Even more stupidity: Greco Super Sounds "Telemaster Custom" mashup
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:25 am
Last year I bought too much stuff, during fairly crappy mental health leading up to quitting my job. Yesterday the (almost) last batch of stuff arrived.
The Mustang VI still doesn't exist, but that apparently hasn't put me off another project combining the following interests:
- Jazzmaster bodies
- Tele Custom pickup configs
- Telemasters / offset Telecasters
- 70s black-on-black-on-maple aesthetics
- the necks and vibe of 70s Greco Fender copies.
Therefore, a Telemaster Custom as if Greco had made one in the 70s.
Trolling Yahoo auctions in Japan netted a used 2019 Squier JM HH hardtail, and a Greco neck covered in weird gunk for about 1/4 the usual price. There was also a Yamaha Super RnRoller 500 in the box but that's another story.
It turned out I could loosen then chip off the neck gunk with a razor blade, which took a while. It came up pretty well except the area between frets 3 and 4, scraped to wood sometime long ago.
Test fitting - long Gotoh bridge, no thanks:
a cheap classic ashtray style bridge:
always the way to go. Aligned with the string-thru holes it sits forward of the hardtail screw holes but they will cover up easily.
Up against my beloved '83 Squier Tele Custom:
Since I already have a Custom with a humbucker in the neck, a true Telemaster might need a JM neck pickup.
Maybe a black cover tho.
The Squier pickguard isn't quite right, and altho it fits a standard JM one, the bridge pickup hole on those is a lot wider than the Tele bridge plate. Stay tuned, stay classy, but don't hold your breath.
The Mustang VI still doesn't exist, but that apparently hasn't put me off another project combining the following interests:
- Jazzmaster bodies
- Tele Custom pickup configs
- Telemasters / offset Telecasters
- 70s black-on-black-on-maple aesthetics
- the necks and vibe of 70s Greco Fender copies.
Therefore, a Telemaster Custom as if Greco had made one in the 70s.
Trolling Yahoo auctions in Japan netted a used 2019 Squier JM HH hardtail, and a Greco neck covered in weird gunk for about 1/4 the usual price. There was also a Yamaha Super RnRoller 500 in the box but that's another story.
It turned out I could loosen then chip off the neck gunk with a razor blade, which took a while. It came up pretty well except the area between frets 3 and 4, scraped to wood sometime long ago.
Test fitting - long Gotoh bridge, no thanks:
a cheap classic ashtray style bridge:
always the way to go. Aligned with the string-thru holes it sits forward of the hardtail screw holes but they will cover up easily.
Up against my beloved '83 Squier Tele Custom:
Since I already have a Custom with a humbucker in the neck, a true Telemaster might need a JM neck pickup.
Maybe a black cover tho.
The Squier pickguard isn't quite right, and altho it fits a standard JM one, the bridge pickup hole on those is a lot wider than the Tele bridge plate. Stay tuned, stay classy, but don't hold your breath.
