The Teilecaster: She's got the blues...

[Tretgeraet]

Hallo Leute!

A lot was already discussed in the build thread
here

But here she is now, meine blaue Teilecaster!

And yes, I realised, too, that taking pictures of a blue guitar in a blue case isn't the smartest move





I will go over the specs again real quick:

Body was from the showcase with added paint:
Tele® Replacement Body
Construction: Solid
Core Wood: Swamp Ash
Body Upgrades: Multi-Piece for Solid Colors
Right / Left Handed: Right-Handed
Control Cavity: Top Rout
Neck Pickup Rout: Universal
Middle Pickup Rout: None
Bridge Pickup Rout: Tele®
Jack Rout: 7/8" (22mm) Side Jack Hole
Bridge Rout Type: Hardtail
Bridge Rout: Vintage Telecaster®
Mounting Holes: Standard 4-Bolt
Neck Pocket Shape: Tele®
Paint Category: Metallic
Top Color: Spectra Blue
Back Color: Spectra Blue
Satin or Gloss: Gloss




I added a custom neck to the order:

Telecaster® Replacement Guitar Neck
Construction: Modern
Shaft Wood: Roasted Maple
Fretboard Wood: Roasted Maple
Nut Width: 1.650" (42mm) - Vintage Medium
Right / Left Handed: Right-Handed
Neck Back Profile: Fatback
Fretboard Radius: 10" - 16" Compound
Number of Frets: 22
Binding: None
Fret Size & Material: SS6105 - Narrow & Tall (Stainless)
Tuner Hole Size: Vintage Style (11/32")
Inlay Shape: Premium Dots
Inlay Material: Azurite Malachite
Side Dots: Luminlay w/ Black
String Nut: Standard Nut - White Corian
Mounting Holes: Standard 4-Bolt
Neck Heel Shape: Tele® Shape
Finish: None




That string tree is a Göldo String Three. It puts the plain strings in about the same angle as the d-string. And it looks cool.


I also ordered a blue shell pickguard, neck plate and pad, neck screws, low profile pickguard screws, Gotoh vintage tuners und the Gotoh vintage "In Tune" bridge from Warmoth.

The pickups are a Rockinger Telly Rhythm and a Rockinger Telly Twister bridge. All the other parts I also ordered at Rockinger in Germany.

The wiring is basically standard 3-way wiring with 250k log pots, but with 22nF tone cap and treble bleed.

The guitar sounds awesome and looks even awesomer, I think all the different blue parts came together really nicely, spectra blue, blue shell pickguard and azurite malachite dots just look like they belong to each other!

I didn't plan accordingly, but it even looks as if the Reunion Blues Case was made for that guitar Oh, I think I will need a blue strap for that...

Total weight is 3.45 kg or 7.61 lbs

I wanna thank everyone who commented and reacted in the build thread. I don't wanna dig any deeper in this than saying: I'm having a bit of a hard time right now and I can't change that, but being here in this forum, among other things, really helps. Dankeschön!

And I wanna thank Aaron for all his videos, I follow the YouTube channel for years, please don't ever stop!

 

[casper100]

That's beautiful.

 

[Spud]

Hallo Leute!

A lot was already discussed in the build thread
here

But here she is now, meine blaue Teilecaster!

And yes, I realised, too, that taking pictures of a blue guitar in a blue case isn't the smartest move
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I will go over the specs again real quick:

Body was from the showcase with added paint:
Tele® Replacement Body
Construction: Solid
Core Wood: Swamp Ash
Body Upgrades: Multi-Piece for Solid Colors
Right / Left Handed: Right-Handed
Control Cavity: Top Rout
Neck Pickup Rout: Universal
Middle Pickup Rout: None
Bridge Pickup Rout: Tele®
Jack Rout: 7/8" (22mm) Side Jack Hole
Bridge Rout Type: Hardtail
Bridge Rout: Vintage Telecaster®
Mounting Holes: Standard 4-Bolt
Neck Pocket Shape: Tele®
Paint Category: Metallic
Top Color: Spectra Blue
Back Color: Spectra Blue
Satin or Gloss: Gloss

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I added a custom neck to the order:

Telecaster® Replacement Guitar Neck
Construction: Modern
Shaft Wood: Roasted Maple
Fretboard Wood: Roasted Maple
Nut Width: 1.650" (42mm) - Vintage Medium
Right / Left Handed: Right-Handed
Neck Back Profile: Fatback
Fretboard Radius: 10" - 16" Compound
Number of Frets: 22
Binding: None
Fret Size & Material: SS6105 - Narrow & Tall (Stainless)
Tuner Hole Size: Vintage Style (11/32")
Inlay Shape: Premium Dots
Inlay Material: Azurite Malachite
Side Dots: Luminlay w/ Black
String Nut: Standard Nut - White Corian
Mounting Holes: Standard 4-Bolt
Neck Heel Shape: Tele® Shape
Finish: None

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That string tree is a Göldo String Three. It puts the plain strings in about the same angle as the d-string. And it looks cool.

