Telemasters

[Bellyheart]

Anyone know anybody that builds these sexy beast? It's the sexiest guitar in the world and I'd like to have one and not sell my unborn child.

[dub]

Cheapest option would probably be Guitar Fetish.

[colin]

You can also source Telemaster bodies through Warmoth, USA Custom Guitars, etc.

[Heavy_Soul]

[bubstance]

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[Miesgjah]

Telemasters are so last year. Teleguars are where it's at.

I want!

[Bellyheart]

No way, I'm trying to simplify. I even saw a prominent Esquiremaster. That's sexy, but if I didn't see a telemaster with the mini-humbucker in the neck, I'd go for the one pickup.

Those GFS look too cheap to be true.

[dubkitty]

Telemasters can be a bit difficult to find, because a fishing-equipment manufacturer asserted their copyright of the name "Telemaster" and anyone who uses that term as a product name can be sued. i've seen more than a few Telemasters sold by boutique Fender copyists, and bodies have been available from outfits such as Guitar Mill for some time now. you can probably find tons of links to that stuff on the Telecaster (TDPRI) and/or Offset Guitars forums, and they often appear on the Gretsch Pages as well where many forumites took a minor in Telecasters along with their major in Gretsch.

[bronzetalon]

I have one, wouldn't really recommend the builder though.

[Jero]

I have one, wouldn't really recommend the builder though.

Care to elaborate?

[Bellyheart]

That's pretty sex. I saw the thing about the model planes. I was looking at a Fender Custom Shop article and they kept going on about how it's not to be called Telemaster as if to be sarcastic. They even included the model plane if you bought the guitar. Good shit.

Please do elaborate on that there guitar, unless it's an individual in which case elaborate about why you're not satisfied with your build.

I need a sponsor.

[bronzetalon]

Just a few things that kinda irked me.

-The neck pocket was dinged up when it came.
-The bridge was installed backwards.
-The pick guard is not ridged and needs a third screw near the high e string to keep it form lifting up. I emailed him asking for a normal ridged pickguard for replacement about this (even at my cost) and never got a reply.

[dubkitty]

oh, model planes, that's right. duuur.

it seems to me that the bridge would actually be easier to adjust if the screws faced the PU rather than the Bigsby, unless you had a 90° screwdriver.

perhaps a thin sheet of plastic or metal glued to the underside of the pickguard would stiffen it enough to solve your problem. a nice copper sheet would give you shielding too.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Very high on my want list for whatever guitar I get the next time I can afford a guitar. I've actually heard pretty good thing about the GFS ones, needing a few adjustments and maybe a bit of work on the neck or whatever, but no major problems. At that price, you can't really go wrong IMO.

[Bellyheart]

That's true. One review said replacing the pups didn't solve the guitar sounding bad...and I thought that was it. I'm curious about the reasoning...and amp they play and how they play.

Fucking reviews are so f'n subjective!