Will a Tele Deluxe pickguard cover a standard Tele control route?

[undertow]

I would print out a schematic, and overlay it on the body to check...if I had a functioning printer. I have a standard routed poplar Tele body, and I'm trying to make a nylon string Telecaster. I have the ghost saddles, and all appropriate electronics, a Warmoth neck, and appropriate nylon string tuning pegs. Originally, I was going to do this to a Strat body that I had, but I hate that it isn't a hardtail. I could do it with a standard tele body, and a vintage style hardtail Strat bridge, if the Tele Deluxe pickguard would cover the original standard Tele control routing. Anybody ever try to cover a standard route with a Tele Deluxe pickguard?

 

[rgand]

Welcome to the forum. I did a quick grab from the builder to see if this was the case. It might work. I wouldn't go on my say so because this overlay may not be to the proper scale. It's close enough to warrant further checking, though. You could always make your own pattern and make the pickguard from that.

 

[undertow]

Thanks for piecing that together! I really appreciate it. I probably should have already done that myself.

 

[rgand]

If you give it a try, please post back on the fit. If you make your own, you know it'll fit. Either way, it will be fun to follow what you put together.