Tele GAS...come on in...*PICS ADDED*

[lespaul3013]

Picked up this body today! Its brand new, apparently its Chinese, but it says "IronHorse" on it...no clue what that means or if thats a decent brand. But the body sure does look good.

I've got a neck inbound as soon as I talk to a fellow forumite.

Lollar PUP's will be purchased eventually...

 

[mbman]

Barden or Fralin pups FTW.

 

[The Hoff]

I've been GASing for a tele as well

 

[lespaul3013]

Yea, I heard Fralins were the way to go.

And Hoff, that's one good lookin' TAG Tele.

I just found a neat looking Tele body on CL. I'm gonna trade my Phase 90 for it!!
Will post pics when I grt it.

 

[RockStarNick]

Now that you've found a body, I reccomend getting a really good neck to go with it.

You've probably heard it before, but I find it to be true - when swapping parts on bolt on guitars, good tone usually follows the neck.

Since you have Epi/Gibson and PRS stuff in your Sig, shoot for a neck with similar specs, and especially a 1 11/16" nut width. Some of those early MIM necks have 1 5/8" nuts and are such a pain in the ass to play.

 

[lespaul3013]

Now that you've found a body, I reccomend getting a really good neck to go with it.

You've probably heard it before, but I find it to be true - when swapping parts on bolt on guitars, good tone usually follows the neck.

Since you have Epi/Gibson and PRS stuff in your Sig, shoot for a neck with similar specs, and especially a 1 11/16" nut width. Some of those early MIM necks have 1 5/8" nuts and are such a pain in the ass to play.

Awesome...thanks for the info.

Its a really neat looking body, Chinese made, but supposedly up to Fender specs...we'll see...
But for the Tele's I've played I really like the fatter necks, I played a 72 Thinline Reissue at GC on time and loved that neck.
I'm really not trying to spend a whole lot on this, how much can I get a good neck for?

 

[fishyfishfish]

Try these for pups: http://www.harmonicdesign.net/allpages/teles.html
And this bridge:http://www.callahamguitars.com/brdge_T.htm

 

[RockStarNick]

Look for a Warmoth neck, 59 roundback, with a 12" radius, on the Warmoth Showcase. They pop up for about $165 or so.

Now that you've found a body, I reccomend getting a really good neck to go with it.

You've probably heard it before, but I find it to be true - when swapping parts on bolt on guitars, good tone usually follows the neck.

Since you have Epi/Gibson and PRS stuff in your Sig, shoot for a neck with similar specs, and especially a 1 11/16" nut width. Some of those early MIM necks have 1 5/8" nuts and are such a pain in the ass to play.

Awesome...thanks for the info.

Its a really neat looking body, Chinese made, but supposedly up to Fender specs...we'll see...
But for the Tele's I've played I really like the fatter necks, I played a 72 Thinline Reissue at GC on time and loved that neck.
I'm really not trying to spend a whole lot on this, how much can I get a good neck for?

 

[lespaul3013]

Look for a Warmoth neck, 59 roundback, with a 12" radius, on the Warmoth Showcase. They pop up for about $165 or so.

Now that you've found a body, I reccomend getting a really good neck to go with it.

You've probably heard it before, but I find it to be true - when swapping parts on bolt on guitars, good tone usually follows the neck.

Since you have Epi/Gibson and PRS stuff in your Sig, shoot for a neck with similar specs, and especially a 1 11/16" nut width. Some of those early MIM necks have 1 5/8" nuts and are such a pain in the ass to play.

Awesome...thanks for the info.

Its a really neat looking body, Chinese made, but supposedly up to Fender specs...we'll see...
But for the Tele's I've played I really like the fatter necks, I played a 72 Thinline Reissue at GC on time and loved that neck.
I'm really not trying to spend a whole lot on this, how much can I get a good neck for?

Just went on Warmoth's website and custom-built the ideal neck.

