I want to build a guitar, and I WANT YOUR HELP

[theavondon]

Here it is:

I want a telecaster with a jazzmaster trem rout and one bridge pickup. But, I literally have no idea what I want from there.

AND if anyone could potentially rout or maybe build the body for me, I would love you and pay you and such.

GIMME DEM THOUGHTS

[skullservant]

There is a guy on Ebay that goes by alpine_oregon who specializes in Telecaster and Jazzmaster and Telemaster bodies. I bet if you got in touch with him he would be more than happy to route everything out for you and build the body. He makes really weird routes and combos, like Telebirds and Telemasters with 3 pickup slots, etc. I think he would be able to do it no problem and all for under $130 easy.

[Achtane]

Hey hey hey
Route a...route big enough to fit two different single coils right next to each other in the bridge position. Then wire them up with a 3-way switch as the only control.
YEAHHHHHHHHHHH

[theavondon]

Both of you, yes. Awesome. Though, I do not have a router. So, hence why I ask the ILF if they can rout stuff.

[skullservant]

That dude could do it!!

[FancyMike]

Hey hey hey
Route a...route big enough to fit two different single coils right next to each other in the bridge position. Then wire them up with a 3-way switch as the only control.
YEAHHHHHHHHHHH

this but make the single coils lipsticks

[theavondon]

Bridge suggestions? Aside from mastery.

[skullservant]

Warmoth Mustang

[MEC]

Bridge suggestions? Aside from mastery.

You MIGHT be able to use a top loading Tele bridge and run the stings from the trem through the holes in the back and over the regular Tele saddles.

I've thought about doing this before but I've never tried so I'm not sure if it'll work.

[lapsteel]

Rout old school style. Your only doing one so bust out the forstner bits and some chisels and hack at it. By hack I mean cut with care and precision.

What is that all brass top loader? It doesn't look like a Wilkenson....

[MEC]

What is that all brass top loader? It doesn't look like a Wilkenson....

http://www.armadilloguitar.com/

[skullservant]

ALL BRASS HNNNNG

[theavondon]

Okay, so it's looking like the body can be made for $85. I'm going for one humbucker so I can easily swap in and out random crazy shit. Thinking like, one knob and a jack.

Then, GFS has tuneomatics and jazz trems and uncut pickguard material. All together, that'll be like fourty bucks.

[MEC]

Okay, so it's looking like the body can be made for $85. I'm going for one humbucker so I can easily swap in and out random crazy shit. Thinking like, one knob and a jack.
Then, GFS has tuneomatics and jazz trems and uncut pickguard material. All together, that'll be like fourty bucks.

If you go with a 4 conductor Humbucker you can wire a 3 way toggle for Full/Split/Parallel.
That's how I have my neck pickup guitars wired and it makes them pretty versatile without complicating things too much.

[theavondon]

Okay, so it's looking like the body can be made for $85. I'm going for one humbucker so I can easily swap in and out random crazy shit. Thinking like, one knob and a jack.
Then, GFS has tuneomatics and jazz trems and uncut pickguard material. All together, that'll be like fourty bucks.

If you go with a 4 conductor Humbucker you can wire a 3 way toggle for Full/Split/Parallel.
That's how I have my neck pickup guitars wired and it makes them pretty versatile without complicating things too much.

I was considering just having a pull-push pot for splitting.