired "50's and 3 position neck, both, bridge) pots are Stackpole 250k volume and 1meg tone, 0.047uF cap.
Really pleased with the results 6Lb 12oz guitar that is a very playable and versatile guitar.
Seem to have a thing about blond / white Fenders!
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Generous to compliment a competitor! I've always really liked his vintage spec PAF's. These Alnico 3 flatpoles really are a revelation. So clear and dynamic, with tremendous "piano" bottom end. Bridge has a really nice scoop to it and no ice pick.
monquixote said:
I like the mid 50's white on white look, black guard is a bit hackneyed and belongs on the "fake tan" Teles :P . JXG made me a beautiful Tortoise guard for this (I posted a photo in another thread). But I'm not sure about it on this guitar. Shame really, it's a work of art.
vasselmeyer said:
Pretty much £800 on the nose.
Adam_MD said:
The 1 meg pot just delays the "woofiness" so you've got a bit more tone control. I think that wiring it "50's" style is the winner on this guitar, definitely added detail to the tone when I compared the two ways of wiring.
The photos were taken with flash and that has bleached out the guard a bit. But if you look at the early white guard telecasters and strats, the plastic stays very white not like the later 50's and 60's which discoloured a lot. It's a fatboy guard and does look very realistic in the flesh. I like the vintage radius, same on my Strat. Sure you need to put the action up a bit but I use 11's and like the action a little higher so as I can "dig in " on bends. With the right relief in the neck, I can get 3 semitone bend on the high E, B and G strings before it starts to choke .. enough for an old blues hacker like me B-)Lovely Tele build Gordon, well done.
Looking forward to playing that soon,
Cheers
Hugh
www.proudhoney.com
£800, absolute bargain. Though you may want to have a word about the paintjob, looks like they skimped on it a bit, it's all worn away like it's really old or something. But other than that, very shiny guitar.
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I'm a big fan of Mark's stuff. You can't go wrong really.