Home made Telecaster
I found a Squier Telecaster in Cash Converters for less than 100 quid and correctly identified it as at least worth it for the neck alone. I bought it and discarded the body. Turns out it was a Samick Korean one (S series from 1989) and the neck is indeed very good. I started the project last year in my old place and didn't get past finishing the e-bay bought swamp ash body so put the project on hold. I moved houses recently and decided to finish it off. The body is, as previously mentioned, a very nice lump of swamp ash. I added a bookmatched piece of flame maple veneer to the top, some red and black dye, finished with Rustins Plastic Coating (hey it was good enough for Brian May!) high grade electronics (Switchcraft pots/plug-hole/Seymour Duncan pickups) and it is now finally finished.
By the way, it sounds great :-)
Home made Telecaster
I found a Squier Telecaster in Cash Converters for less than 100 quid and correctly identified it as at least worth it for the neck alone. I bought it and discarded the body. Turns out it was a Samick Korean one (S series from 1989) and the neck is indeed very good. I started the project last year in my old place and didn't get past finishing the e-bay bought swamp ash body so put the project on hold. I moved houses recently and decided to finish it off. The body is, as previously mentioned, a very nice lump of swamp ash. I added a bookmatched piece of flame maple veneer to the top, some red and black dye, finished with Rustins Plastic Coating (hey it was good enough for Brian May!) high grade electronics (Switchcraft pots/plug-hole/Seymour Duncan pickups) and it is now finally finished.
By the way, it sounds great :-)