I got my Jazzmaster body from Guitarbuild.co.uk, they have got a thinline Tele body and you can specify what routing you want. My body was really good, nicely finished/sanded and I didn't need to make any adjustments to it prior to painting. It had a couple of splinters on the back where they drilled the neck pocket holes, but they are covered by the neck plate. However, euan got a Tele body from them and he was not pleased - the routes were all wrong. They have a good reputation and aren't the cheapest so you'd hope that was an exception. Not got any experience with their necks.
'52RI spec necks are thick and boaty in a fairly old-school fashion, and AllParts make a "52 Fat Neck". Fender call it the "early 50s U-shape" profile and sell it on a Vintera neck (formerly an MIM Classic '50s Tele neck) and used the same profile on the AVRI '52. One-piece maple (i.e. maple fingerboard only) though, and 7.25" radius. I have an AllParts '62 style neck on my main Tele that's so nice I bought it twice even though I didn't have a specific use for the 2nd one at the time.
I'd get the style of intonated 3-saddle bridge that uses slanted saddles rather than the kind that has the saddles with ridges milled in the top... though opinion is divided as to which looks more "vintage," I find that a slanted version of the old saddles looks like less of a departure than something covered in allen screws and Wilkinson logos.
The slanted ones are commonly called "Joe Barden style" but there's countless knock-offs now that will probably be a lot more reasonably priced.
Aug wrote:which one of you bastards sent me an ebay question asking if you can get teh kurdtz with that 64 mustang?
robertOG wrote:fran & paul are some of the original gangstas of the JS days when you'd have to say "phuck"