-Maple all the way around, any other good wood combos for a Tele??
-1 11/16" nut
-59 Roundback
-12" radius
-22 frets
**(not sure which tuners to put on)
**(also not sure about the frets, how are stainless steel frets?)
-black dots
-Graphtech nut
-4 bolt mounting holes
**(not sure about finish, vintage tint satin nitro sounds good, but its not cheap)

Looks like its gonna be around $350, which is way more than I would like to spend, but I do want a nice neck.

 

[The Hoff]

Look for a Warmoth neck, 59 roundback, with a 12" radius, on the Warmoth Showcase. They pop up for about $165 or so.

Now that you've found a body, I reccomend getting a really good neck to go with it.

You've probably heard it before, but I find it to be true - when swapping parts on bolt on guitars, good tone usually follows the neck.

Since you have Epi/Gibson and PRS stuff in your Sig, shoot for a neck with similar specs, and especially a 1 11/16" nut width. Some of those early MIM necks have 1 5/8" nuts and are such a pain in the ass to play.

Awesome...thanks for the info.

Its a really neat looking body, Chinese made, but supposedly up to Fender specs...we'll see...
But for the Tele's I've played I really like the fatter necks, I played a 72 Thinline Reissue at GC on time and loved that neck.
I'm really not trying to spend a whole lot on this, how much can I get a good neck for?

Just went on Warmoth's website and custom-built the ideal neck.

-Maple all the way around, any other good wood combos for a Tele??
-1 11/16" nut
-59 Roundback
-12" radius
-22 frets
**(not sure which tuners to put on)
**(also not sure about the frets, how are stainless steel frets?)
-black dots
-Graphtech nut
-4 bolt mounting holes
**(not sure about finish, vintage tint satin nitro sounds good, but its not cheap)

Looks like its gonna be around $350, which is way more than I would like to spend, but I do want a nice neck.

I'd say do it!

 

[lespaul3013]

Look for a Warmoth neck, 59 roundback, with a 12" radius, on the Warmoth Showcase. They pop up for about $165 or so.

Now that you've found a body, I reccomend getting a really good neck to go with it.

You've probably heard it before, but I find it to be true - when swapping parts on bolt on guitars, good tone usually follows the neck.

Since you have Epi/Gibson and PRS stuff in your Sig, shoot for a neck with similar specs, and especially a 1 11/16" nut width. Some of those early MIM necks have 1 5/8" nuts and are such a pain in the ass to play.

Awesome...thanks for the info.

Its a really neat looking body, Chinese made, but supposedly up to Fender specs...we'll see...
But for the Tele's I've played I really like the fatter necks, I played a 72 Thinline Reissue at GC on time and loved that neck.
I'm really not trying to spend a whole lot on this, how much can I get a good neck for?

Just went on Warmoth's website and custom-built the ideal neck.

-Maple all the way around, any other good wood combos for a Tele??
-1 11/16" nut
-59 Roundback
-12" radius
-22 frets
**(not sure which tuners to put on)
**(also not sure about the frets, how are stainless steel frets?)
-black dots
-Graphtech nut
-4 bolt mounting holes
**(not sure about finish, vintage tint satin nitro sounds good, but its not cheap)

Looks like its gonna be around $350, which is way more than I would like to spend, but I do want a nice neck.

I'd say do it!

I'm tempted, but I'm gonna see if anyone has anything neat sittin' around first

 

[mboogman]

Not sure how much you want to stay with the tele look for the neck, but I've got a MIM strat neck that's just sitting right now, with no plans for use. PM me if you think you might be interested.

 

[lespaul3013]

Update:

I've decided to go with Lollar Vintage T's for PUP's. -- $210 for both
Getting the electronics from RS Guitarworks. -- $65
Bridge from Allparts. -- $40

So far I'm just over $300...hoping to get a pretty good deal on a neck here soon, can't wait to get this one done!

