tele project

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:35 pm

hey scalers
so despite the fact that i have a couple other projects on the go (jazzblaster, and finish the noisemaster) , i've found what i don't like about telecasters..
no tremlo. its a real shame.
and as i'm not a bigsby fan
i've come up with a different idea.
i apologize for the rough photoshop.
images are small on the fender sites.

its a squier affinity telecaster i'll route to put a jazzmaster tail piece on, swap the bridge for a wilkinson 3 saddle filed down so that i don't get catching strings.
swap the control plate, so that the toggle is near the back of the body, volume is in the middle and tone up front (this has already been done)

the head stock was sanded off when i got it, if i do decal it i'll do a customer decal.

also trying to decide if i want to leave it stock for colour (as i love the finish) or sand it down and fuck it up.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:41 pm

Try this.

MaMo · Post by **MaMo** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:46 pm

mcconnachiea wrote:

Try this.

Maybe he wants the Jag trem plate cause it'd look way more tits? I like the idea.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:47 pm

mcconnachiea wrote:

Try this.

ugly.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:47 pm

MaMo wrote:
mcconnachiea wrote:

Try this.
Maybe he wants the Jag trem plate cause it'd look way more tits? I like the idea.

that and i really like the jag/jazz tremlo

luke · Post by **luke** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:48 pm

I think the Jag trem plate looks shit on a Tele, personally. If you like the Jag trem and you want that functionality, go for it. If you're going for aesthetics, it just does not work and will never work.

Ty · Post by Ty » Wed May 06, 2009 11:12 pm

I like the one Jagermeister did.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:14 pm

How the hell do you palm mute with that thing on?

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:15 pm

no idea, and i've never worried about it

luke · Post by **luke** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:15 pm

mcconnachiea wrote:How the hell do you palm mute with that thing on?

Some people, not everyone, but some people, they do not palm mute. I don't know why, I don't know how, but they just don't. They don't need to apparently.

Ty · Post by Ty » Wed May 06, 2009 11:17 pm

mcconnachiea wrote:How the hell do you palm mute with that thing on?

Step 1: Rest hand on strings.
Step 2: Move wrist back and forth in a strumming motion.
Step 3-blah: Play.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:17 pm

silly_rabbit_band wrote:
mcconnachiea wrote:How the hell do you palm mute with that thing on?
Step 1: Rest hand on strings.
Step 2: Move wrist back and forth in a strumming motion.
Step 3-blah: Play.

FTW

Ty · Post by Ty » Wed May 06, 2009 11:18 pm

My half ass way of explaining palm muting.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:26 pm

Yeah, but you need to have your hand on the saddles or you go up by half a step when you mute

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:30 pm

i should probably explain that i play punk and noise music, so being a half step out of tune usually works to my advantage in the middle of things.
and also knowing how to compensate for that

but again i don' t palm mute unless i'm playing a folk gig, and if i am then i'm playing an acoustic so it just doesn't matter at all.

either way yeah i love that tele.

Ty · Post by Ty » Wed May 06, 2009 11:36 pm

Any ways, back on track, are you thinking of setting it up like that? Or stick with the tele bride and get different saddles.
Like these...

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:43 pm

get one of these guys.

I think you could get the bridge part only somewhere.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed May 06, 2009 11:49 pm

i was thinking of the three saddles, however i don't mind that plate at all..
hrm guess i'll have to see what my local shops have in stock.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Thu May 07, 2009 1:03 am

this is the old school trick for putting a vibrato on a tele

tons of cool pictures here. mostly bigsbys but there's a couple jag trems

edit: just noticed this guy has a modern 6 saddle bridge. don't know how he got that to work.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:58 pm

some updates.
when i got it

neck swap

new bridge and intonation fixed

Video!
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