Who Likes My Telemaster (idea)?

[sylnau]

Purchase an old Jazzmaster and mod it to your taste.

[Bellyheart]

No tone knob!

[spacelordmother]

reverse neck would look cool too.

Yesssss.

[masked elwood]

i think your idea is perfect as originally planned.....the blank tele bridge plate is a beyond kool idea.
i absolutely love that idea...


and BTW where the fuck can a blank tele bridge plate be found?

[el_hombre]

Needs more pickups, you should try to slam another 3 of those bad boys in there, the same type you have in the bridge, and have it so you can have em all on at once.
Mean as-_-

[MEC]

I just put together a Warmoth Telemaster/Jazzcaster in Vintage White with a Parchment pick guard!
I was seriously considering going with a neck only P-90 setup but couldn't find a solid bridge with no pickup hole.
I ended up putting a Dimarzio Super Distortion T in the bridge and a Harmonic Design Z-90 in the neck
Have you actually found a bridge like that?

I haven't found a bridge like that, no. In fact, I didn't really think it would look that good (only saw it in my head until I made the mock-up), but it's pretty neat. I searched around for one today, but I don't know if you can buy them before they are cut. Someone mentioned Callaham could probably do it.
Also not sure about the "Pre-CBS" headstock... it's either that or a regular Tele headstock.
MEC, how did yours turn out?
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Yeah, I figured if I wanted a bridge like that it would have to be custom and probably end up
costing more than the pickup I was going to put in there.
A few companies do make Tele sized P-90's that fit the Tele bridge. I tried a Harmonic Design Super 90
first but ended up swapping it out for the Dimarzio. Also, I went with the Tele headstock.

I think mine turned out really well and I'm pretty happy with it. I'll try and post pics soon.

[univalve]

i think your idea is perfect as originally planned.....the blank tele bridge plate is a beyond kool idea.
i absolutely love that idea...


and BTW where the fuck can a blank tele bridge plate be found?

Glendale has it.

[madmax1012]

i think your idea is perfect as originally planned.....the blank tele bridge plate is a beyond kool idea.
i absolutely love that idea...


and BTW where the fuck can a blank tele bridge plate be found?

if there isn't one on the market you could always buy a tele bridge plate and weld over the pickups holes. it would give you an excuse to play with a welding torch which is always a good time.

EDIT: Glendale does have them but they're $100. if you have the tools to weld it, you could probably save some money? and it's more fun than typing in a credit card number...

[CBA]

i think your idea is perfect as originally planned.....the blank tele bridge plate is a beyond kool idea.
i absolutely love that idea...

Wow, thanks man!

Means a lot coming from ILF's resident Guitar Guru. I just might go through with the damn thing!


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[puma]

+1, i love those jaguar stile bodies

[kosta]

This is making me want to craft some kind of bastard Tele bridge PU-only Jazsquire...

[Zounds Perspex]

Hmm, if it works for you, why not! I love Telemasters, too, and the one I got recently has me thinking of other ones I'd like.
I'm not into the blocks and the big-ass headstock that comes with 'em, but stick a Tele neck on there and you got something.

and yeah, kosta, I'm thinking a white blonde Jazsquire would be BOSS. Also thinking a Telemaster with a Firebird neck pickup would hot sex on a platter.

how are you mocking these up, CBA?

[CBA]

how are you mocking these up, CBA?

Well, it's very technical and requires a lot of skill.


First, I type in something like "P-90" in Google.
Then I download all the pictures that look neat.
Then I take all of the pictures that I like and put them into a blank "flyer" in Mac Pages because I don't have a true image editor.
Then I cut and paste them and resize them.
Then I make it into a PDF.
Then I convert it to a JPEG.
Then I copy and paste even more stuff.

That's it.

It took me three hours to make the damn thing, but boy was it worth it.

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[Officer Bukowski]

I like the original idea as well. I imagine it as a real guitar and it would be super cool. The bridge would also probably look rad with an "ashtray" cover.

[stripes]

Heeeeeeey there.

What do you think?

Mine would most likely have a white body, but everything else would be the same. You'll notice there is only one pickup, but I kept the Tele bridge.


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