Jordan

 

[lespaul3013]

Picking up the body tomorrow...pics to follow!!

This thing should take long to finish after that...I've got everything lined up and planned out.

 

[lespaul3013]

Bump for pics

 

[vultures]

Look for a Warmoth neck, 59 roundback, with a 12" radius, on the Warmoth Showcase. They pop up for about $165 or so.

Now that you've found a body, I reccomend getting a really good neck to go with it.

You've probably heard it before, but I find it to be true - when swapping parts on bolt on guitars, good tone usually follows the neck.

Since you have Epi/Gibson and PRS stuff in your Sig, shoot for a neck with similar specs, and especially a 1 11/16" nut width. Some of those early MIM necks have 1 5/8" nuts and are such a pain in the ass to play.

Awesome...thanks for the info.

Its a really neat looking body, Chinese made, but supposedly up to Fender specs...we'll see...
But for the Tele's I've played I really like the fatter necks, I played a 72 Thinline Reissue at GC on time and loved that neck.
I'm really not trying to spend a whole lot on this, how much can I get a good neck for?

Just went on Warmoth's website and custom-built the ideal neck.

-Maple all the way around, any other good wood combos for a Tele??
-1 11/16" nut
-59 Roundback
-12" radius
-22 frets
**(not sure which tuners to put on)
**(also not sure about the frets, how are stainless steel frets?)
-black dots
-Graphtech nut
-4 bolt mounting holes
**(not sure about finish, vintage tint satin nitro sounds good, but its not cheap)

Looks like its gonna be around $350, which is way more than I would like to spend, but I do want a nice neck.

I'd say do it!

I'm tempted, but I'm gonna see if anyone has anything neat sittin' around first

Might as well pull the trigger, I tried waiting around and nothing good popped up, just plain crap necks. I ended up ording a custom Musikraft tele neck, thin neck profile, no inlays, birdseye board, quartersawn maple neck, 16" radius, 1 11/16" nut, plus other extra crap. It's gonna be niceee.

 

[lespaul3013]

Look for a Warmoth neck, 59 roundback, with a 12" radius, on the Warmoth Showcase. They pop up for about $165 or so.

Now that you've found a body, I reccomend getting a really good neck to go with it.

You've probably heard it before, but I find it to be true - when swapping parts on bolt on guitars, good tone usually follows the neck.

Since you have Epi/Gibson and PRS stuff in your Sig, shoot for a neck with similar specs, and especially a 1 11/16" nut width. Some of those early MIM necks have 1 5/8" nuts and are such a pain in the ass to play.

Awesome...thanks for the info.

Its a really neat looking body, Chinese made, but supposedly up to Fender specs...we'll see...
But for the Tele's I've played I really like the fatter necks, I played a 72 Thinline Reissue at GC on time and loved that neck.
I'm really not trying to spend a whole lot on this, how much can I get a good neck for?

Just went on Warmoth's website and custom-built the ideal neck.

-Maple all the way around, any other good wood combos for a Tele??
-1 11/16" nut
-59 Roundback
-12" radius
-22 frets
**(not sure which tuners to put on)
**(also not sure about the frets, how are stainless steel frets?)
-black dots
-Graphtech nut
-4 bolt mounting holes
**(not sure about finish, vintage tint satin nitro sounds good, but its not cheap)

Looks like its gonna be around $350, which is way more than I would like to spend, but I do want a nice neck.

I'd say do it!

I'm tempted, but I'm gonna see if anyone has anything neat sittin' around first

Might as well pull the trigger, I tried waiting around and nothing good popped up, just plain crap necks. I ended up ording a custom Musikraft tele neck, thin neck profile, no inlays, birdseye board, quartersawn maple neck, 16" radius, 1 11/16" nut, plus other extra crap. It's gonna be niceee.

Actually found a nice American Tele neck with a rosewood board and already set up with tuners from a fellow forumite!
About to send him the cash for it actually