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I also ordered a blue shell pickguard, neck plate and pad, neck screws, low profile pickguard screws, Gotoh vintage tuners und the Gotoh vintage "In Tune" bridge from Warmoth.

The pickups are a Rockinger Telly Rhythm and a Rockinger Telly Twister bridge. All the other parts I also ordered at Rockinger in Germany.

The wiring is basically standard 3-way wiring with 250k log pots, but with 22nF tone cap and treble bleed.

The guitar sounds awesome and looks even awesomer, I think all the different blue parts came together really nicely, spectra blue, blue shell pickguard and azurite malachite dots just look like they belong to each other!
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I didn't plan accordingly, but it even looks as if the Reunion Blues Case was made for that guitar Oh, I think I will need a blue strap for that...

Total weight is 3.45 kg or 7.61 lbs

I wanna thank everyone who commented and reacted in the build thread. I don't wanna dig any deeper in this than saying: I'm having a bit of a hard time right now and I can't change that, but being here in this forum, among other things, really helps. Dankeschön!

And I wanna thank Aaron for all his videos, I follow the YouTube channel for years, please don't ever stop!

Came out great! (maybe a cool aluminum guard would really pop it, the shell gives me a headache, but I am odd.)

 

[Tretgeraet]

Came out great! (maybe a cool aluminum guard would really pop it, the shell gives me a headache, but I am odd.)

Actually, I noticed a quality in the blue shell I didn't think of before: You can't see my sweaty fingerprints immediately! That is a very good quality. The black one didn't have that!

 

[Spud]

 

[Tretgeraet]

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Well... that is... not... what I had in mind with this guitar... maybe next time?

 

[Spud]

Last try

 

[Spud]

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I am actually serious it would look great!

 

[Tretgeraet]

I am actually serious it would look great!

I'm sorry spud, I meant no disrespect.

This is again not what I had in mind with this guitar and I found that kind of obvious and asumed a joke.

Orange pearl over a dark blue is kind of the most contrast possible and there is a part in me who likes that, but it's not the part that builds a (rather) classic telly

More an Iceman, or a V (I loved the old Flying V shape Warmoth used to offer) with high output humbuckers.

Thanks for your input though!

 

[Tretgeraet]

Ah verdammt, I totally forgot to write something interesting about the neck:

This is my second roasted maple neck from Warmoth, but I didn't notice it the first time, maybe because I was still smoking by then, or because it was a different batch of wood, I don't know.

But the smell! Aaron once talked about the pleasent smell of roasted maple in a video and with this neck, I smell it every time I pick it up!

It's hard to describe but I find it very nice!

 

[ragamuffin]

Ah verdammt, I totally forgot to write something interesting about the neck:

This is my second roasted maple neck from Warmoth, but I didn't notice it the first time, maybe because I was still smoking by then, or because it was a different batch of wood, I don't know.

But the smell! Aaron once talked about the pleasent smell of roasted maple in a video and with this neck, I smell it every time I pick it up!

It's hard to describe but I find it very nice!

I have two Warmoth roasted maple necks; first one had a strong smell, almost maple syrup-ish, for a couple of years! The more recent one did not have a smell

 

[Hagwood]

Ah verdammt, I totally forgot to write something interesting about the neck:

This is my second roasted maple neck from Warmoth, but I didn't notice it the first time, maybe because I was still smoking by then, or because it was a different batch of wood, I don't know.

But the smell! Aaron once talked about the pleasent smell of roasted maple in a video and with this neck, I smell it every time I pick it up!

It's hard to describe but I find it very nice!

My last roasted flame maple neck on my Rosewood Soloist build had a pretty strong aroma, especially after burnishing. Love it !

 

[Strat Avenger]

Shore is purdy.

 

[Spud]

I'm sorry spud, I meant no disrespect.

This is again not what I had in mind with this guitar and I found that kind of obvious and asumed a joke.

Orange pearl over a dark blue is kind of the most contrast possible and there is a part in me who likes that, but it's not the part that builds a (rather) classic telly

More an Iceman, or a V (I loved the old Flying V shape Warmoth used to offer) with high output humbuckers.

Thanks for your input though!

I wasn't upset, my ideas are a little different!

 

[Scab Pickens]

Very cool! After seeing more photos, I think you made the correct choice with the blue shell pickguard.