(fake) Tele Deluxe

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:01 am

I had originally planned to do this after my JM project was done but I came across these pickups/pickguard/pots on ebay for cheap (I think) and snatched it up ($125). I think they were cheap 'cause the guy wanted money order only and no one was willing to take the chance. I never realized how huge those Wide Rangers are compared to the Squier pups.

The pickguard had to be squeezed in in order to get it to fit.

Here you can see where I'll have to do a bit of routing.

The only downside is that they didn't come with screws/springs.

My questions, dear Shortscale are:

Anyone know if these (B) are the right ones? Also, how do I tell which is the neck and which is the bridge pickup?

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:03 am

Aw crap! I posted this in the wrong forum. Could a mod please move it?

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:19 am

I 'd throw the one with the higher output on the bridge.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:17 am

hey, cool project. wow, I never realized they were so big either.

yea, use a multimeter to figure out which one has the higher ohms. but maybe fender never made them like that and they're interchangeable. It's likely since since CBS did anything to cut costs.

freekandy · Post by **freekandy** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:11 pm

regarding the screws, id get some humbucker screws, seems more logical.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:54 pm

the screws you need can be found here.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:58 pm

Was that a spray can refin? It look sgreat.

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:20 pm

tribi9 wrote:I 'd throw the one with the higher output on the bridge.

mage wrote: yea, use a multimeter to figure out which one has the higher ohms.

Thanks guys, I borrowed my sister's boyfriend's multimeter - one was 8.3k and the other was 8.5k.

bubbles_horwitz wrote:the screws you need can be found here.

ORDER'D

aen wrote:Was that a spray can refin? It look sgreat.

Thanks, yeah, it was. Krylon colour and Deft clear. There are some sand throughs and next time I"ll use higher grit sandpaper to get a mirror-like shine but for a first attempt I'm happy with it.

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:13 pm

I routed the body by hand with a dremel:

Took some finagling but managed to fit the gigantic WRs in there:

Posed shot:

Now I just need to screw the pickguard on get the screws for the pups and set it up. The low E doesn't quite line up with the neck pup. I don't think this will be a problem, will it?

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:09 pm

no, thats fine, my gfs p-90 bridge pup doesn't match up at all cept the d and g string.
you did a really fucking good job with that dremel, srsly, kudos!
i am shit with a dremel, im always burning out the engine, losing parts, breaking the sand grit stuff.

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:06 pm

robert(original) wrote:no, thats fine, my gfs p-90 bridge pup doesn't match up at all cept the d and g string.
you did a really fucking good job with that dremel, srsly, kudos!
i am shit with a dremel, im always burning out the engine, losing parts, breaking the sand grit stuff.

Thanks man, coming from you that's high praise. I can't wait to get the pickup height screws and try the new pups out.

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:03 am

The pickguard looks like it was cut perfectly Great job, mate!

Jagermeister · Post by **Jagermeister** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:19 am

...yeah, I approve of this project entirely.

How did you cut the pickguard that cleanly, dremel too?

I'll have to do something similar soon as I get the courage...

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:51 pm

Sparky wrote:The pickguard looks like it was cut perfectly Great job, mate!

Jagermeister wrote:...yeah, I approve of this project entirely.

How did you cut the pickguard that cleanly, dremel too? I'll have to do something similar soon as I get the courage...

I can't take the credit for the pickguard. It came with the pups in the auction. Good thing too, 'cause I thought they pickups were the same size and I don't really have a means to cutting them cleanly.