Considering Telemaster project.... Neck ? ... UK ?

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:25 pm

Seriously considering assembling a telemaster... but first of all I want to try get a neck sorted and go from there. Body shouldn't be a problem.

So.... is there any recommended suppliers in the UK that sell decent necks ?

thanks
Owen

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:39 pm

I got a Telecaster neck from Axes-R-Us.
Mine is 1 piece maple, glossy, apparently late '50s spec, drilled for klusons.
It is a little chunkier than I'm used to, and the stain is a little dark for my taste, but cracking value for money at about Â£100.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:25 pm

They look ideal actually ... stupidly, I never considered them for necks despite having used them a few times.

Might be in touch for a body at some point.

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:47 am

is a telemaster a tele neck and duo/musicmaster body?

if so,

i thought about making a stratamaster.. like a baritone. but just thought, i would not play it very much.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:20 am

Nah, more like...

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:30 am

I've never really liked the look of telemasters before but that one is lovely.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:55 am

I like it because it incorporates the best features of my 2 favourite guitars, be daft not to give one a whirl.

Would love to try one but I don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon, I'll either build or find a homemade one for sale.

Would love to see a Squier or mexican/japanese version.

There were a few cheaper branded copies going around, any know if these are available in the UK ?

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:06 pm

I've been hankering for one of these too. Mabes sometime in the future.

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:41 pm

looks more like a tele and a jazzmaster?

so like shortscale? how does it.... how does it work?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:35 pm

broomhandle wrote:looks more like a tele and a jazzmaster?

ding ding ding. hence the name.

broomhandle wrote:so like shortscale? how does it.... how does it work?

neither jazzmaster nor telecaster is shortscale, so i would think a combination of the two would not shrink the scale length.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:43 pm

love these:

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:47 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:
broomhandle wrote:looks more like a tele and a jazzmaster?
ding ding ding. hence the name.

broomhandle wrote:so like shortscale? how does it.... how does it work?
neither jazzmaster nor telecaster is shortscale, so i would think a combination of the two would not shrink the scale length.

well, for some reason i was thinking musicmaster.

so the body would have to be made from scratch? because of routing.... are the contours on the "master" body a pain when you have no reference?

it is very cool... i am digging it.....

great, thanks guys... now i want one...

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:55 pm

the contours are the same as on a jazzmaster. the only difference is the neck pocket, and the pickup/control routing, and string-through bridge.

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:57 pm

and the pickgaurds look different on these.. the pink is higher on the horn, unlike a tele PG.

i was talking about contours if you dont own a jag/jazzmst

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:08 pm

i am diggin this...

relic'd is cool....

so a custom pickguard?

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:20 pm

That's the 'original' telemaster... I think custom shop jobbie costing billions...

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:24 pm

it would be cool to reproduce it. wear and all...

this is a cool thread about building one:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-de ... er***.html

cur · Post by **cur** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:47 pm

Guitarfetish makes something close to what you want, xaviere xv-jt. Could be a nice platform

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:57 pm

cur wrote:Guitarfetish makes something close to what you want, xaviere xv-jt. Could be a nice platform

My tech gigs with one regularly, he loves it. The only changes he did to it were replace the knobs. It's this one.

USD$200 + $115 shipped to the UK... 206 quid, doesn't sound too bad.

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:38 pm

so back to building one of these, is the neck pockett cut differnt for the tele neck? so the body would have to be build from scratch? or buy one without the neck pockett already cut....

and are the PG's a custom cut?