Player Telecaster HH

[David.Bernstein]

Hi Everyone, I want to do a Warmoth build like the Fender Player Telecaster HH. I'm sure someone out there has done this already and I want to know what they chose in terms of pickguard and mounting ring for the bridge humbucker. Thanks, Dave

 

[Mitch]

Perhaps you should consider the '72 Thinline body. The pickups are mounted on the pickguard which Warmoth can make to your preference.

 

[stratamania]

Start with a humbucker bridge cut for the pickguard. Use a short flat pickup ring. https://warmoth.com/hbrs1

You can see the differences in the pickguard cuts on this diagram.

https://warmoth.com/media/skins/images/PDFs/pickguards/Tele.pdf

 

[oliviaadair]

That sounds like a very exciting build. Goodluck.

 

[David.Bernstein]

Thanks everyone! Seems like from what stratamania says it's pretty straightforward: just make the bridge pup route a humbucker (not wood mount) and get a regular tele pickguard but with humbucker bridge pickup mod.

If I do it I'll post pics, would be my second Warmoth build.

 

[stratamania]

Thanks everyone! Seems like from what stratamania says it's pretty straightforward: just make the bridge pup route a humbucker (not wood mount) and get a regular tele pickguard but with humbucker bridge pickup mod.

If I do it I'll post pics, would be my second Warmoth build.

Yes, and for the bridge itself, hardtail, and a Hipshot or Strat type bridge.

 

[David.Bernstein]

So I did decide to do this, body is on order, hipshot hardtail bridge route. Will post pics of course when it is done.

 

[Strat Avenger]

Cool. I would wire the neck pickup in parallel.

 

[Tipperman]

Excited to see this build! What did you wind up going with color wise? Tele's are just plain cool. That's just science.

 

[David.Bernstein]

I got the body for this yesterday. Shoreline gold, absolutely lovely. In terms of the bridge pickup route, pickup mounting ring, and pickguard it does indeed all work: everything lines up perfectly with almost no space between the mounting ring and the pickguard. Neck is still on order so it will be a few weeks before it's all put together. Warmoth was very fast with the body, like five weeks from when it was ordered.

 

[teleme01]

Pictures

 

[David.Bernstein]

Still waiting on neck. I ordered it a while ago and then Warmoth sent me an email saying the neck didn't pass final QA so they had to start over. In the meantime I'm putting the body together. The output jack plate was a bit of a challenge, I wanted to use an elecrosocket but as has been pointed out many times on the forum, it doesn't quite work on the Warmoth tele body since the curvature of the body isn't flat at that point. Only the vintage tele body has that flat spot, but I didn't do that because I wanted all the contours. Anyway, I found that this jack plate fits the curvature of the body very well: axlabs rectangular jack plate

 

[Strat Avenger]

I sanded my own flat spot on my Warmoth Tele body.

 

[David.Bernstein]

I sanded my own flat spot on my Warmoth Tele body.

That is a good idea! Always impressed by people who opt for unfinished bodies, beyond my woodworking skills.

 

[David.Bernstein]

Received the new neck for this yesterday. Warmoth was very quick about it. As an aside, wizard is my preferred profile and I've ordered three of them recently from Warmoth. The width at nut have all been exactly 43 mm but the thickness at first fret varies a little. This one was 18.7 mm, another was 19.3 and the third 19.1. Just an observation about tolerances. Measuring these thicknesses with calipers is a little tricky because of the radius, so there is some error there too.

 

[David.Bernstein]

Been working away at this one and it's close to getting done, minus setup. Is it just me or do other people find it nerve wracking to drill into a new Warmoth body for the first time? I'll post some pictures hopefully this weekend. Chambered body is very light, probably less than four pounds.

 

[David.Bernstein]

Almost finished. No strings on yet and wiring is not done. Fretboard is dark rosewood with mother of pearl dots, neck is roasted maple.

 

[Strat Avenger]

Looks really good. I think I'd go with a black pickup ring.

 

[Scab Pickens]

Is it just me or do other people find it nerve wracking to drill into a new Warmoth body for the first time?

It's not just you .

 

[JacobJames]

I think the cream ring compliments the body color and gives it a vintage look while transitioning into the white pick guard also complimenting the nut. Looks good!