joe strummer tele project

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:07 am

yeah IRL it's much more orange in color.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:59 am

so much win

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:20 am

add lace sensor to bridge and do an tele plus.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:42 am

more like tele GROSS

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:57 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:more like tele GROSS

very clever.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:43 pm

portugalwillie wrote:add lace sensor to bridge and do an tele plus.

yeah, it reminded me of that too. I even have the hole in the control plate for the extra switch. I think I'm going to put a strangle switch there like the one on the Electra.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:39 pm

yeah, I still have the switch that went in there. I could never get that damn thing to work.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:34 am

oh, hey there tollbooth portugal willie

i wasn't sure where i should display all my originality; should put it in your hand, or shove it directly up your fat ass?

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:49 am

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:14 pm

more:

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laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:45 pm

shiiiiiiiiiiiit, that thing looks great!

cur · Post by **cur** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:44 am

I liked it a lot before you did anything to it and now I like it a lot. Looks sweet.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:55 am

oh man that looks great.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:33 am

Looks hot. Is that a Mustang pup in the neck? Fiesta Red is one of the hottest Fender colors.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:41 am

beautiful!

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:04 am

thanks guys!

the only things I bought for this project was the pickup and the paint. I had the neck pickup, it's from scandoslav's CV duo (thanks dude!). the bridge was cut with a hack saw and the edges and corners smoothed the a grinding wheel. for the pickguard I spent half the day saturday mounting the router to a piece of plywood that I then nailed to two saw horses as a makeshift table router. of course then it only took 2 seconds to cut the guard. all the electronics was crap I already had. I replaced the screws with some shiny ones that I had. otherwise it is a joe strummer tele. =]

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:10 am

also a weird thing about this guitar, I was talking to brambleperro about this, the string tree is in the wrong place. from the factory. my theory is either:

it's a factory 2nd.

or

the joe strummer teles were made from factory 2nds.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:09 am

Mages wrote:also a weird thing about this guitar, I was talking to brambleperro about this, the string tree is in the wrong place. from the factory. my theory is either:

it's a factory 2nd.

or

the joe strummer teles were made from factory 2nds.

that always bugged the shit out of me. Seriously, the high E would come out of the nut when I played shows with it.

Soooo, can I have dubs if you ever decide to sell it?

One of only 2 guitars I ever regret getting rid of.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:41 am

Love me some red. Your door looks Strummer too.

I h ave seen Fenders with two string trees, no? Or maybe he shoved his in a weird place.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:20 pm

yeah the door is totally legit Vintage M@J@. =] do you mean I should just put another string tree and make it look like it was made with two?

here's what I'm saying about the string tree:

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portugalwillie wrote:
Mages wrote:also a weird thing about this guitar, I was talking to brambleperro about this, the string tree is in the wrong place. from the factory.
that always bugged the shit out of me. Seriously, the high E would come out of the nut when I played shows with it.

yeah, I just put a little shorter spacer ring under the string tree thing so now it stays put.

portugalwillie wrote:Soooo, can I have dubs if you ever decide to sell it?
One of only 2 guitars I ever regret getting rid of.

yeah it's a pretty nice guitar acshullay. pretty nice neck and the blues bucker is pretty great sounding too, bright and spanky with lotsa mids. really great for chords. I might do a little demo of it at some point.